April 24, 2026 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET
Curtis Hall
Multipurpose Room
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University Ecologies invites the Tufts Community to join them for a symposium on April 24 in the Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room for their first annual symposium. 

Within and Against Monocultures

A University Ecologies Symposium

Friday, April 24. 9:00am-5:00pm

Curtis Multipurpose Room (474 Boston Ave) 

All are welcome, breakfast and lunch provided

 

 

From university campuses to global plantation ecologies, a critical symposium on engaging and interrupting monocultures. 

With talks and performances by…

Coco Allred, Artist — MIT 

Sarah Besky, Anthropologist — Cornell

Binta Diaw, Artist — Milan + Dakar

Shana Klein, Art Historian — Kent State

Jayson Maurice Porter, Historian — Maryland

Teri Morrow, Dietician — INKIN

Emily Reisman, Environmental Studies — Buffalo

Tiago Saraiva, Historian — Drexel

Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas, Artists — MIT

Katie Ulrich, Anthropologist — Harvard

With appreciation for sponsorship and support from: Anthropology; History of Art and Architecture; Environmental Studies; History; Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora; Science, Technology, and Society; Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning; Visual and Material Studies. 

This event will feature scholars, activists, ecologists and artists from a variety of institutions will be sharing their insights and artistic creations related to the topic of modern ecology. All are welcome. For questions, contact alex.blanchette@tufts.edu