Our first colloquium of the 2025-26 academic year will be held on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 12pm in UH 432. Dr. Amy Speier will present her newly published book, Mobility in North American Surrogacy: A Fertile Global Industry. In it, she examines the multiple players involved in global surrogacy contracts between international intended parents…Continue Reading Amy Speier Colloquium – September 22, 2025
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Dr. Doug Stark Colloquium – 4/28/25
The final colloquium of the semester will be held April 28 at 12pm in University Hall 432. Dr. Doug Stark, Assistant Professor of English, will present “Protective Play: On Farocki’s Operational Games.” Abstract: Traditionally, scholars have considered play a means of expanding our horizons, but as education, labor, and daily life are increasingly “gamified,” Dr….Continue Reading Dr. Doug Stark Colloquium – 4/28/25
Dr. Jason Shelton Colloquium
Join us for the second Center for Theory Colloquium of Spring 2025. Dr. Jason Shelton, Professor of Sociology, will present his new book “The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion.” The colloquium will be held at 12pm on March 31 in 432 University Hall. Recent decades have ushered in a profound…Continue Reading Dr. Jason Shelton Colloquium
Kelsey Hanson Colloquium – February 24, 2025
We have the first Center for Theory Colloquium of the Spring coming up at the end of February. Dr. Kelsey Hanson will present “Paint Production and the Performance of Power in the Chaco World” on February 24, 2025 at 12pm in University Hall 432. Here is the abstract: The advent of the Chaco World transformed…Continue Reading Kelsey Hanson Colloquium – February 24, 2025