Visiting Speakers

Michele Alacevich is Director of Global Studies and Assistant Professor of History at Loyola University, Maryland.

Ariella Azoulay teaches visual culture and contemporary philosophy at the Program for Culture and Interpretation, Bar Ilan University.

Robin Blackburn teaches at the New School in New York and the University of Essex in the UK. He is the author of many books, including The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, Age Shock, Banking on Death, and The American Crucible.

Susan Buck-Morss is Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Theory in the Department of Government, and a member of the graduate fields of German Studies and History of Art.

James Chandler is the Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Distinguished Service Professor, Director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and Co-Director, Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of Chicago.

Frederick Cooper received his PhD from Yale University in 1974 and is a professor of History at NYU. His research interests include modern Africa, empires in world history, colonization and decolonization, and the social sciences and the colonial situation.

Nick Cullather is an historian of United States foreign relations specializing in the history of intelligence, development, and nation-building.

Maria DiBattista specializes in twentieth century literature and film, the European novel, and narrative theory.