It is hard to define what the border sounds like. It is a complicated sonic imaginary: is it noisy? Are those sirens? Can you hear the conjunto playing next door? These questions, unequivocally, lead to deeper ones: Why are certain musical genres deemed as “noise” while others are not? What does it mean to be […]

For years, we have witnessed increased attacks on books centered around LGBTQIA, race, offensive language, and more. While public and school librarians have received much backlash from the complaints, librarians, politicians, and community advocates have partnered in solidarity to help remove access barriers. Join our panel to discuss the harm of banned books, learn how […]

U.S.-China relations are more strained today than they have been in half a century. Government and popular mistrust is high on both sides, exacerbating efforts to put the relationship back on track. As communication and exchanges grind to a halt, so do hopes of mutual understanding and constructive policy responses. Yet never has it been […]

Emily Drabinski, interim chief librarian at The Graduate Center, City University of New York and the 2023-2024 president of the American Library Association (ALA) will give a talk on the importance of libraries and librarians and how we can protect them in the face of ongoing censorship attempts.

Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo is a German-Namibian author, poet, and activist who grew up in foster care in East Germany. She became a German citizen in 1995. She will introduce the audience to her work and her experiences as a stateless refugee, being partially paralyzed, and coping with racially motivated abuse. Aukongo found strength in writing to […]

This event is part of the Furman Lectures Series in Linguistics (FLSL) In this talk, Dr. Casillas will present research on open science and transparency practices in the field of linguistics. He will show that, by and large, linguistics does not engage in open science and transparency practices, though there is reason to believe this is changing […]

Novey will read from her newest novel and discuss writing.