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Events

October 12, 2026

Celebrating Recent Work by Meredith Gamer

New Books in the Arts and Sciences
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The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning: A Conversation with James K. Chandler

General Programming
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October 14, 2026

A New Ireland: What Comes Next? An afternoon with Claire Hanna MP

General Programming
October 14, 2026

Celebrating Recent Work by Martha Howell

New Books in the Arts and Sciences
October 15, 2026

Beyond Defeat: Refashioning Fascism in the Postwar World

Thursday Lecture Series
October 15, 2026

Fashion under Fascism

General Programming
October 15, 2026

Locas in the Heartland: Queer and Trans Cuban Refugees and the Recalibration of the US Straight State

General Programming
October 16, 2026

Report from Occupied Territory: Gender and Carceral Power in Long 1970s New York

General Programming
October 18, 2026

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

Maison Française Film Series, History on Trial
October 19–22, 2026

Morocco in Spain

General Programming
October 19, 2026

Staging Nuremberg: How the United States and the Soviet Union Fought over the Portrayal of Nazi Crimes

Maison Française Film Series, History on Trial
October 22–23, 2026

Immanuel Wallerstein and Columbia: A Conference

General Programming
October 22, 2026

Iberian Modernisms and the Rif War: Spain, Morocco, and the Transcolonial

Thursday Lecture Series
October 22, 2026

When Wor(l)ds Collide: Chinese Characters, East Asian Writing, and Ideographic Universalism

Critical Chinese Humanities Colloquium
October 26, 2026

Celebrating Recent Work by Eleanor Johnson

New Books in the Arts and Sciences
October 29, 2026

Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture: Edward Said, Jonathan Swift, and the Demands of Literature

The Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture
November 5, 2026

Ut saltatio pictura: The Challenge of "Imitative" Theatrical Dance in 18th-Century France

Thursday Lecture Series
November 10, 2026

Celebrating Recent Work by Matthew Engelke

New Books in the Arts and Sciences
November 12, 2026

Prophetic Curves: Graphic Methods of Statistical Prediction around 1900

Thursday Lecture Series
November 17, 2026

Celebrating Recent Work by Claudia Breger

New Books in the Arts and Sciences
November 18, 2026

Celebrating Recent Work by Branka Arsić

New Books in the Arts and Sciences
November 19, 2026

The Family Prison

Thursday Lecture Series
November 19, 2026

Guinea Pig Kids: AIDS Denialism and the Politics of Motherhood

General Programming
November 19, 2026

Celebrating Recent Work by Whitney Laemmli

New Books in the Society of Fellows
December 3, 2026

Between Authorities: Central Sahelian Seekers of Knowledge in Colonial Cairo

Thursday Lecture Series
December 3, 2026

Saint Omer

Maison Française Film Series, History on Trial
December 10, 2026

The Architecture of Honest Graft: Politics, Patronage, and the Making of the American City

Thursday Lecture Series

Highlights

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SOF Daniela M. Traldi organizes Climate Futures conference, publishes article in Portuguese
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SOF Whitney Laemmli publishes first book, on movement
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SOF Fellow Hidetaka Hirota cited in the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship
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Opportunity: Claremont Publication Prize for the Study of Religion
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Brian Goldstone awarded Pulitzer Prize for There Is No Place for Us
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Former Public Humanities Fellow Scot McFarlane publishes first book