Pembroke Center

Pembroke Center Research Roundtable

An annual research workshop led by Pembroke Center's postdoctoral fellows.

Pembroke Center Research Roundtable

An annual research workshop led by Pembroke Center's postdoctoral fellows.

The 2025-26 Research Roundtable

Discrepant Hauntings, Incongruous Temporalities: Histories and Historiographies of Race and Gender

This symposium reckoned with historiographies of race, gender and sexuality while attending to questions of memory, asking what haunts the things we remember and how. Participants explored the publics of memory, the materiality of memory, and the politics of remembrance. It was organized by Postdoctoral Fellows Eliana Chavkin, Rahma Haji, María Camila Palacio Chiriví, and Míša Stekl.

Featured speakers:

  • Darius Bost, Associate Professor of Black Studies and Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Che Gossett, Associate Director of The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies, University of Pennsylvania
  • María Helena Rueda, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Smith College
  • Marita Sturken, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University

Past Research Roundtable Events