The IHC Research Focus Groups (RFG) program aims at bringing together faculty and graduate students with shared research interests from different fields and departments/programs to foster the development of interdisciplinary research agendas. Convened by individuals from at least two departments/programs, the RFGs meet regularly (at least two times a quarter) during the academic year to present work in progress, read and discuss texts and current scholarship, and/or plan and implement common research projects.
Research Focus Groups
2024-25 Research Focus Groups
Ancient Borderlands
Dorota Dutsch, Classics
Nuha Khury, History of Art and Architecture
Catastrophes: Thinking Shoah and Nakba Together
Bishnupriya Ghosh, English
Sherene Seikaly, History
Elisabeth Weber, Germanic and Slavic Studies
Caribbean Studies
Stephanie Batiste, English
Mireille Miller-Young, Feminist Studies
Saide Singh, English
Cathy Thomas, English
Climate Justice Working Group
Javiera Barandiaran, Global Studies
Jéssica Malinalli Coyotecatl Contreras, Anthropology
Mona Damluji, Film and Media Studies
Maria Zazzarino, Comparative Literature
Environmental and Postcolonial Media Theories
Paul Kim, Film and Media Studies
Anna Schewelev, Comparative Literature
Christina Vagt, German, Comparative Literature
Zach McLane, Film and Media Studies
Ghana Studies
kwabena agyare yeboah, History
Francis Yeboah, Film & Media Studies
Peter Bloom, Film and Media Studies
Stephan Miescher, History
Global Childhood Media
Martina Mattei, Comparative Literature
Dominique Jullien, French and Italian
Nicole Smirnoff, Comparative Literature
Sara Pankenier Weld, Germanic and Slavic Studies
Peter Bloom, Film and Media Studies
Solaire Denaud, Comparative Literature
Muhammad “Mo” Muzammal, Film and Media Studies
Interdisciplinary Sinophone Studies
Howard Chiang, East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
Li-Ting Chang, East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies
Diandian Zeng, Music
Legal Humanities
Ahmad Ahmad, Religious Studies
Kiri Avelar, Theater & Dance
Beth DePalma Digeser, History
Maha Agha Kalsoum, Religious Studies
Elinor Mason, Philosophy
Giuliana Perrone, History
Gregory Johnson, Religious Studies
Jeannine DeLombard, English
Kari Robinson, Legal and Medical Humanities
Kathleen Moore, Religious Studies
Mohamad Jarada, Anthropology
LISO (Language, Interaction, and Social Organization)
Mary Bucholtz, Linguistics
Amy Kyratzis, Education
Geoffrey Raymond, Sociology
Kevin Whitehead, Sociology
Marat Zheng, Sociology
Machines, People, and Politics
W. Patrick McCray, History
Lisa Parks, Film and Media Studies
Slavery, Captivity, and the Meaning of Freedom
Manuel Covo, History
Jeannine DeLombard, English
Candice Lyons, Black Studies
Stephanie Malia Hom, French & Italian
Rose MacLean, Classics
John Majewski, History
Taylor Moore, History
Giuliana Perrone, History
Cathy Thomas, English
South Asian Religions and Cultures
Barbara Holdrege, Religious Studies
Bhaskar Sarkar, Film and Media Studies