Video & Audio

Mabel O. Wilson is working on an architectural and cultural history of racial difference from the early years of the United States.

Liberal democratic societies are more resilient in the face of populist challenges than conventional wisdom holds.

Camila Agosto is developing new works, including electroacoustic pieces for mixed instrumentation that incorporate her research in somatic experiences and sound healing.

Artist A.K. Burns is researching and developing new video work and related sculptures.

Holly Case’s Academy project explores symbolic WWII politics as they relate to the war in Ukraine and the 1990s wars in Yugoslavia, foremost via the idea of tracing "tained" history.

Mariana P. Candido’s study examines the roles of West African women as leaders and commoners, free and enslaved, during the era of the slave trade and European imperialism.

Serhii Plokhii, the Harvard University historian of Ukraine and the Cold War, offers a definitive account of this conflict based on his latest book, "The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History" (Norton, May 2023).

Artist Haley Mellin focuses on nature conservation to advocate for environmental justice and biodiversity.

Tiffany N. Florvil discusses her work on a biography of Black poet and activist May Ayim (1960-1996).

Kathleen Thelen traces the origins of the Amazon economy to the late nineteenth century.