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On 2nd July, UCL will be hosting a Graduate Workshop on Early America. All are welcome to join, and it will be followed by the Commonwealth Fund Lecture by Eliga Gould.
The IHR Migration and Mobility Seminar presents Dr Connie Thomas on Performing Citizenship: Public activism and the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts. This formative moment was not a mere partisan dispute, but a genuine disagreement on the nature of US citizenship that spilled out into the public arena.The seminar takes place on 16th June 2026 5.30pm-7.30pm, and attendance is online and in-person.
This panel explores speculative fiction in US culture as a critical lens for examining power, history, and futurity across literature, film, television, and digital media. Drawing on Cultural Studies, feminist, queer, posthuman, and decolonial frameworks, it highlights speculative narratives as tools for interrogating late capitalism, technological mediation, racialized and gendered subjectivities, and ecological crises.
Much has been written about the United States role in securing the Good Friday Agreement. Less is known and documented about the ongoing efforts the US has made to ensure Northern Ireland’s transition to a post-conflict society. US intervention in Northern Ireland has taken various forms. America’s standing as a neutral but supportive partner waned under the Biden administration. Strains in the relationship have also emerged under President Trump given Sinn Fein’s refusal to engage with his administration. This conference seeks to examine US intervention in Ireland in the post-1998 period.
Professor Eliga Gould (University of New Hampshire) will deliver the 2026 Commonwealth Fund Lecture at UCL on Thursday 2 July. In this public lecture, Gould explores the contested legacy of resistance at the heart of the American Revolution, tracing how the events of 1775-76 shaped later debates over citizenship, rebellion, and political belonging across the Atlantic world.
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