Presented by the American Studies Program
To register for Alyssa Hunziker’s upcoming seminar on April 8, in order to receive the works-in-progress paper, fill out this form. Details below. 
April 8, 2026
2:00 PM: A works-in-progress seminar with Alyssa Hunziker (BU, English) with a response from Lisa Lowe (Yale University). Prof. Hunziker’s paper will be pre-circulated to registered attendees; it is entitled “Playing Indian: Filipino and Puerto Rican Students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.” REGISTER HERE to receive the paper in advance. This event will take place in Room 100, 226 Bay State Road.
5:00 PM: A public talk with Lisa Lowe (Yale University). “American Studies and Colonial Histories of the Present.” (Registration is not required). This event will take place at BU Hillel, 213 Bay State Road, Room 426.
Upcoming Event:
April 29: Keynote lecture by Koritha Mitchell
Previous Programs:
October 29, 2025
2:00 PM: A works-in-progress seminar with Jilene Chua (BU, History) with a response from Neferti Xina Tadiar (Barnard College). Prof. Chua’s paper will be pre-circulated to registered attendees; it is entitled “Minor Daughters, Merchants’ Wives, and Single Women, 1916-1939.” REGISTER HERE. This event will take place in Room 110, 226 Bay State Road.
5:00 PM: A public talk with Neferti Xina Tadiar (Barnard College): “This Bridge of Earth.” (Registration not required.) This event will take place in CAS Room 132, 725 Commonwealth Avenue.
2023-2024
November 9, 2023
5:00 PM: A public talk with Victoria E. Johnson, “If You Build It…”: The Sports Experience Economy and “Flyover” Dreams.”
February 28, 2024
2:00 PM: A seminar with Takeo Rivera (BU, English), who discussed a pre-circulated chapter, “Another Joke is Possible: Kristina Wong and Mutual Aid Carnivalesque,” with Diana Taylor (New York University) responding.
5:00 PM: Public talk with Diana Taylor, “Zuckerberg’s Smile or Presence in the Age of Digital Technologies.”
May 1, 2024
4:00 PM: Keynote lecture by Nazli Kibria (BU, Sociology), “Model Minority and Brown Threat: South Asians in the U.S. Racial Landscape.”
2022-2023
November 8, 2022
2:00 PM, Seminar with Andrew Robichaud (BU History), who discussed a pre-circulated chapter, “Frozen Time: Ice and the Political Economy of Dead Meat,” with Walter Johnson (Harvard University) responding.
5:00 PM, Public talk with Walter Johnson, “John Brown’s Economy.”
February 9, 2023
2:00 PM: Seminar with Ianna Hawkins Owen (BU, English) and Christina Sharpe (York University), responding. In this seminar, we discussed a pre-circulated paper by Prof. Owen entitled “Sweating Diaspora.”
5:00 PM: Public talk with Christina Sharpe, “Ordinary Notes.”
April 20, 2023
4:00 PM: Keynote with Anita Patterson (BU English)
2021-2022
February 10
2:00 PM: Seminar with Ross Barrett (BU, History of Art), and Alan Braddock (William & Mary) responded. In this seminar, we discussed a pre-circulated paper by Prof. Barrett entitled “Painting and Property on Prout’s Neck.”
5:00 PM: public lecture by Alan Braddock, “Black Landscapes: Artistic Origins of Environmental Justice and Dilemmas of Decolonization.”
March 3
2:00 PM; Seminar with Paula Austin (BU, History & Af-Am Studies), and Cheryl Hicks (University of Delaware) responded. In this seminar, we discussed a pre-circulated paper by Prof. Austin entitled “‘Thugs in Uniform or Why Must Such Extreme and Fatal Force Be Used’: Black DC’s Campaign to End Police Violence 1919 – 1970.”
5:00 PM; public lecture by Cheryl Hicks, “‘A Woman of This Stamp’: Sexual Politics and Black Progressive-Era Activism.”
April 21
4:00pm; Keynote Address by André de Quadros (BU, Music), “The Exilic Condition in America: A Personal Encounter with Power, Asymmetry, and Border Crossings.”