Past Events

George Mason University spring break extended due to COVID concerns.

Join us to celebrate the launch of Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change by Dr. John Cook. Come hear author John Cook discuss his work, answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of his book. Books will be available for sale at the event.

This symposium, sponsored by the Intellectual Life Committee in the College of Humanities and Social Science, will bring together three scholars, each from a different discipline, to discuss the relationship between large-scale environmental challenges and the problems of political knowledge, cultural representation, and individual and collective subjectivities. Sam Lebovic, from the Department of History and Art History, will moderate.

This talk examines Bolivian speakers' use and perception of two nonstandard forms of the Spanish diminutive, linking the use of variants of this linguistic feature to positioning with respect to social categories such as gender, authenticity, and upward mobility.

Join us for an open mic storytelling event!

Thomas Dolby, VSGI Pioneer in Residence, will be speaking at George Mason University on April 6th.

The Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center (CINA) Distinguished Speaker Series features leading experts from fields related to the disruption of criminal activities across the physical and cyber spaces. Join us on Thursday, February 20th for a discussion about patterns in mass violence, including new research on threat identification and its potential to enhance prevention and response to future acts.

Learn more about Mason's Summer Study program, Harry Potter: Literature and Film in Scotland and England. Applications are due March 8 for this four-week program that will introduce participants to the places and culture that informed J.K.Rowling's epic series.