Stewart Motha, “What is (the) Matter with Law?”

Gilman 208

Stewart Motha, Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London; and John Hinkley Visiting Professor, JHU, in 2023.The paper will discuss the limits of anthropomorphism in juridical and theoretical responses to ecological crises.

Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed Jr. Talk

Gilman 208

Walter Benn Michaels Professor, English, University of Illinois at Chicago Adolph Reed Professor Emeritus, Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, University of Pennsylvania "No Politics but Class Politics" Denouncing racism and celebrating diversity have become central to progressive politics. For many on the left, social justice seems to consist of an equitable […]

Julietta Singh, “Against Home in the Settler Colony”

Gilman 208

Julietta Singh Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, University of Richmond "Against Home in the Settler Colony" What does “home” mean in the settler colony, and how does that term come to resound differently for and across communities? How might our homes—the places we grew up and the places we now inhabit—become […]

Maia Sigua and Nana Sharikadze, “Crossroads and Crisis in Georgian Culture”

Maia Sigua Associate Professor, V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire Nana Sharikadze Associate Professor, V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire "Crossroads and Crisis in Georgian Culture: Decolonization and Resurgent Sovietism" Prof. Sigua will discuss the formation (and deformation) of collective and cultural memory in the Soviet era, using the example of Georgian opera theatre, and how some […]