Spring 2026 Events
The Production of Things: From Lean Production to Artificial Intelligence & Worker Resistance
Kim Moody
University of Westminster
February 5 @ 12:00 PM
Online event
Weapons of Mass Recruitment: Populism, Online Humor, and Shamelessness in Far-Right Latin America
Nilo Couret
University of Michigan
February 5 @ 5:00 PM
In-person event
Co-sponsored Event
Capital Accumulation and Racial Oppression: Contingency or Necessity?
Ruy Braga
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
February 11 @ 12:30 PM
Hybrid event
Why did Mrs. Gandhi impose the Emergency, and why did she lift it? Revisiting the Indian Emergency of 1975
Peter deSouza
University of Johannesburg
February 19 @ 12:00 PM
Hybrid event
Co-sponsored Event
Model Collapse: Art, AI, and the Seductions of Hallucination
Kris Paulsen
Ohio State University
February 26 @ 5:00 PM
In-person event
Co-sponsored Event
Gaza and the US Academy: Scholasticide and Educational Resilience in Palestine
Abdel Razzaq Takriti
Rice University
February 27 @ 12:00 PM
Hybrid event
A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity: Class Politics and Community
Naomi R. Williams (Rutgers University) in conversation with Heather Ann Thompson (University of Michigan)
March 18 @ 4:00 PM
Hybrid event
2026 Doria Dee Johnson Lecture: “Fear and Fury: Bernie Goetz, White Rage, and the Long Reach of the Reagan 80s”
Heather Ann Thompson
University of Michigan
March 19 @ 5:00 PM
In-person event
Co-sponsored Event
Toward a Regenerative Anthropology: Epistemic Alternatives From Indigenous Peoples
Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj
Journalist and Activist
March 24 @ 2:00 PM
Hybrid event
The Slave and the Machine: Coerced Labor and the Origins of Modern Technology
Jason Resnikoff
University of Groningen
April 8 @ 12:30PM
Hybrid event
Triple Shock and Image War: Rhetorical Performances and Visual Effects in the Chilean Political Battleground
Jorge Pavez Ojeda
April 9 @ 4:00PM
Online event
Co-sponsored Event
Haller Lecture: Dialogues on Shifting Power in Rural America
John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman
April 16 @ 4:00PM
In-person event
Co-sponsored Event
4W Gender & Migration in Media: Miles Away
Film Screening
April 17 @ 2:30PM
In-person event
West Allis Workers vs. Corporate Power
Film Screening
May 23 @ 2:00 PM
In-person event
The Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) lecture series brings distinguished critical scholars and activists from around the world to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver lectures in virtual and in-person settings. The VSP series enriches the campus and community in several ways. Scholars speak with expertise on a wide range of topics, very often presenting the findings of recently conducted original research. Havens Wright Center lectures are also sites of cross-disciplinary discussion among faculty and students, and they provide a context in which people from the broader community can participate in intellectually stimulating programs with scholars and activists. The Center maintains an extensive archive of audio and digital video recordings of past lectures on our website.