Speaker Series 2026

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory presents the Spring 2026

Surveillance Cultures 
Lecture Series

A special event series convened by Professors Steph Brown (English) and Harris Kornstein (Public & Applied Humanities), in conjunction with the Spring 2026 graduate seminar, Surveillance Cultures.

Sponsored by the Graduate Program in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory at the University of Arizona, co-sponsored by: College of Social & Behavioral Science, Dept. of English and English Literature Graduate Program, Dept. of Gender & Women’s Studies, and the Dept. of Public & Applied Humanities.

 


 Embracing Trans Regret Under Authoritarianism
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 // 5pm // Pacheco ILC 130
 
Toby Beauchamp
Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 

Alien Land: Border Security and Astro Settlements on Indigenous Land
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 // 5pm // Pacheco ILC 130
 
Felicity Amaya Schaeffer
Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz
 

In a State of Emergency, In a Forest of Rumors: Reading The Grenada Revolution in Merle Collins' Angel and Dionne Brand's In Another Place, Not Here
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 // 5pm // Pacheco ILC 130
 
Kezia Page
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair, Professor of English and Africana & Latin American Studies, Colgate University