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The Cultural Studies Colloquium enters its fourth decade, airing fresh scholarship at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences. An intellectual centerpiece of the program, its events are always free and open to the public. All events will be livestreamed on GMU-TV on Thursdays 4:30 to 6:00 PM EDT.
Special thanks to the CIPS (CHSS Interdisciplinary Program Support) fund, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University Life and GMU-TV for generous assistance.
Hyper-Capitalist Tumults: Struggles In and Against Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:30 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Nick Dyer-Witheford (University of Western Ontario, Information & Media Studies). The groundbreaking cultural studies scholar (author of Cyberproletariat) will talk about struggles in and against AI, drawing on recent co-authored books Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence the Future of Capitalism (2019) and Cybernetic Circulation Complex: Big Tech and Planetary Crisis (2025). Co-sponsored by Sociology and Anthropology.
Thursday, October 16, 2025 4:30 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Greg Grandin (Yale, History). The Pulitzer Prize winning historian will discuss his breakout new book, America, América. Co-sponsored by the Department of History and Art History
Thursday, September 11, 2025 4:30 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Agustín Fuentes (Princeton, Anthropology). The award-winning evolutionary anthropologist will talk about his timely new book, Sex is a Spectrum. Co-sponsored by Sociology and Anthropology
Thursday, August 28, 2025 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Branko Milanović of the CUNY Graduate Center and London School of Economics, a renowned political economist and author, will talk about recent trends in globalization and inequality. Co-sponsored by Economics and Global Affairs.
