Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops (RIW)

The Late Antique Reading Group (LARG) offers a formal space for thought-provoking, interdisciplinary conversations about the late antique world and its enduring relevance today.

Our meetings cover a wide range of topics, including proposal development, book discussions, and critical reviews of recent papers. We also host presentations by faculty and alumni. To enhance this interdisciplinary approach, our workshop is designed to foster collaboration by engaging students and professionals from diverse fields.

November meeting for the Topics in Classical Intersectionalities (TiCI) RIW.

This workshop is for clinicians in training who seek to enhance their skills in providing weight-inclusive health and mental health care. No experience is needed - please come to as many or as few sessions are you are able. Looking forward to having you as part of the conversation!

A Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop examining how the humanities produce knowledge — and how humanists have understood, articulated, and contested their own ways of knowing.

The Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to convene and discuss how political messages are produced, disseminated, and interpreted in contemporary media environments. Our core research topics focus on the evolving relationships between media, politics, and society. Drawing on the interdisciplinary fields of communication, political science, sociology, and information science, our members explore a wide range of topics such as public support for entertainment censorship, climate change communication, social learning on TikTok, political para-social relationships, polarization, political biases in AI-generated content, etc. Our sessions encourage the exchange of ideas and work across theoretical and methodological traditions.

Hello everyone! We are excited to share that Lin Hierse will be joining Alamanya on November 20th from 2-4PM to discuss her book, "Wovon wir Träumen". Please take the days in between to read through the book and bring any questions you have. Catering and refreshments will be provided, so please do let us know if you have any food allergies that we should be aware of before placing the order.

Join us for an invigorating conversation as we continue our exploration of this month’s theme "Memory and Archive". Together, we will engage critically with the ideas of Michel Foucault and Achille Mbembe, examining their approaches to the archive, the production of knowledge, memory, and structures of power. We look forward to a thoughtful and stimulating discussion!

The Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACS) RIW is an interdisciplinary space to explore the history, culture, politics, and arts of Latin America and the Caribbean. This RIW invites dialogue among students working on a wide range of sub-regions, times, and topics, many from distinct methodological perspectives. Our goal is to bring seemingly disparate interests together in an intellectually productive space that deepens participants' understanding of this expansive region.
This RIW hopes to serve as the academic node that connects seemingly disparate scholars of Latin America into one productive space. Through our events and meetings, graduate students and faculty will be able to more effectively expand their interdisciplinary understanding, create connections across the university, and support each other in their academic journey.