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Wednesday 28 October
- 5:00 PM-6:30 PM in CaliforniaIn person
French Speaking Worlds: Audrey Celestine - Negritude Experiments: Aimé Césaire and the Politics of Culture in Martinique (1970s)
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages · Building 260, Pigott Hall, Rm 252, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Please join French Speaking Worlds: Then and Now for Negritude Experiments: Aimé Césaire and the Politics of Culture in Martinique (1970s), a talk with Audrey Celestine (New York University)
- 5:00 PM-6:20 PM in VancouverIn person
Novel Distortions: Postnationalism and Literary Form in Mexico and Central America
University of British Columbia · Green College
The novel emerged in lockstep with the nation-state, serving as the cultural counterpart to political form in the modern era. However, these dynamics are unraveling as the raison d’être of the…
Thursday 29 October
- 12:00 AM to Fri, 30 October 2026, 12:00 AM in AustinIn person
Talk: "Women’s Elegies in Israel (Bedouin, Christian, Druze and Jewish Yemenite)" by Roni Henkin-Roitfarb
The University of Texas at Austin · MES Reading Room, Calhoun Hall (CAL) 516 ???? — University of Texas at Austin
Elegies are highly appreciated as a ‘women’s genre’ in Arabic literature, but have always been frowned upon, especially by men, when accompanying women’s mourning practices, considered contradictory…
- 6:00 PM-7:00 PM in MelbourneIn person
2026 Flos Greig Lecture: Are we there yet? Women, the law, and not looking away
Melbourne Law School · Woodward Conference Centre, Law Building (106)
“The trouble with the women of my generation is that we thought if we knocked the doors down, success would be inevitable: the trouble with the men of your generation is that so many still think…
- 7:30 PM-9:15 PM in CanberraIn person
We Are Not Powerless – Film Screening
Australian National University · Kambri Cinema
When Australia implemented strict border enforcement policies a decade ago, thousands of asylum seekers found themselves stranded in Indonesia with no clear future.
- 12:00 PM-1:00 PM in the UKIn person
My child is one in a million: What influences parents hesitant to vaccinate their children?
University College London · Room G03, 55–59 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0NT, United Kingdom
Join this event to hear Dr Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer examine how trust, care, online communities, and healthcare professionals shape parental vaccine hesitancy.
- 1:00 PM-2:00 PM in the UKIn person and online
Applying realist and COM-B methods to the UK’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme
University College London · C3.13, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H0AL, United Kingdom
Join this event to hear Carol Vigurs explore how social science can support household uptake of low-carbon heating through Britain’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
- 2:00 PM-3:30 PM in BergenIn person
Hashtag Wars: War, media and participation in the digital age
University of Bergen · Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 / Zoom
Contemporary wars have become hashtag-wars that extend beyond the physical battlefield into global war ecologies.
- 1:00 PM-2:30 PM in the UKIn person and online
How Judges Become Vulnerable to Populist Attack
University College London · UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London, WC1H 0EG, United Kingdom
A talk in the Public Law Semirar Series | Hybrid
- 2:00 PM-4:00 PM in the UKIn person
Exploring Connections to Nature and the Cost of Living
University of Leicester · Westcotes Library Narborough Rd Leicester LE3 0BQ
During this in-person, drop-in workshop, attendees will be invited to create zines exploring how money shapes our relationship with nature. Zines are small, handmade publications…
- 2:00 PM-4:00 PM in the UKIn person
Fostering opportunities for eco-hope
University of Leeds · Shine, Harehills Road, Harehills, LS8 5HS
Join Nifty Sustainability and researchers and students at the University of Leeds in this 2-hour workshop to explore how working with organisations in the voluntary, community and social…
- 2:00 PM-3:30 PM in the UKIn person
Should the United States Pursue a Nuclear Damage-Limitation Capability?
King's College London · Strand Campus, London
This talk argues that a damage-limitation capability is infeasible, unnecessary, and dangerous.
- 9:00 AM-10:00 AM in CaliforniaOnline
The Alliance for Civics in the Academy discussing Civics Programs And Their Critics
Hoover Institution
The recent resurgence in postsecondary civic education has been anchored by a proliferation of new civics centers across the country. These centers have attracted attention, funding, and critics who…
- 12:15 PM to Fri, 30 October 2026, 1:30 AM in AustinIn person
Competing for Soft Power: China's Image-Making in Africa
Clements Center for National Security · LBJ School of Public Affairs, SRH 3.122
Dr. Maria Repnikova, invited by the Asia Policy Program, will come to UT to give a book talk on her recent release "Competing for Soft Power: China's Image-Making in Africa."
- 5:15 PM-6:15 PM in the UKIn person
When AI talk to each other: Intercultural encounters with AI communities
University College London · Room A5.02, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL, United Kingdom
Join this event to hear Rodney H. Jones investigate how culture emerges through interactions between technology and humans.
- 5:30 PM-7:00 PM in the UKIn person
When Companies Rule: Corporate Power from Empire to Silicon Valley
University of Glasgow · The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN
In this event to mark the publication of When Companies Rule, author Maha Rafi Atal joins three local voices to explore the deep history of corporate power, and what it means for workers and…
- 6:00 PM-8:00 PM in the UKIn person
After the Lecture: The Sonic Life of Ideas Episode 1 – MøN€Y
Aston University · 93 Mortimer St, London W1W 7SS
The two-hour event will take the form of a live-recorded conversation between the hosts of After the Lecture and invited guests. The inaugural episode will explore the theme of money,…
- 6:00 PM-7:00 PM in the UKIn person
An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class
University of Glasgow · Room 407, Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8SP
The author of An Injury to All, Ewan Gibbs, will discuss his new book and the meaning of class politics in the 2020s with guest contributors.
- 6:00 PM-7:00 PM in the UKIn person and online
Reframing Complete Abortion Decriminalisation as a Public Law Question: A Transnational Inquiry
University College London · UCL Faculty of Laws, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London, WC1H 0EG, United Kingdom
This lecture will be delivered by Dr Mara Malagodi, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2026-27
- 6:15 PM-7:30 PM in the UKIn person
Policy & Practice Seminar: The US midterms
University College London · G6 Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom
What is at stake in the upcoming midterms, and what could the outcomes mean for the future of American politics and democracy?