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The latest issue of Fast Capitalism (a journal run by GMU Cultural Studies alum David Arditi) was edited by Paul Smith and centers on issues surrounding this year's FIFA World Cup, offering critical insights into political economy, sportswashing, mediatization, geopolitics, and environmental concerns.

During the 2025–2026 academic year, the IIR launched Leaving and Belonging, a digital storytelling initiative developed as part of its arts, culture, and storytelling initiative. This project complements the IIR’s broader mission to generate and amplify relevant research on immigrants and immigration to the United States by pairing research on migration with community engagement, using storytelling to amplify personal narratives and highlight lived experiences. 

As an Eighteenth-Century Africa Publication Fellow Dominique will receive virtual publishing mentorship by both American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and African Studies Association journal editors to develop this project for presentation at the ASA annual meeting and publication in January 2027. Click in to read about her project!

In an interview with the European Center for Populism Studies, Ahmed, a Bangladeshi politics expert, argues that the moment should be interpreted more cautiously. Rather than a democratic restoration, he describes the upheaval primarily as “a restoration of politics itself,” following what he calls a long period of depoliticization.

Williams sees how Patriot Pantry gathers a community of people to support each other during times of economic hardship.

H. Esma Celebioglu completed her BA at Bogazici University in the Philosophy Department. She has an MA degree in Cultural Studies from Istanbul Sehir University. She wrote her MA thesis on how communication mechanisms can be used as resistance tools.