While speakers include stellar theorists actively shaping their fields, the questions, ideas, and approaches are the main attraction.
Intellectual Publics provides a multi-faceted forum for cutting-edge scholarship across the humanities and social sciences as well as advice on how to best articulate and publish such work. We present the ideas and approaches that engage the most visionary thinkers of our time through talks and conversations for an audience invested in the ideas themselves. Intellectual Publics brings together an
05/20/2026
Thank you to everyone who attended "Writing & Publishing Now: Strategies for Turbulent Times" and made the event so special. In particular thanks to Kandice Chuh & Ken Wissoker for sharing their insights, advice and experience!
We are excited to share the recording and will post here once it is up.
05/18/2026
Join us tonight!
6.30pm ET | ONLINE
Ken Wissoker (Duke UP) in conversation with Kandice Chuh (CUNY Graduate Center) regarding the growth of critical work across the disciplines, current obstacles to it, and where to from here.
Link to register: https://bit.ly/3ORvTxg
05/17/2026
EVENT TOMORROW | 6.30pm ET | ONLINE
Reminder that tomorrow Monday May 18 we will be hosting a conversation between Ken Wissoker (Duke University Press) and Kandice Chuh (The Graduate Center, CUNY) on the occasion of the centennial of Duke University Press, titled "Writing and Publishing Now: Strategies for Turbulent Times." Speakers will discuss the growth of critical work across the disciplines, current obstacles to it, and how to best move forward from here.
All are welcome to attend!
Register here: bit.ly/3ORvTxg
05/11/2026
Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures talk is now up for viewing! Many thanks to Kathi Weeks and Sophie Lewis for sharing their time and insights.
Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures: A conversation with Kathi Weeks and Sophie Lewis Kathi Weeks, Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University in conversation with Sophie Lewis, scholar at the Center for Research in...
05/09/2026
Almost one week until our upcoming conversation with Kandice Chuh and Ken Wissoker on the centennial of Duke University Press. Looking forward!
Register at: bit.ly/3ORvTxg
05/04/2026
Join us for our upcoming event 6.30PM MAY 18 | ONLINE
WRITING AND PUBLISHING NOW: Strategies for turbulent times
This is a massively difficult time for universities, scholars, and academic publishers alike; a moment when our research, political commitments, and theoretical work are challenged at every turn—and yet are more important than ever. Join CUNY Graduate Center Professor Kandice Chuh and Duke University Press editor Ken Wissoker as they look backwards and forwards, considering the growth of critical work across the disciplines, current obstacles to it, and how to best move forward from here. They will give advice to scholars on how they can think about their own writing and publishing today, while exploring the histories that have brought us to this current conjuncture.
Register: https://bit.ly/3ORvTxg
04/23/2026
Thank you to all the wonderful people who attended our event w/ Kathi Weeks and Sophie Lewis, discussing Weeks's book 'Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures.' It was a profound and provocative discussion by two brilliant thinkers, who we were grateful to have been able to host.
Recording up soon!
04/23/2026
Now posted on Youtube: Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession
A CONVERSATION WITH JODI BYRD (Chickasaw Nation), JOSEPH M. PIERCE (Cherokee Nation), AND AUDRA SIMPSON (Kahnawà:ke Mohawk)
Watch at: bit.ly/4e6ygGM