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The Perilous Fight: A Conversation with Colin Kaepernick

Sponsors: Department of African American Studies in partnership with the National Association of Black Bookstores. Co-sponsors: Office of the Provost, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Emory Libraries, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Face and Difference, Center for Civic Reasoning, Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, and Department of History. Faculty, staff and community members should register for tickets via Eventbrite. Students should register for tickets via The Hub. Colin Kaepernick, civil rights activist, entrepreneur and former NFL Super Bowl quarterback, brings his national book tour to Emory on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium.  Hosted by the Department of African American Studies, the free event will feature Kaepernick discussing his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” with Emory historian Carl Suddler. The discussion is open to the public but requires advance registration. The first 500 Emory students to register through The Hub will receive free copies of “The… University Event Topic: Academics. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Colin Kaepernick, Civil Rights Activist, Entrepreneur, and Former NFL Super Bowl Quarterback. Event Open To: All (Public). Cost: Free. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-perilous-fight-a-conversation-with-colin-kaepernick-tickets-2003081769494. Contact Name: Angelique Anderson. Contact Email: angelique.anderson@emory.edu. Thursday, November 5, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM. 1652 N Decatur Rd | Glenn Memorial Church and Auditorium. For more info visit news.emory.edu.

Dr. Abel Djassi Amado: "Historical Sociolinguistics of the National Liberation War in Guinea Bissau and Cabo Verde"

Sponsor: The Institute of African Studies. Co-sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Linguistics Program, Department of History, Department of Political Science Department, and Department of Sociology. You are invited to attend an IAS seminar featuring Dr. Abel Amado entitled “Historical Sociolinguistics of the National Liberation War in Guinea Bissau and Cabo Verde”.   This event will take place on Friday, November 6, 10:30 am in White Hall 102. Dr. Elijah Zehyoue will serve as the respondent for this talk.   Abel Djassi Amado is an associate professor of political science and international relations at Simmons University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science/African Studies from Boston University. He researches on the politics of language in West Africa/Cabo Verde, Amílcar Cabral, and the political history of national liberation in Africa—among other topics and themes. His works have been published in Lusotopie, The Journal of Cape Verdean Studies, Desafios, and Portuguese Literary and Cultural… University Event Topic: Academics. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Dr. Abel Djassi Amado, Simmons University. Series: The Institute of African Studies Seminars. Contact Name: Jacquelyn Charlton. Contact Email: jacquelyn.charlton@emory.edu. Friday, November 6, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. White Hall, Room 102.

TTA Workshop | Dr. Fernando Esquivel-Suárez: "We Don't Talk About Pablo: Magical Realism and the Politics of Global Colombianidades in 'Narcos' and 'Encanto'"

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 via the link below. Email Rebecca Rubenstein for more information. In-person and on Zoom. Abstract: This essay examines the negotiations that shape Colombianidades globally through the controversial billboards promoting Netflix’s Narcos in Madrid in 2016 and Disney’s Encanto in 2021. Netflix’s criminal imagery provoked diplomatic and migrant protests, while Disney reactivated the controversy to present enchanted beauty as Colombia’s authentic image. These campaigns reproduce the “two Colombias” paradigm in U.S. media: gendered and racialized scripts associate the country with criminal masculinity and spectacular violence or with cultural exuberance, female beauty, and natural abundance. Narcos and Encanto invoke magical realism to make… 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. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.cloud.microsoft%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DnPsE4KSwT0K80DImBtXfOGbZMjIJBHdOkgcW9QVGMVxUQUNTRFhOM1A0QUhGODRGQTNRUENDN1NaMC4u&data=05%7C02%7Ckbwilso%40emory.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7Cc98e73c46f7647d65fef08df336d7958%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C639286217431156780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=48uNK0uV59vM3EuEYC7ek… Contact Name: Rebecca Rubenstein. Contact Email: rebecca.rubenstein@emory.edu. Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM. 1635 N. Decatur Rd | Fox Center.

CPCS | Dr. Thomas D. Rogers and Dr. Arri Eisen: "The Gazelle’s Skin: How We Remember and Forget, from the Molecular to the Historical"

Sponsor: The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies (CPCS). Co-sponsors: The Laney Graduate School, the Emory College of Arts & Sciences, and the Department of History. Bio: TBA   Abstract: TBA For questions or to be added to the listserv, please contact Camden Paillot. University Event Topic: Academics. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Dr. Thomas D. Rogers and Dr. Arri Eisen, Emory University. Series: The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies (CPCS). Contact Name: Camden Paillot. Contact Email: camden.paillot@emory.edu. Friday, November 6, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM. Bowden Hall, Room 323/Major Room.

Dr. Benjamin Nathans: "Refuseniks and Rights-Defenders: Jews and the Soviet Dissident Movement"

Sponsor: The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies. Co-sponsors: Emory University’s Center for International and Comparative Law, Center for Law and Religion, Departments of German Studies, History, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Political Science, Religion, and Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Institute for Liberal Arts, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life, and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program. This is a free public event and registration is required. The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies (TIJS) at Emory University will feature Pulitzer Prizer-winner Prof. Benjamin Nathans of the University of Pennsylvania as the speaker for this year’s Rabbi Jacob M. Memorial Rothschild Lecture. The lecture, to take place on Wednesday, November 11th at 7:00pm, will address the topic: “Refuseniks and Rights-Defenders: Jews and the Soviet Dissident Movement.” This free, on-campus event will be held in Emory's Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall (571… University Event Topic: Academics. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Dr. Benjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania. Series: 18th Annual Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild Memorial Lecture. Event Open To: All (Public). Cost: Free. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TYR57YD. Contact Name: Brent Buckley. Contact Email: brent.buckley@emory.edu. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. 571 S. Kilgo Cir | Michael C. Carlos Museum, 3rd Floor in Ackerman Hall.

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.

CPCS | Research Group Meeting: Works in Progress Papers

Sponsor: The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies (CPCS). Co-sponsors: The Laney Graduate School, the Emory College of Arts & Sciences, and the Department of History. Bio: TBA   Abstract: TBA For questions or to be added to the listserv, please contact Camden Paillot. University Event Topic: Academics. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Camden Paillot and Gerardo Manrique de Lara Ruiz, Emory University. Series: The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies (CPCS). Contact Name: Camden Paillot. Contact Email: camden.paillot@emory.edu. Friday, November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Bowden Hall, Room 323/Major Room.

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.