Spring 2026 Unit Affiliated Courses

Digital Lives

Amanda Ciafone (Media and Cinema Studies)

Problems in the History of Science and Medicine

David Sepkoski (History)

Michel Foucault: Power

Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson (Philosophy)

New Urban Inequalities

David Wilson (Geography)

Living in Multi-Species Worlds

Jane Desmond

Block Reference

Unit for Criticism News

Read article: Faculty Affiliate Wail S. Hassan Elected Second Vice President of the Modern Language Association
Faculty Affiliate Wail S. Hassan Elected Second Vice President of the Modern Language Association
Waïl S. Hassan (Professor, Comparative & World Literature and English) was elected Second Vice President of the Modern Language Association (MLA) in December 2024. His term began in January 2025 and will continue through January 2026. Following the MLA’s leadership succession, Professor Hassan...
Read article: Nicholson Fellowship 2025 Awarded to Alex Kaiser and Umair Rasheed
Nicholson Fellowship 2025 Awarded to Alex Kaiser and Umair Rasheed
Umair Rasheed (PhD candidate, Sociology) and Alex Kaiser (PhD student, Sociology) have been awarded 2025 Nicholson Fellowship to attend School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University.  In an intensive six-week course of study, participants work...
Read article: Graduate Affiliate Lila Ann Wong Awarded FLAS Fellowship for Center for African Studies
Graduate Affiliate Lila Ann Wong Awarded FLAS Fellowship for Center for African Studies
Lila was selected by the Center for African Studies as a FLAS Fellow to continue advanced study of Bamanankan/Julakan, summer 2024 and academic year 2024-25.  Additional accomplishments:At the beginning of this year Lila was invited to participate...

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