Past Event Category: Fall 2026 VSP
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Oct 8“Foreign” Black Women: Confronting Xenophobic Antiblackness GloballyLorgia García Peña, Princeton University
Online via Zoom
This event is presented in collaboration with the Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies Program (CLS), IRIS Global Connect, and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) at UW–Madison and with generous support from CLS and LACIS. Dr. Lorgia García-Peña, Nave Visiting Scholar, is a writer, activist and scholar who specializes in Latinx Studies with a …
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Oct 1(Im)migration, State Violence & Community SolidarityChristine Neumann-Ortiz and Jimmy Patiño
Online via Zoom and Sewell Social Science Bldg., Room 8417
This event is presented in collaboration with the Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies Program (CLS), the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), and Voices of Courage for Equity and Social Justice (VOCES) at UW–Madison. Christine Neumann-Ortiz is the founding Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera and Voces de la Frontera Action. Ms. Neumann-Ortiz is recognized …
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Sep 16Godwin’s Engine: Muskism and the Automation of ConsentQuinn Slobodian, Boston University
Online via Zoom
This event was presented in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities and the Department of History at UW–Madison. Quinn Slobodian is professor of international history at Boston University. He is the author with Ben Tarnoff of Muskism, selected by the Financial Times and The Economist as one of the Best Books of 2026. Other …