Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 Visiting Scholars

For more information about past events, click on the links below. Digital recordings have been included when available.

Stephen Graham, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University (UK)

The Vertical Secession of the Elites February 18, 2021
Robin D. G. Kelley, History, UCLA

Black Bodies Swinging: An American Postmortem March 2-4, 2021
Anne Bonds, Geography and Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Rethinking White Supremacy in Precarious Times March 9-10, 2021
Toni Gilpin, Labor Historian, Author, and Activist

Left and Right: Lessons from America’s (Largely Forgotten) Radical Industrial Unions March 16-17, 2021
Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Author

The Necessity of Climate Equity March 25, 2021
James Foley, Glasgow Caledonian University (Scotland)

Populism, Britain & the Crisis of the European Union April 6 & 8, 2021
Donna Murch, History, Rutgers University

Crack in Los Angeles: Policing the Crisis and the War on Drugs April 14, 2021
Nick Estes, American Studies, University of New Mexico

Decolonization or Extinction October 6-7, 2020
Arun Kundnani, Author

What is Racial Capitalism? October 15, 2020
Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj

The Resistances and Challenges of the Contemporary Maya October 22-23, 2020
Stephanie Luce, School of Labor and Urban Studies, City University of New York

From Minimum Wage to General Strike? October 27, 2020
Helen Scott, English, University of Vermont

Capturing ‘the Spirit of Struggle’: Rosa Luxemburg on Literature October 29, 2020
Simon Balto, History and African American Studies, University of Iowa

A History of Racist Policing in the United States November 5, 2020
Adam Tooze, History, Columbia University

2020: A World Crisis? November 12, 2020
Lane Windham, Georgetown University

What Happened with America’s Working Class? November 17-18, 2020
Craig Calhoun, Social Sciences, Arizona State University

Degenerations of Democracy December 3, 2020