Black FUTURE Month Un-Common Read-In with Cassandra Jones
Ruha Benjamin's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
Monday, February 24, 12:30pm
Taft Research Center

Living Sectarianism: The Experiences of Christian Minorities in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
Hyun Jeong Ha, Duke Kunshan University
Monday, February 24, 1pm
Taft Research Center

Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport
Letisha Brown, University of Cincinnati
Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 1:30–3:30pm
Taft Research Center

Write Now
Wednesday, February 26, 10am–4pm
Taft Research Center

The Boogaloo Brothers
Levant Obulie and Brice Hill
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:30 - 3:30pm
Taft Research Center

Bounds of Blackness: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity
Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington
Friday, February 28, 2025, 1:30–3:30pm
Taft Research Center

2025–27 Taft Professor of Social Justice Inaugural Lecture
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Space(s) for Truth-Telling at UC
Anne Delano Steinert
Monday, March 3, 11:30am
Taft Research Center
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METACLASSICS Lecture
What is 'Classics' to a Vietnamese Refugee?
Kelly Nguyen, University of California, Los Angeles
Tuesday, March 4, 12:30pm
Taft Research Center

Radical Play: Monsterhearts 2 x Imagination: A Manifesto
Wednesday, March 5, 4–6pm
National Commission for Black Arts & Entertainment
RSVP

Visualizing Narratives: A Pathway to Reflection, Empathy, and Advocacy
Asha White, Kennedy Heights Art Center
Thursday, March 6, 4:30–6:00pm
Taft Research Center

The Turnaway Play
Diana Greene Foster; Barbara Katz Rothman; Tracy Weitz
Friday, March 7, 1pm
Clifton Recreation Center, Rm. 3230

2025 Worldbuilding and Radical Worldmaking Keynote 
Incubating Imagination: Possibilities and Practices Toward Liberatory Learning 
Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University 
Friday, March 7, 6pm 
MainStreet Cinema, TUC 
RSVP

Write Now
Tuesday, March 11, 10am–1pm
CCH 5280

Radical Play: Monsterhearts x Imagination: A Manifesto
Wednesday, March 12, 4–6pm
National Commission for Black Arts & Entertainment
RSVP

Archiving LGBTQ+ Stories in Francophone Cultures:  A look at Cemeteries and Social Media in Morocco
Denis M. Provencher
Wednesday, March 12, 4:30pm
Taft Research Center

In Process
Siham Bouamer with Denis M. Provencher
Globalizing Moroccan Culture: Identity, Representation, and Cultural Flows
Thursday, March 13, 10am–noon
Taft Research Center 
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Rat-ical Worldmaking
Darcie DeAngelo, University of Oklahoma
Thursday, March 13, 12:30-2pm
Taft Research Center 
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How to Love a Rat: Detecting Bombs in Postwar Cambodia
Darcie DeAngelo, University of Oklahoma
Thursday, March 13, 4pm
Taft Research Center

Taxonomía
Javier Cardona Otero
Wednesday, March 26, 3:30–5:30pm
Taft Research Center
RSVP

minor theory
Thursday, March 27, 7–8:30pm
Downbound Books
RSVP

The Mysterious Death of Claudie Delbarre: LSD on Trial
Wendy Kline, Purdue University
Friday, March 28, time TBA
Clifton Court Hall 5280

Taft Faculty Writes 
Friday, March 28, 10am–3pm 
Faculty Enrichment Center & Zoom 
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Role-Playing the Humanities!
Monday, March 31 & Tuesday, April 1
Taft Research Center

Write Now
Wednesday, April 2, 10am–2pm
Langsam 462

Exhibitions as Worldbuilding
Sso-Rha Kang, The Carnegie
Thursday, April 3, 12:30pm
Taft Research Center
RSVP

Bestselling Encyclopedias of the European Enlightenment
Jeff Loveland, Utah Tech University
Thursday, April 3, 5pm
Valentine Overlook, Clifton Court Hall

 In Process
Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara with Margaret Chowning
Apocalypse Now: Maya Marianism, Female Prophecy, and Rebellion
Thursday, April 3, 10am–noon
Taft Research Center 
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Taft Faculty Writes
Friday, April 4, 10am–3pm 
Faculty Enrichment Center & Zoom 
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Migrant Writings in Contemporary Venezuelan Literature Written by Women
Arturo Gutiérrez-Plaza, University of Oklahoma
Friday, April 4, 5pm
Valentine Overlook, Clifton Court Hall

 In Process
Amy Lind with Macarena Gómez-Barris
A Future of the Past: Feminist Memory Politics and State Resistance in Postdictatorship Chile
Thursday, April 10, 10am–noon
Taft Research Center 
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Idealization Failure in Science
Emily Sullivan, Utrecht University
Friday, April 11, 3pm
Taft Research Center

Write Now
Tuesday, April 22, 10am-4pm
Taft Research Center

Write Now
Wednesday, May 14, 10am–3:30pm
Taft Research Center