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Build Essential Research Skills

The research courses we offer are tailored to provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in the field of academic research. Whether you are interested in conducting scientific studies, exploring new theories, or contributing to the advancement of knowledge in your chosen discipline, our courses will equip you with the tools and techniques needed to succeed in the world of research.

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Choose the Research Course That Aligns Best With Your Educational Goals

University of London

Understanding Research Methods

Skills you'll gain : Planning, Writing

(7.2K reviews)

Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Cape Town

Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics

Skills you'll gain : Basic Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, General Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Tests, Critical Thinking, Biostatistics, Statistical Visualization

(3.3K reviews)

Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Davis

Market Research

Skills you'll gain : Market Research, Research and Design, Marketing, Market Analysis, Communication, Business Research, Data Analysis, User Research, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Strategy, Business Communication, Customer Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, General Statistics, Correlation And Dependence, Data Visualization, People Management, Probability & Statistics, Problem Solving, Storytelling, Visual Design, Writing, Digital Marketing

(1.3K reviews)

Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Yale University

Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong

Skills you'll gain : General Statistics

(1.9K reviews)

Stanford University

Introduction to Statistics

Skills you'll gain : General Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Critical Thinking, Basic Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Tests, Probability Distribution, Problem Solving, Statistical Visualization

(2.9K reviews)

American Psychological Association

Psychological Research

Skills you'll gain : Data Analysis, General Statistics, Research and Design

(76 reviews)

Queen Mary University of London

Research Methodologies

Skills you'll gain : Exploratory Data Analysis, Market Research, Critical Thinking, Data Management, Research and Design, User Experience, Business Communication, Customer Analysis, Data Structures, User Research, Experiment

(132 reviews)

Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

National Taiwan University

Operations Research (1): Models and Applications

Skills you'll gain : Leadership and Management, Mathematics, Operations Management, Operations Research, Problem Solving, Strategy and Operations, Mathematical Theory & Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Business Analysis, Linear Algebra, Computer Programming

(414 reviews)

Johns Hopkins University

Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera Project Network

Analyze User Research Data with Microsoft Forms

Skills you'll gain : Business Analysis, Market Research, User Research

(34 reviews)

Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

École Polytechnique

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course)

(2.5K reviews)

University of Amsterdam

Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences

Skills you'll gain : Probability & Statistics, Statistical Tests, General Statistics, Correlation And Dependence, Statistical Programming, Basic Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Research and Design, Data Analysis, Regression, Adaptability, Computational Thinking, Critical Thinking, People Analysis, Theoretical Computer Science, Writing, Probability Distribution, Problem Solving, R Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis, Experiment, Computer Programming

(7.3K reviews)

Searches related to research

In summary, here are 10 of our most popular research courses.

• Understanding Research Methods :   University of London
• Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics :   University of Cape Town
• Market Research :   University of California, Davis
• Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong :   Yale University
• Introduction to Statistics :   Stanford University
• Psychological Research :   American Psychological Association
• Research Methodologies :   Queen Mary University of London
• Operations Research (1): Models and Applications :   National Taiwan University
• Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis :   Johns Hopkins University
• Analyze User Research Data with Microsoft Forms :   Coursera Project Network

Frequently Asked Questions about Research

What is research ‎.

Research is the act of collecting information about a particular topic, organizing it, and analyzing it. When you conduct research, you're doing more than just opening a book or website and looking at details of a specific subject. Research involves approaching an issue or topic systematically and carefully documenting what you observe or study. When you take part in research, you may not always find the answers to the questions you're seeking to solve; in fact, you might even open up more questions, which leads to more research. In that way, research can become a multilayered quest for answers and meaning. ‎

Why is it important to learn research? ‎

Research is more than an educational tool. For generations, research has proven theories, led to breakthroughs, and helped people learn about the world around them. Diligent work in research has led to the development of new technologies, medications, and innovations that make the world a better place. You can bring public awareness to an issue or subject with your research, or you can sow the seeds for new ideas that no one has ever discussed before. Don't just think of research as a way to learn—think of it as a way to make the world around you better. ‎

