Worlds of 1776 | Sarah Pearsall, “How the World Made the American Revolution”
Thursday, September 17, 2026
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Book Presentation: Behind Our Backs Feminized Poetry and Capitalist Abstraction.
Sponsor(s):
Romance Studies, English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Thursday, September 17, 2026
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Amy De'Ath
John Hope Franklin Legacies Series | Caribbean Poetics: Nature and the Visual Arts
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, September 18, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
John Hope Franklin Legacies Series | Caribbean Poetics: Nature and the Visual Arts
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Saturday, September 19, 2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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"The Problem of Personhood:" Book talk & discussion with author Lisa Siraganian
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Lisa Siraganian
Lauren Goodlad, "Teaching Critical AI Literacies"
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
4:30 pm
Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Rutgers-New Brunswick
How a “Civil Rights" Organization Turns Against Social Justice Movements: The ADL in Context
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, and International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Thursday, September 24, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Emmaia Gelman
Worlds of 1776: “The American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History?”
Sponsor(s):
History, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Libraries
Thursday, October 01, 2026
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Mark Peterson
FHI | Simon Fisher, “Writing Pauli Murray History in the Twenty-First Century: The Impact of Transgender Studies"
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Pauli Murray Project
Tuesday, October 06, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Worlds of 1776: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America
Sponsor(s):
History, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Libraries
Thursday, October 15, 2026
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Karin Wulf
Women, Youth, and Anti-Colonial Struggle in South Africa’s Exiled Liberation Movements
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Concilium on Southern Africa, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, History, and International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Rachel Sandwell
Worlds of 1776: "Globalizing 'Liberty is Sweet'"
Sponsor(s):
History, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Libraries
Thursday, October 29, 2026
1:30 pm - 2:55 pm
Woody Holton
