Research Project
Reimagining Cosmopolitanism
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world today?
Communities of Inquiry
The Neubauer Collegium cultivates an environment in which new forms of thinking emerge and thrive.
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Democracy and Capitalism: An Interdisciplinary Project in History, Law, and Politics
In what ways are democratic governments and capitalist economies interdependent?
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Visual Regimes of Enslavement and Their Afterlives
How does visual culture reinforce and disrupt racial hierarchies?
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Roots of Linguistic Identity
What can we learn about the formation of social identity by studying the way young children learn dialects?
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Each academic year the Neubauer Collegium invites a select group of scholars, practitioners, and artists from around the world to join our research collaborations.
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Mulugeta Alene Araya
Mulugeta Alene Araya
Associate Professor, College of Natural Sciences
Addis Ababa University
Mulugeta Alene Araya is an Associate Professor at AAU and adjunct Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University, where he was also Fulbright visiting scholar in 2011. Professor Araya was...
Annie Greene
Annie Greene
Historian
Annie Greene is a historian of intellectual and cultural production in the modern Middle East, particularly the role of language in creating, conveying, and challenging national revival movements....
Stacy Hardy
Stacy Hardy
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Rhodes University
Stacy Hardy is a writer, researcher, and lecturer in Creative Writing at Rhodes University, South Africa. Since 2008 she has worked as Associate Editor at the pan-African journal Chimurenga. Her...
Ben Kolak
Ben Kolak
Founder, Truth and Documentary; Independent Filmmaker and Cinematographer
Ben Kolak is a documentary cinematographer and director whose first feature, Scrappers, made critic Roger Ebert’s list of the top documentaries for 2010. His other cinematography credits include...
Sandor Weisz
Sandor Weisz
Commissioner, Puzzle Designer
The Mystery League
Sandor Weisz is the commissioner of the Mystery League, which produces remote team-building games as well as live, tabletop escape games. He has built puzzles for Google, the Field Museum, Alinea,...
Françoise Lavocat
Françoise Lavocat
Professor and Chair, Comparative Literature
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
Françoise Lavocat is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle–Paris 3, a senior member of the Institut universitaire de France, a member of the European...
Doug Ober
Doug Ober
Sessional Lecturer, Department of History and Research Associate, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
University of British Columbia
Doug Ober is a historian of South Asia, religion, and colonialism with more than a decade of archival and ethnographic research experience in northern India, the Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan)...
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Events
The Neubauer Collegium opens its inquiries to the public through a wide range of programs throughout the year.
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Theorizing Fossil Capital from the Global South
Discussion
Theorizing Fossil Capital from the Global South
Neubauer Collegium
A roundtable with Elizabeth Chatterjee (History), Ryan Jobson (Anthropology), and Victoria Saramago (Romance Languages and Literatures)
Reflecting on MERCZbau: Art and Human Rights in Ukraine
Discussion
Reflecting on MERCZbau: Art and Human Rights in Ukraine
Neubauer Collegium
This event will explore shifting meanings and representations of the "East" amid the humanitarian crisis provoked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
New Approaches to the Great Paris Magical Codex
Conference
New Approaches to the Great Paris Magical Codex
Neubauer Collegium
The world's leading experts on ancient magical handbooks from Greco-Roman Egypt will gather to share findings and chart a path for future scholarship.
Opening Reception for Rick Lowe: Notes on the Great Migration
Exhibition
Opening Reception for Rick Lowe: Notes on the Great Migration
Neubauer Collegium
This event will celebrate the opening of an exhibition of new paintings by Houston-based artist Rick Lowe.
An Evening with The Crossing
Director's Lecture
An Evening with The Crossing
Rubenstein Forum
The award-winning chamber choir will ignite new curiosities at this concert, featuring a program of newly commissioned choral works.
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