2024-2025

On the Edge of Representation: Black Feminist Photographic Praxis and Resisting Appropriation in Clarissa Sligh's Wrongly Bodied/Jake in Transition

Virginia Thomas
12:00 pm
Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Representation & Reflections: Historical Cycles of Student Protest and University Engagement

Roseann Canfora and Aysegul Keskin Zeren
4:00 pm
Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

This panel discussion explores the histories and legacies of student protest movements and campus engagement from national and global perspectives. Panelists will share their experiences working with multiple communities across complex issues. We seek to add context and curiosity to the national conversation and emphasize useful paths forward. 

Death Is a Distraction: Responsibility at Posthuman Precipices

6:00 pm
Bayo Akomolafe
Thwing Center Ballroom, 11111 Euclid Avenue

Masculinity and Its Discontents: The Effect of Masculine Identities on Service Culture in Elite Units

Guilford Parlor, 11112 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106

This 90-minute panel will feature four "solider scholars" - military veterans who have earned PhDs.  It will include introductions by each panelist regarding their experiences and expertise and a moderated discussion, with the last 20 minutes reserved for audience participation.  Light refreshments will be served. 

Panelists include:

Social Justice Institute Intergenerational Think Tank

9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballrooms, 11038 Bellflower Road

Afrofuturism and Black Imaginaries: Fall Series

4:00 pm
Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

"What Can Be Represented?"

3:15 pm
Sharon Holland
Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Faculty Work-in-Progress: A Grief Endured: Surviving Child Loss in China

12:00 pm
Lihong Shi
Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Faculty Work-in-Progress: Style in Star Trek

12:00 pm
Robert Spadoni
Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Ford Lecture for the Humanities: Billy Collins

7:30 pm
Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road

This lecture is presented in partnership with Think Forum and the Baker-Nord Center for Humanities.

Registration required.  Register HERE.