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  • Palestinian Feminism in the Time of Genocide

    Dana Commons – Fireside Lounge

    Join co-sponsors Center for Gender, Race and Area Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies as we host Loubna Qutami in a timely and thought-provoking discussion on Palestinian Feminism.

  • Colloquium Speaker Series: Abbie Tingstad

    Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center

    Many Arctics: What Does it Look Like and Why Is it Important for the Future of Governance in the Far North? The Arctic is transforming in dramatic and complex ways through a myriad of pressures related to changes in climate, social trends and demographic patterns, economic opportunities, geopolitics, and technology. Although many discussions surrounding the […]

  • Terror at the Opera

    Jefferson 320

    Join professional opera performers Rachel Hippert and Jose Heredia as they take you on a journey of horror music from the gothic to contemporary.

  • The Power of Mapmaking in 17th-Century New England

    Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    Nathan Braccio, Assistant Professor of History at Clark University, explores how both Algonquian-speaking communities and English colonists made maps as tools in a struggle for cultural and physical control of the Northeast.

  • Modernist Poetics and Queer Fruit

    Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

    In this talk, Clark University professor Elizabeth Blake (English) focuses on T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and H. D.’s “Priapus” to discuss the way modernist poets disrupt lyric traditions by setting intertextuality and phenomenological referentiality in tension in order to explore queer experience.

  • Featured

    Women in Horror Month Student Panel

    The Women in Horror Month Student Panel showcases research and discussion on a variety of different horror topics ranging from gender and queer studies to film techniques.

  • Screening of the film Revenge

    In partnership with CUFSS, relax, eat some pizza and watch the Revenge (2017), directed by Coralie Fargeat (also of The Substance). This high contrast, glitter horror-revenge film takes place in the high desert and is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat! This screening is part of the Women in Horror Month […]

  • The Embodied and Affective Language of Self-Immolation as Political Protest

    Grace and Lurie Conference Rooms, University Center Clark University

    Sara Hassani, professor of political science at Providence College, will examine the political significance of self-immolation among women and girls in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. 

  • From History to Headlines: Trans Resilience in the Modern Rainbow Scare

    Virtual Event

    Journalist and trans activist Erin Reed will trace the evolution of transgender identity, examine ongoing developments in trans health care, and offer concrete steps for people to become better allies, advocates, and observers.

  • Creating Immersive Multi-Person Responsive Environments

    Clark University Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design – Mac Lab 404 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA

    Clark University alumni Bill Saiff ’81 and Lorne Covington ’81, founders of NOIRFLUX, will discuss their unique approach and experience in creating multi-person responsive environments for public art, communication, education, research, and entertainment.

  • Fishers, Foragers and Fine Diners

    Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor

    Ben Jamieson Stanley from the University of Delaware will discuss their recent book, “Precarious Eating: Narrating Environmental Harm” focused on fisheries and foraging as a point of entry to South Africa’s Western Cape, where bustling culinary and environmental tourism coincide with hunger and stratification.