events

Author, professor, and 2019 MacArthur Foundation fellow Saidiya Hartman joins us for a discussion of her latest work.

Newhouse Fellow Hiromu Nagahara discusses how Japan’s political elites fell in love with English culture even as they sought to displace British hegemony in Asia.

In this unique lecture-demonstration, featuring performers from Japan's most renowned chindon-ya troupe, ethnomusicologist Marié Abe shows how this seemingly innocuous and obsolete form of musical labor has gained traction in modern Japan.

Are immigrants as welcome in Ireland as citizens claim? Newhouse Fellow Sarah Townsend unearths the secret history of Irish-American assimilation that haunts race relations in Ireland today.

*Due to precautions against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), this event has been canceled.*

Award-winning author Gish Jen joins us to read from and discuss her new book, The Resisters (2020).

Newhouse Fellow Nazan Bedirhanoglu reflects on the use of symbols and narratives as building blocks of the Kurdish diasporic identity and share insights about her field research on the Kurdish diaspora in the United States.

Emma Teng (MIT) examines the conflicted position of Chinese students – disempowered by race yet empowered by class status – under Chinese Exclusion (1882-1943), and the means through which Chinese fought for their rights. 

Who first imagined robots? This talk explores how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and artificial intelligence were foreshadowed in classical antiquity.

Cornille Professor Ken Botnick explores the material authorship of the artist book, achieved through the combination of concept, design, material, and production.

Newhouse Fellow Sari Altschuler investigates the role of Deaf Americans in the development of ideas about citizenship and civic participation in the United States.