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April 22, 2027

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An Object of Seduction: Chinese Silk in the Early Modern Trans-Pacific Trade

Xiaolin Duan (NHC Fellow, 2023–24), North Carolina State University

April 6, 2027

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST

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Impact of the Haitian Revolution on Early American Print Culture

Duncan Faherty, Queens College, CUNY

February 25, 2027

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Octavia Butler Now! Reading Race, Gender, and Critical Futures

R. Scott Heath, University of Pittsburgh

February 11, 2027

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST

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