Summer Funding Presentations
Opening/Closing Remarks Given by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Tonio Andrade
Order of Presentations, 11:35 am: Rafael Escoto | Cuttino Scholarship, 11:50 am: Cabot Postol | Jack Award & Roark Prize, 12:05 pm: William Shan | Cuttino Scholarship, 12:20 pm: Bruno Stratmann | Jack Award, 12:30 pm: Aaron Tavolacci | Wiley Prize, 12:40 pm: Theodore Valentino | Cuttino Scholarship, 12:50 pm: Jonah Saltzman | Roark Prize, 1:00 pm: Lily Zhang | Starr Award.
University Event Topic: Academics. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Rafael Escoto, Cabot Postol, William Shan, Bruno Stratmann, Aaron Tavolacci, Jonah Saltzman, Theodore Valentino, Lily Zhang. Series: History Undergraduate Program Events. Contact Name: Emiaya Curry. Contact Email: emiaya.curry@emory.edu.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Callaway Memorial Center, Room C201.
TTA Workshop | Dr. Fernando Esquivel-Suárez: "We Don't Talk About Pablo: Colombian Narco Magical Realism and Feudal Magical Realism in U.S. Streaming Media"
Sponsor: Theorizing the Americas Workshop. Co-sponsors: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program, Laney Graduate School, Oxford College Humanities Division, and Department of History. RSVP (to be included closer to the event) via the link below. Email Rebecca Rubenstein for more information.
In-person and on Zoom.
University Event Topic: Academics. Humanities. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Dr. Fernando Esquivel-Suárez, Spelman College. Series: Theorizing the Americas Workshops | Fox Center Interdisciplinary Research Seminar. Contact Name: Rebecca Rubenstein. Contact Email: rebecca.rubenstein@emory.edu.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM.
TBA.
Dr. Amitav Ghosh: "Habitats, Humanity and Apocalypse" Keynote Lecture
Sponsor: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. Co-sponsor: Emory University's Department of English, Creative Writing, Environmental Sciences, History, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, the Center for Ethics, the Emory Climate Hub, the Global and Postcolonial Studies program, and the Hightower Fund. Please register via the link below to attend. ** Please note that due to high demand the event time and venue have changed.
Please join the Fox Center for our Habitat Keynote Lecture: "Habitats, Humanity and Apocalypse” by environmental thinker and acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh (Ghost-Eye, Sea of Poppies, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, and The Nutmeg's Curse).
What does it mean to dwell in a ravaged world? Already in 1966, long before the ravages of the present planetary crisis had become manifest, Martin Heidegger said in an interview: ‘It is no longer upon an earth that man lives today… the uprooting of man that is now taking place is the end [of everything human…].’ This talk…
University Event Topic: Academics. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Dr. Amitav Ghosh. Event Open To: All (Public). Alumni. Emory Community. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=nPsE4KSwT0K80DImBtXfOCl0gQ5r2z1AuIwaK9PDCgFUM0xOQjFFMTJVMDFWTk04UTUwTURTOFZUMiQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl. Contact Name: Karl-Mary Akre. Contact Email: km.akre@emory.edu.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
1804 North Decatur Rd | Performing Arts Studio.
TTA Workshop | José Londoño: "Memory as Justice Praxis in Carolina Caycedo's Yuma/Magdalenda River"
Sponsor: Theorizing the Americas Workshop. Co-sponsors: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program, Laney Graduate School, Oxford College Humanities Division, and Department of History. RSVP (to be included closer to the event) via the link below. Email Rebecca Rubenstein for more information.
In-person and on Zoom.
University Event Topic: Academics. Humanities. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: José Londoño, Emory University. Series: Theorizing the Americas Workshops | Fox Center Interdisciplinary Research Seminar. Contact Name: Rebecca Rubenstein. Contact Email: rebecca.rubenstein@emory.edu.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM.
TBA.