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Poster for lecture given by D.D Guttenplan, editor of the Nation, Objects in the Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear:  A Journalist Takes a Historically-Informed Look at the 2024 Election
 

On September 26th, 2024, the Centre for the Study of the United States hosted D.D. Guttenplan (Editor of The Nation) for a presentation on the state of play leading up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This was the second event of the U.S. Democracy at the Crossroads: The 2024 Election lecture series.

Black poster with white writing. Three faces are in the fore front and the main speaker Jamelle Bouie is in the fore front wearing a blue jacket and glasses..
 

On September 12th, 2024, the Centre for the Study of the United States welcomed New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie to present on the 2024 U.S. presidential election from his perspective. This was the first event of the U.S. Democracy at the Crossroads: The 2024 Election lecture series.

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On May 10th, 2024, Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford University) gave the closing keynote lecture at the 2024 Bissel-Heyd Symposium - American Constitutionalism in Crisis? This lecture on the "Crisis of History in U.S. Constitutional interpretation" wrapped up a two-day symposium on the state of American Constitutionalism. 

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On May 10th, 2024, Maggie Blackhawk (NYU Law School) gave a keynote lecture on the "Constitution of American Colonialism" at the 2024 Bissel-Heyd Symposium - American Constitutionalism in Crisis? 

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On May 9th, 2024, Rogers Smith (University of Pennsylvania) gave the opening keynote lecture on "America's Conflicting Constitutional Visions: The Quest for Common Ground" at the 2024 Bissel-Heyd Symposium - American Constitutionalism in Crisis? 

Title card for Blood: Populist Eugenics
 

On January 20th, 2022, speaker Julie Carr (University of Colorado Boulder) and respondent Cristina Rivera Garza (University of Houston) discussed overlaps between radical agrarian Populism, white feminism, Jim Crow segregation and violence, and eugenics running through the early 20th-century, U.S. West. This web event was moderated by Nicholas Sammond (University of Toronto)

Title card for Woody Guthrie, the Left, and the Politics of Intimacy
 

On January 13th, 2022, the Centre for the Study of the United States welcomed Gustavus Stadler (Haverford College) and David Suisman (University of Delaware) for a conversation about Gustavus Stadler's book Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life. 

Title card for Organizing Within, Against, & Beyond the State: Martin Sostre and the Struggle for Prison Abolition
 

On November 29th, 2021, the Centre for the Study of the United States hosted a webinar with Garrett Felber (Yale University) on the abolitionist lessons from his biography-in-progress of Black Puerto Rican anarchist and former U.S. political prisoner Martin Sostre. Brett Story (Ryerson University), Max Mishler (University of Toronto), Khaleel Grant, PhD Student (University of Toronto), and moderator Nicholas Sammond (University of Toronto) all took part in this webinar. 

Title card for 2021 Bissell-Heyd Public Research Event | Session 1: “The Indian Question in the United States”
 

On March 11th, 2021, Session 1 of the 2021 Bissell-Heyd Public Research Event took place on the topic of "The Indian Question in the United States." The Centre for the Study of the United States hosted Dr. Mamdani (Colombia University) for a talk that calls us to rethink political violence and reimagine political community beyond majorities and minorities. 

Title card for An American Coup: Reflections on Trumpism and the January 6 Insurrection
 

On January 18th, 2021, the Centre for the Study of the United States hosted a webinar in the aftermath of the January 6th Insurrection. Julilly Kohler-Hausman (Cornell University), Russell Kazal (UTSC), Alexandra Rahr (University of Toronto), and Max Mishler (University of Toronto) will offer some initial reflections on the January 6 insurrection and engage in a dialogue before questions and comment from the audience. This event was moderated by Nicholas Sammond (University of Toronto). 

Title Card for F. Ross Johnson Virtual Colloquium on Precarity "Lives on the Edge"
 

On November 19th, 2020 the Centre for the Study of the United States held the F. Ross Johnson Virtual Colloquium on Precarity. Cynthia Cranford (University of Toronto), Pamela Herd (Georgetown University), Michelle Maroto (University of Alberta), Maggie Dickinson (Guttman Community College - CUNY), Trevon D. Logan (The Ohio State University) all delivered talks at the virtual colloquium. 

Title card for Defunding the Police: Rethinking Public Safety So That Black Lives Matter
 

On July 21st, 2020, the Centre for the Study of the United States hosted an online forum that questioned what exactly it might mean to “defund the police” and how this demand might help us to realize the slogan “Black Lives Matter.” Panelists included, Julilly Kohler-Hausmann (Cornell University), Robyn Maynard (University of Toronto), Max Mishler (University of Toronto), Brett Story (University of Toronto), Dexter Voisin (University of Toronto). Moderated by Nicholas Sammond (University of Toronto).