Spring 2024
Craig Koslofsky (History, UIUC), Apr. 26
The Deep Surface: Skin in the Early Modern World, 1450-1750
Invited Participants
- Christy L Pichichero (History and French, George Mason University)
- Erik R. Seeman (History, University of Buffalo)
- Lucinda Cole (English, UIUC)
- Marc Hertzman (History, UIUC)
- Robert Morrissey (History, UIUC)
Fall 2023
Isak Ladegaard (Sociology, UIUC), Nov. 30
Open Secrecy: How Information Technology Empowers Shadowy Groups
Invited Participants
- Jeffrey T. Martin (Anthropology, UIUC)
- Kathleen Blee (Sociology, University of Pittsburgh)
- Yun Huang (iSchool, UIUC)
Hermann von Hesse (Art History, UIUC), Nov. 27
“Love of Stone Houses”: Urban Merchants and Material Culture on Africa’s Gold Coast
Invited Participants
- John Thornton (History and African American Studies, Boston University)
- Kate Holliday (Architecture, UIUC)
- Swati Chattopadhyay (Art History, University of California at Santa Barbara)
- Teresa Barnes (History, UIUC)
Jose Atiles (Sociology, UIUC), Sept. 20
Crisis by Design: Law, Emergency Powers and Anticorruption in Puerto Rico
Invited Participants
- Anna Marshall (Sociology, UIUC)
- Jessica Greenberg (Anthropology, UIUC)
- Mónica Jiménez (African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin)
- Sebastian Leon (Latino and Caribbean Studies & Criminal Justice, Rutgers)
Pollyanna Rhee (Landscape Architecture, UIUC), Aug.25
Natural Attachments: The Domestication of American Environmentalism, 1920-1970
Invited Participants
- Amanda Ciafone (Media and Cinema Studies, UIUC)
- Keith Woodhouse, (History, Northwestern University)
- Marc Doussard (Urban Planning, UIUC)
- Paige Glotzer (History, University of Wisconsin at Madison)
Spring 2023
Karen Flynn (Gender and Women’s Studies & African-American Studies, UIUC)
Invited Participants
- Angharad Valdivia (Latina/Latino Studies, UIUC)
- Babacar M’Baye (English, Kent State University)
- Ikuko Asaka (History, UIUC)
- Leslie Reagan (History, UIUC)
- Nan Kim (History, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)