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Our special issue of differences is out! Claire and I were asked to suggest one article that would be open access, and (although it was VERY hard to choose) we picked Whitney’s, which is about Claudia Rankine’s “American lyric” in Ibero-American translation:

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December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I’m proud to be part of this issue
differences 36.2–3 is out now — edited by Sarah Dowling and Claire Grandy, "Lyric beyond Containment" features essays from Jacques Khalip, David Marriott, Andrea Brady, Amy De'Ath, Whitney DeVos, Jan Mieszkowski, Ren Ellis Neyra, Susan Briante, more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Out of the Archives: at their 25th reunion, Class of 1999 members Emily Coe-Sullivan, Rachel Reichlin, and Mariah Sixkiller talk about Brown in the late '90s, transitioning to college, women's sports, and sexual assault on campus. Listen: sites.brown.edu/pembrokeoral...
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Good news: the recording of Judith Butler's "Variations of Legal Violence," the 2025-26 Pembroke Publics Lecture, is now available. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Due TODAY! Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24/25. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Due tomorrow! Welcoming applications from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24/25. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Due next week! Applications for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the Seminar theme, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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OPPORTUNITY: Led by Paja Faudree, @pembrokecenter.bsky.social will award residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." Learn more & apply:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Postdoctoral research fellows play a critical role in the Pembroke Center's intellectual community. In residence for one year, postdoctoral fellows undertake original research, teach undergraduate cou...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2025-26 Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects here: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11... @brownpublichealth.bky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Congratulations to the 2025-26 undergraduate recipients of Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11...
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Out of the Archives: Kloey Albertson '27 talks about life as a Brown undergraduate and Army veteran for our Oral History Project. Listen: sites.brown.edu/pembrokeoral...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Due 11/24! Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24/25. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
From the Archives: The Miranda Summers Lowe papers are now available for research. Summers Lowe is an Army Major and Army National Guard Historian with the National Guard Bureau. She graduated with her A.M. from Brown University in 2009. Finding aid: www.riamco.org/render?eadid...
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Explore the Spring 2026 Gender and Sexuality Studies course offerings. For more information, visit Courses@Brown. Post 2/2
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Explore the Spring 2026 Gender and Sexuality Studies course offerings. For more information, visit Courses@Brown. Post 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Unfortunately we have had to reschedule Sue Mobley's talk "The New Monuments," originally scheduled for November 18. We will share the new date once it is finalized. @juliethooker.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us Tues., 11/18, 4:00 p.m.
Pembroke Hall 305
Sue Mobley: “The New Monuments: Case Studies in Emerging Modes of Community-Driven Commemoration and Subaltern Public History in Public Space”
More information: buff.ly/eUQxTqb @juliethooker.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Due this month! Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
ICYMI! Power Pieces: Fashion as Armor and the Politics of Dress is now available to watch on the Pembroke Center YouTube playlist. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Many thanks to Mabel O. Wilson for her talk "Hints on Public Whiteness: Building the Smithsonian Castle" Tuesday. This lecture is part of the programming for the annual Pembroke Seminar. This year's theme is "The Civic Work of Monuments," as set by @juliethooker.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Out of the Archives: listen to this Oral History Project interview with Dr. Martha Banks '73, a retired clinical psychologist & research neuropsychologist whose work focused on issues involving women, race, trauma, disability, & religion. Listen: sites.brown.edu/pembrokeoral...
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On October 17 we celebrated the reopening of Pembroke Hall, established in 1897 as the home of women's education at Brown. Many thanks to everyone who made this beautiful renovation possible, and to everyone who celebrated with us. pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
Celebrating a Revitalized Pembroke Hall
After an intensive summer of renovation and moving, Pembroke Hall was officially re-opened with a celebration on Friday, October 17, 2025. This marks the first time that the entire Pembroke Center…
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October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tues., 11/18, 4:00 p.m.
Pembroke Hall 305
Sue Mobley: “The New Monuments: Case Studies in Emerging Modes of Community-Driven Commemoration and Subaltern Public History in Public Space”
More information: buff.ly/eUQxTqb @juliethooker.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
TODAY! Tuesday, Oct. 28. 4:00 p.m. Mabel O. Wilson (Columbia): "Hints on Public Whiteness: Building the Smithsonian Castle." Pembroke Hall 305. A Pembroke Seminar “The Civic Work of Monuments” Lecture. Learn more: events.brown.edu/pembroke/eve...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM