The speaker for this event is Leisy Abrego, Ph.D., professor of chicana/o studies at UCLA. This event is presented as part of the Borders, Boundaries and Global Frontiers Speaker Series.

The frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan (1651) is the most analyzed image in the history of political thought, yet modern commentators have missed the fact that, in the crowd of common people, all the men are wearing their hats.

The speaker for this event is Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU. Cottom is the author of “Thick: And Other Essays.”

The speaker for this event is Richard Bell, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Maryland.

madison moore, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at VCU and the author of “Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric.”

The speaker for this event is Alok Vaid-Menon, gender non-conforming performance artist, writer and educator. This event is part of the Virginia's Past, Present and Future Speaker Series.

The speaker for this event is Clifford Edwards, Ph.D., professor in the School of World Studies at VCU. This event is presented as part of the annual Powell-Edwards Lecture Series for Religion and the Arts.

The speaker for this event is Christina Sharpe, Ph.D., professor of English at Tufts University. This event is part of the Virginia's Past, Present and Future Speaker Series.

The speaker is Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Smith College. This event is part of the Virginia's Past, Present and Future Speaker Series.