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Faculty Book Talk | Inside the Body of Black Feminism: Science, Race, Culture: In Conversation with Marcia Chatelain

The University of Texas at Austin · Gordon White Building (GWB), 2.206, 210 24TH ST W, Austin, Texas 78705

Join us as we celebrate Dr. Samantha Pinto's recent publication: "Inside the Body of Black Feminism: Science, Race, Culture."

A New International Humanitarian Order: Dignity for All

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies · George Street, Oxford

We Must Remember: Asian American Monuments and Reckonings with American History

Harvard University

A presentation from 2026–2027 Radcliffe Alumnae Professor Erika Lee

The Future of Health in Africa: How U.S. Presidential Decisions Are Shaping a Generation of African Children - Dr. Ruth Gibson

Center for African Studies · Encina Commons, Room 123, 615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305

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'The costs of hypocrisy in world politics' with Prof Matias Spektor

University of Oxford · Oxford Martin School & Online

REGISTRATION To attend in-person at the Oxford Martin School, please scroll down to the registration form at the bottom of the page To attend online, please register at…

The New Leviathan: Security in Digital Modernity

Royal Holloway, University of London

This year's lecture will be given by Kieron O'Hara, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow within the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton.

Ivetta Sergeeva — The Authoritarian Passport: How States Discipline Emigrants Without Repressing Them

Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law

Citizenship is conventionally understood as a source of rights and protection. It is also a source of dependency: states retain distinctive authority over passports, legal identities, civil status…

Racist by Design: In Conversation with Kelly Lytle Hernández & Bill Deverell

Institute on California and the West (ICW)

ICW is proud to present Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández, Professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA, in conversation with Bill Deverell about her new book, Racist by Design.

Greta LaFleur | Gay at the Hay Series

Initiative on Sexualities and Genders · John Hay Library

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(In)Justice Series on Data & Power: The Permission to Move: Borders and the Politics of Migration

Institute for Advanced Study · 84 Church Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455

Who gets to move—and who gets tracked? Join the Institute for Advanced Study and the (In)Justice Series on Data & Power as we examine how data is used to police movement and manufacture narratives…

New South—Meriem Chabani

Department of Architecture · Building W41 (MET Warehouse), 1216, 134 MASSACHUSETTS Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

New South—Meriem Chabani Part of the MIT Fall 2026 Architecture Lecture Series. Presented with The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture

When a “Salami Slice” Becomes a Maritime Blockade: China’s Maritime Disruptions in the Indo-Pacific and Consequences for Human Populations

Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) · Encina Hall, William J. Perry Conference Room, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

About the event: China is practicing gray-zone coercion in the Indo-Pacific, deploying military vessels for drills in the waters between Taiwan and the Philippines.

Public Humanities Talk | Ashanti Alston

Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice · Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice, 94 Waterman St., Providence, RI 02906

Join the Simmons Center for a Public Humanities talk with Ashanti Alston.

Screening of 'Zero Day Attack' (2025) with producer Cheng Hsin-Mei

SOAS University of London · DLT, SOAS Main Building

The Centre of Taiwan Studies is delighted to welcome Taiwanese producer Cheng Hsin-Mei for a special screening of the first episode of Zero Day Attack (2025), a political thriller series exploring…

Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Paulla Ebron

Anthropology · Sewall Hall

Please join Rice Anthropology for a Brown Bag Talk “Materiality of Landscape: Thinking through the Plantationocene” with Paulla Ebron, Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University, on Friday…

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics: Akshay Govind Dixit — The Impact of Welfare on Intergroup Relations

Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia · Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street

Join us for a Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Akshay Govind Dixit, Akshay Govind Dixit is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Economy and Government at Harvard University.

EMSI LA2026 “Historical Memory, Federal Agencies, Mission Conservation”

Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI)

A virtual conversation with Yve Chavez (Associate Professor of Art History, University of Oklahoma) and Sarah Montoya (Co-Director, Indigenous Humanities Lab, Virginia Commonwealth University)…

OHC Work-in-Progress Talk: "Hashtag Storytelling and CRISPR Gene Editing: Biotechnological Humor, Anxiety, and Hope Online"

University of Oregon · Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC), 159, 1415 Kincaid Street, Eugene, OR 97403

The Oregon Humanities Center hosts weekly Work-in-Progress Talks to showcase the humanities research of its many fellows. This week, Leah Lowthorp presents her research on "Hashtag Storytelling and…

Laurie Denyer Willis (University of Edinburgh) "Wife-Work in an Evangelical Rio: Pleasure, Protection and the Minimally Safe Bedroom"

University of Manchester · Boardroom, 2nd floor, Arthur Lewis Building, Manchester

This talk begins from an unlikely scene: a sex costume party hosted by an evangelical pastor in a woman’s home in Rio de Janeiro, where lingerie is prayed over as a tool of marital protection.

MIOIR Seminar Series - Are Female Inventors Geographically Constrained? Gender Differences in Team Collocation

University of Manchester · 9.041 AMBS (Hybrid), Aliiance Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB

Mercedes Delgado, Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) with Luca Gius, Bocconi University, will present research examining whether female inventors face…