The institute concludes its 2015-17 theme, "Senses and Longings," with eleven events in winter 2017, including "Revoluiotnary Longings: The Russian Revolution and the World, 1917-1929," a four-day confernence on March 8-11. The lectures series concludes with the April 13 finale, "On Futures, Past and Present," featuring lectures from Robin Blackburn (University of Essex) and Nancy Fraser (New School for Social Research).

Events take place in 1014 Tisch Hall except where noted; programs are free and open to the public. The term poster is available as a PDF. These events are made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

January 16 (1 pm), Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium: "Where Do We Go from Here?"
Featuring Maylei Blackwell University of California, Los Angeles and N.D.B. Connolly, Johns Hopkins University

January 19 (4 pm), Ada Ferrer, New York University
Lecture: Aponte's Vision: Race, Revolution, and World History in an Atlantic Port City, Havana 1812

January 20 (9:45 am), Symposium: New Directions in the Study of Race in Latin America and the Caribbean

February 2 (4 pm), Leslie Pincus, University of Michigan
Lecture: On the Shores of Japan’s Postwar Left: An Intimate History

February 3 (12 pm), Symosium: From Archives to Nail Guns: Practical Applications of Graduate History Training
Panelists: Jonathan Farr, Nora Krinitsky, Emily Price, Kate Silbert, Michelle McClellan (chair)

February 16 (12 pm), Rudolph Ware, University of Michigan
Lecture: Visionaries: Second Sight and Social Change in West Africa Since 1800

March 8-11, Conference: Revolutionary Longings: The Russian Revolution, 1917-1929
March 8 Keynote in Rackham Amphitheatre; remaining conferece events in 1014 Tisch

March 23 (5 pm), Osagie K. Obasogie, University of California, Berkeley
Lecture: What Can Blind People Tell Us About Race?

March 24 (12 pm), Graduate Student Workshop
Panelists: Xiaoyue Li, Saquib Usman, Tara Weinberg, Osagie Obasogie, Stephen Berrey (chair)

April 13 (4 pm), Robin Blackburn, University of Essex, and Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research
Lecture: On Futures, Past and Present
Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery (Room 100)

April 14 (10 pm), Symposium: Horizons of Expectation Today
Panelists: Robin Blackburn, Nancy Fraser, others forthcoming