What are typical careers that use research? ‎

Research is a broad field that touches a wide range of disciplines, so you can find a career in research in any number of subjects, including in academia or in social science fields like history, archaeology, and sociology. Research is key in the medical and bioscience disciplines, especially when it comes to developing new medications and cures for disease. You may also find jobs as a forensic researcher in the criminal justice world or as a computer science researcher in the information technology sector. The possibilities for research careers are wide, and chances are you can find a research job that suits your interests. ‎

How can online courses on Coursera help me learn research? ‎

When you take research courses on Coursera, you can learn about research methods and techniques or dig deeper into specific topics like clinical research, research for social work, or market research and consumer behavior. You can learn about how to write and publish a scientific paper, understand concepts of research design, explore data analysis and interpretation, and more. ‎

What skills or experience do I need to already have, before starting to learn about research? ‎

Anyone, regardless of skill level or experience, can learn about health research. But it helps to have a background and interest in this field of study so you can understand the results and are capable of accurately interpreting the data. Beginner courses are a great place to start if you are new to the field and want to start exploring medical research. ‎

What kind of people are best suited for roles in research? ‎

Health care workers and especially those with a background in clinical research are best suited for roles in health research. People with an understanding of fieldwork and clinical research and who have a background in chemistry, biology, public health, or anthropology are great candidates for roles in health research. Health research is about innovative thinking that can benefit a society today and for years to come. It requires a person to be meticulous, forward-thinking, and dedicated to the task at hand. People best suited for roles in research should also desire to read and interpret the research of other professionals in their field. ‎

What are common career paths for someone in research? ‎

People in research can pursue a career path for research organizations including universities, governmental bodies, and health policy organizations. Health researchers not only work in laboratories but also write and manage government grants for teams of researchers. For those with a background in computer science, medical researchers may also work solely on analyzing data and presenting findings to management teams. ‎

What topics can I study that are related to research? ‎

An important topic to study in medical research is the interpretation of data obtained during clinical trials. These topics explore how to read, organize, and share the data. They also explain various types of trial design. If you are interested in public health as it relates to health research, topics like epidemiology in public health on the local and national level may be of interest to you. You can also explore specific medical research topics, including neuroscience, drug development, and precision medicine. Topics surrounding mindfulness and how it relates to health care can help learners understand how pain management, stress, and sleep issues can be alleviated. If you’re interested in how to think about data, topics that explain how to perform systematic reviews will help you learn how to describe the process used to collect data and how to interpret the end results. ‎

What are the benefits of taking an online Research course? ‎

Online Research courses offer a convenient and flexible way to enhance your knowledge or learn new Research skills. Choose from a wide range of Research courses offered by top universities and industry leaders tailored to various skill levels. ‎

What Research courses are best for training and upskilling employees or the workforce? ‎

When looking to enhance your workforce's skills in Research, it's crucial to select a course that aligns with their current abilities and learning objectives. Our Skills Dashboard is an invaluable tool for identifying skill gaps and choosing the most appropriate course for effective upskilling. For a comprehensive understanding of how our courses can benefit your employees, explore the enterprise solutions we offer. Discover more about our tailored programs at Coursera for Business here . ‎

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Cornerstone Research Workshops

Foundational research and management skills workshops, open to students at all levels.

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About the series.

The Cornerstone Research Workshop Series helps students succeed with their research papers and projects by building a solid foundation of research and management skills. Students are introduced to the basics of research, then explore a variety of workshops targeted toward helping them develop the skills they need to conduct research, and have fun while doing it.

We recommend the entire series, but workshops are designed to be stand-alone.

Co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Center — Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (opens in a new tab) and the UCLA Library, the series is open to students at all levels.

This series is offered synchronously each quarter; however, there are asynchronous versions of the Cornerstone Research Workshops (opens in a new tab) available online as well.

Upcoming Workshops in this Series

Past Workshops in this Series

• Oct 11 Cornerstone Research Workshop Getting Started With Research October 11, 2023 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Online and in-person
• Oct 05 Cornerstone Research Workshop Getting Started With Research October 5, 2023 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Online and in-person

• Feb 16 Workshop Developing Your Research Plan February 16, 2023 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Charles E. Young Research Library
• Feb 09 Workshop Writing a Literature Review February 9, 2023 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Charles E. Young Research Library
• Feb 02 Workshop Collecting and Citing Sources - 02/02/23 February 2, 2023 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Charles E. Young Research Library

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Creativity in Research Workshops

Experiential creativity training for researchers across disciplines and career stages.

