a gaines center for the humanities mini grant event Everything in Common: Nothing to Lose The 2026 Social Theory Symposium
Sponsored by a Gaines Center for the Humanities mini grant, the 2026 Social Theory Symposium, featuring author Peter Linebaugh, will take place on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 April, 2026.
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Event |
Location |
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| April 2nd | 9:30–11 AM | Graduate student presentations | Bingham Davis House |
| 12:30–1:30 PM | Lunch (Sponsored by Geography) | Bingham Davis House | |
| 1:30–3:30 PM | Reading group meeting with Peter Linebaugh (The London Hanged) | Bingham Davis House | |
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April 3rd |
9-10:15 AM |
Faculty panel on higher ed administration in current times (Carol Mason, Peter Kalliney, Sharon Yam) |
Bingham Davis House |
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10:30–noon |
Roundtable with Peter Linebaugh (Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Judah Schept, Katrina Ward, and Garrett Freas) |
Bingham Davis House |
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Noon–1:30 PM |
Lunch (Sponsored by History) |
Bingham Davis House |
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2–3:30 PM |
Peter Linebaugh Keynote |
Gatton B&E 127 |
Graduate Presentation Titles
- “Readjusting the Battle Lines: Black Independent Militias in Reconstruction-era Central Kentucky” (Micah Lynn)
- “(Midnight) Notes on Class Struggle in the Long 1980s” (Garrett Freas)
- “From Ana Livia Cordero to Bad Bunny: Dreams of a Diasporic and Independent Puerto Rico” (Ariane Ribeiro Santana)
- “Notes on a Marxist Theory of Technology” (Calvin Horning)