Upcoming Lectures & Talks
5 upcoming lectures and talks from Framingham State University, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All lectures in Greater Boston →
Wed Oct 7 · 10:30am
Rebecca Pope-Ruark, who studies burnout among academics, distinguishes individual strain from the institutional habits that produce it, and argues that rebuilding relationships and holding clearer boundaries interrupts the cycle. The talk is aimed at university staff but is open, and Framingham State holds it in the McCarthy Center.
Thu Oct 22 · 2:30pm
Sarah Sobieraj on twenty years of rising affective polarisation — Americans disliking the other side rather than disagreeing with it — and on what she calls 'emo chambers', where shifts in political information, media habits and social wellbeing combine to turn discomfort into indignation, particularly among young adults.
Thu Oct 29 · 12:30pm
Tuffy Love Andrews returns to Framingham State with 'Bible Drag', reading the street evangelists who appear on campuses as performers — spectacle, costume, an audience and a revenue model — and drawing the parallels with drag that follow from treating evangelism as a staged act rather than a sincere one.
Tue Mar 23 · 4:30pm
This session of Framingham State's Linda Vaden-Goad Authors & Artists Series pairs two faculty members. Demetrios Brellas, a zooarchaeologist, discusses his research in Greece, where he analyses animal and human remains to reconstruct past lives, and Ben Watanabe introduces the Sports Stylebook, a style guide aimed at today's sports content creators. The session is hybrid, with a Zoom link for remote attendance.
Wed Apr 7 · 4:30pm
A panel with PEN America and Framingham State faculty on what free expression and academic freedom mean in practice, who sets their limits, and whether a university can defend both while building an inclusive community. PEN America has tracked campus speech disputes and legislative restrictions across the country.