Creativity is the heart of research. No matter your field, scholarly work prizes novelty and innovation: identifying new problems worth solving, explaining unexplained phenomena and solving problems that haven’t been solved before. But developing creative confidence can be a challenging process. Our team has a decade of experience creating vibrant educational experiences that equip emerging scientists, scholars, and interdisciplinary researchers with tools, techniques, support, and inspiration to approach their research in an innovative and playful way.

We taught our first Creativity in Research workshop in 2011. Since then, we have taught classes and workshops in a range of formats for a range of audiences across the globe. We have also been evaluating and improving our curriculum using a technique called  design-based research ; this means we are actively observing how our techniques shape outcomes for our students and continually thinking about how they could be tweaked to work better.

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Our understanding of the role of creativity in research has evolved along the way, too. Over the years that we have been teaching and investigating the creative practices of researchers, our approach has evolved in response to student feedback and our learning from our design-based research observations. Initially, we were focused almost exclusively on creative confidence as a means to greater productivity and innovative outputs. We still see this as a key benefit of creativity training for scholars. But we also found that focusing on the process of research and one’s own creativity had an emotional impact on how our students approached research. We observed the same shift in ourselves as our team practiced these techniques over the years since we began working on this project. Greater facility with designing one’s research process seemed to translate into less stress, greater self efficacy, a greater sense of control, and ultimately being a happier as well as more creatively productive researcher. This link between attention to one’s creative process and emotional empowerment was the most surprising outcome for us. Perhaps research doesn’t have to be as painful or stressful as many scholars seem to consider the norm.

Our workshop curriculum consists of multiple thematic modules that can be combined in an almost infinite variety of ways in formats from one day (or shorter) to five days or more. While we have some favorite variations, we are always excited to work with faculty members or administrators to tailor a course to the needs of a particular audience.

The Power of Mindfulness

Specific topics that we might cover in a workshop include:

Mindfulness for researchers

Using emotions to diagnose problems and move forward

Finding problems worth solving

Framing (and then re-framing) research questions

Tolerating ambiguity

Prototyping and iterating in scientific research

Storytelling in scientific research, especially focusing on stories you tell yourself

Energy competence for researchers

Visual thinking for researchers

Research as a team sport and cultivating a support network

Acting intentionally

Proactively (re)designing your research journey

Getting unstuck

Building resilience

“ This workshop will help you take those feelings of dread or panic and channel them into productive efforts to get you moving again with your research. ”

Reviews and Endorsement

Michael Moshe Ovadia

PhD, former instructor at Stanford d.school and former business designer at IDEO

"For a variety of reasons, writing my Stanford dissertation is the hardest thing I've ever done.  However, taking a workshop and later receiving 1:1 coaching from Dr. Cravens was instrumental in getting me through the process.  Seemingly paradoxically, I was able to both loosen up regarding my research process and approach things more creatively (which helped me manage my anxiety) while simultaneously building important habits and routines that created forward momentum.  Though I had actually taught design thinking before myself, this approach was critical at connecting the innovation methodology to my doctoral work; up until then, the two were siloed into different parts of life.  The academic and research world is ripe for transformation, and I see the work of the  Creativity in Research  team as a critical ingredient in that move."  

Nicole Ardoin

Associate Professor, Emmett Family Faculty Scholar, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

“Creativity in Research  offers concrete, data-based strategies to spark creativity and encourage new perspectives as we think about research. When I need a boost of inspiration or curiosity for motivating my team, I’m excited to have this informative, easy-to-use resource at my fingertips. But what’s best is the reassurance that creativity is a process that can be nurtured at any time—through daily practice and engagement—no matter where you are on life’s journey.”  

LinLin Shui

Head of the Design Thinking Innovation Center at the Communication University of China in Beijing (CUC)

“Creativity is the core ability of research. It has such a magical power that we should not only apply it to the research object/content itself, but also use it to design the whole research experience. The ‘Creativity in Research’ workshop enabled me to rethink the full process of doing research. It helps me to better manage the research process and gain confidence in the way of pursuing my goal.”

