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Professor of Religious Studies S.B. Rodriguez-Plate recently gave a talk on experiential- and material-based learning at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Daniel Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus, gave the keynote address for a pre-conference at the American Sociological Association annual meeting.

Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus gave the 2024 presidential address at the American Association of Philosophy Teachers biennial conference in July at Otterbein University (Ohio). His talk "Collaboration and Serious Engagement in the Philosophy Classroom" marked the second and final year of his presidency. Marcus has been an AAPT board member or committee chair since 2010, and served as vice president in 2021-22.

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Claire Mouflard chaired a panel and presented a paper at the Council of European Studies conference in Lyon, France, in July. The theme of the conference was "Radical Europe: Violence, Emancipation, and Reaction."

Pavitra Sundar, associate professor of literature, organized a panel for the Network for European Cinema Studies conference in Izmir, Turkey. The panel, titled "Videographic Crises," brought together four video essayists exploring sensory and bodily manifestations of crises in contemporary cinema.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias recently presented “The Right to Know? Technology, Transparency, and Trust” and her book, Awkwardness: A Theory.

Debra Boutin, the Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics Emerita, gave an invited presentation entitled "Geochromatic Number in terms of Chromatic Number" in the Graph Colouring and Homomorphism Minisymposium at the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Discrete Math Conference in Spokane, Wash.

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven recently gave an invited talk at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of International Affairs and Professor of Government, was recently a guest commentator for Voice of America.

Debra Boutin, the Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics, gave a plenary research talk at the New York Graph Theory Workshop at CUNY Graduate Center in May.