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The Cultural Studies Colloquium is in 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.
The Problem with Personhood: Should Nonhumans Have Rights in Law and Politics?
Thursday, September 3, 2026 4:30 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Lisa Siraganian is the J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in Humanities and Professor in the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns Hopkins University. Siraganian has written award-winning scholarly monographs that bridge literary criticism, art criticism, and legal and philosophical scholarship.
Traumatized: The New Politics of Personal Suffering
Thursday, September 10, 2026 4:30 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Catherine Liu is professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine and founder of the Palm Springs School for Social Research. Her research spans Sinophone cinema, the visual arts, French literature, psychoanalysis, and the Frankfurt School. She is best known for her critique of the professional-managerial class, Virtue Hoarders (2021).
Her latest book is Traumatized: The New Politics of Personal Suffering (2026).
The Enigma of the Yellow Vests and what they might tell us about the US
Thursday, September 17, 2026 4:30 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Ida Susser, Distinguished Professor of anthropology at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, has conducted ethnographic research in the U.S., Southern Africa, Puerto Rico, Spain, and France, with a focus on urban social movements and the urban commons, gender, the global AIDS epidemic, and environmental movements.
Her latest book is The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy (2026).
Frauds, Hypocrites, Tricksters, and Corruption: Capitalism as Morality Tale and the End of Judgment
Thursday, October 29, 2026 4:30 PM EDT
The event will be livestreamed by GMU-TV
Todd Cronan is professor of art history at Emory University. Editor-in-chief at nonsite.org, he writes about art, architecture, intention, and Marxism. He is author of Against Affective Formalism: Matisse, Bergson, Modernism (2014); Red Aesthetics: Rodchenko, Brecht, Eisenstein (2021); and Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California (2024).
