Brown Bag Series
One of the Center's signature programs, the Brown Bag Colloquium Series provides a regular forum for the exchange, development, and synthesis of ideas among humanities and arts scholars at Wayne State. The series helps the Center fulfill its mission to be a catalyst for interdisciplinary conversations and fellowship among WSU scholars at all stages in their careers. In keeping with the spirit of this series, the Center especially welcomes submissions from scholars who hope to present works in progress as they work toward refining their research findings for publication. Talks should be 30 to 45 minutes in length, followed by Q&A. This series is ideal for presenters interested in receiving detailed feedback on a specific research project. Collaborative submissions that showcase interdisciplinary work are especially encouraged.
Apply for the 2025-2026 Brown Bag series here
Deadline to apply is May 16, 2025
Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 Brown Bag schedule
September 10, 2024 12:30pm
Speaker: Bruce Russell
Location: F/AB 2339
Title: Truth and Rationality
November 12, 2024 12:30pm
Speakers: Joshua Duchan and Eric Freedman
Location: F/AB 2339 and Zoom
Title: Please Buy My Last Paper, I Want to Go Home: Portrayal of Newsboys and Newsgirls in 19th and 20th Century Music
November 22, 2024 12:30pm
Speaker: Sylvia Taschka
Location: F/AB 2339 and Zoom
Title: A Different Shade of Green: Environmentalism and the Radical Right in Germany
December 11, 2024 12:30pm
Speaker: Rahul Mitra
Location: TBD
Title: Why Should We Care about Microplastics? How Local Communities Understand Emerging Environmental Health Risks
January 10, 2025 12:30pm
Speaker: Mia Michael
Location: TBD
Title: Building on Their Foremothers 'Fights for Rights': Domestic Workers and the New Labor Activism, 1960-2015
January 22, 2025 12:30pm
Speaker: Ariel Helfer
Location: TBD
Title: The Forgotten Rhetorical Teaching of Isocrates: Huan Nature and Civic Responsibility
February 3, 2025 12:30pm
Speaker: Peter Marra
Location: TBD
Title: "We Belond Dead": Embracing Monstrosity in 21st Century Horror
February 10, 2025 12:30pm
Speaker: Andrew Guinn
Location: TBD
Title: Revisiting the Modernist City: Brasilia Beyond the Pilot Plan
February 17, 2025 12:30pm
Speaker: Thomas Trimble
Location: TBD
Title: Liberalism, Incrementalism, and the Asteroid that will One Day Destroy Earth
March 18, 2025 12:30pm
Speaker: Eldonna May
Location: TBD
Title: TBD