Presented by the American Studies Program
To register for Jilene Chua’s upcoming seminar on 10/29, in order to receive the works-in-progress paper, fill out this form. Details below.
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.
April 8, 2026
2:00 PM: A works-in-progress seminar with Alyssa Hunziker (BU, English) with a response from Lisa Lowe (Yale University)
5:00 PM: A public talk with Lisa Lowe (Yale University).
Spring 2026:
April 29: Keynote lecture by Koritha Mitchell
Previous Programs:
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.”