Heather Braun

Associate Professor, University of Akron, English Department

“As an English professor, I'm always searching for ways to help my students get excited about what they're writing and researching. I want the work they're doing in the classroom to matter long after the class has ended. "Creativity in Research" offered me new ways of thinking about what actually motivates us to stay engaged in our work. Mapping out a clear process of wayfinding, Anja and Sebastian helped me see the various challenges students face, often feeling isolated and disconnected from their larger purpose. This workshop demonstrated how communities of shared purpose can provide thoughtful feedback and perspective that moves us closer toward completing our goals. I'm excited to use these techniques to improve my own research and to help inspire students to produce their best work.”

Elena Itskovich

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

"Having the tools to mind map and quickly draft ideas on paper gives a unique perspective to understand complicated projects in one glance. Having the big picture allows to identify the important gaps and come up with projects that tackle more meaningful questions with potentially bigger impact”

A Place for Design Thinking in Academic Research

by Emi Kolawole

Past workshops

We have been teaching Creativity in Research workshops and classes since 2011.

March 2011 – pilot workshop at Stanford University, USA

April 2011 – public workshop at Stanford University

September 2011 – public workshop at Stanford University

October 2011 – Stanford Optical Society, custom designed workshop

October 2011 – public workshop at Stanford University

January 2012 – Center for Ocean Solutions, custom designed workshop

January 2012 – MARINE Consortium, custom designed workshop

March 2012 – public workshop at Stanford University

May 2012 – public workshop at Stanford University

June 2012 – conference workshop AESS (Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) Annual Meeting (Santa Clara, California)

April 2013 – public workshop at Stanford University

September 2013 – public workshop at Stanford University

April 2016 – RAD session at Stanford Undergrad Research Conference (http://sura.stanford.edu/conference/)

Fall 2017 – Research as design workshop at d.confestival at HPI Potsdam, Germany

November 2017 – Creativity in Research talk at the University of Toronto during Design Thinking Exchange conference, Canada

Since 2015, we have taught Creativity in Research at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) in Beijing, China.

Since 2015, we have taught Creativity in Research quarterly as a POP UP class at the d.school, Stanford University.

Since 2015, we have taught Creativity in Research courses at the Doctoral Program, School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Since 2017, we have taught Creativity in Research workshops at the Swiss Summer School for Social Sciences in Lugano and at the University of St.Gallen as part of the Young Investigator Program (YIP) (Switzerland)

Since 2017, we have taught Creativity in Research workshops at the African Doctoral Academy at the University of Stellenbosch and University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Series of workshops for Prof. Nicole Ardoin (Associate Professor, Emmett Family Faculty Scholar, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University) and her lab.

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Research Workshops

High quality research into open learning is indispensable. It provides important information to enhance learning with technologies, improving the learner’s experience, to assist effective decision-making, and helps to ensure the viability of products and services. This is vital in a field where change is constant and new innovations arise on a daily basis.

Significant interest from the professional community has clearly confirmed the relevance of the EDEN initiative to run a forum: the Research Workshops. The EDEN Research Workshop series represent the meeting place of top European and global research for open learning and draws the map of major trends in the field.

Publications related to our events

• Selected keynote presentation of EDEN Conferences can be read here.
• Best Research Papers of the Annual Conferences and the bi-annual Research Workshops are downloadable here .
• Proceedings and Book of Abstracts are also downloadable here .

2020 Lisbon

Enhancing the human experience of learning with technology: new challenges for research in digital, open, distance & networked education.

11th EDEN Research Workshop - EDENRW11, 21-23 October 2020, Lisbon, Portugal

2018 Barcelona

Towards personalized guidance and support for learning.

10th EDEN Research Workshop - EDENRW10, 24-26 October 2018, Barcelona, Spain

2016 Oldenburg

Forging new pathways of research and innovation in open and distance learning: reaching from the roots.

9th EDEN Research Workshop - EDENRW9, 4-6 October 2016, Oldenburg

2014 Oxford

Challenges for research into open & distance learning: doing things better: doing better things.

8th EDEN Research Workshop - EDENRW8, 27-28 October 2014, Oxford

2012 Leuven

Learners in the driving seat – users – partners – consumers – peers where are we heading to.

7th EDEN Research Workshop, 22-23 October 2012, Leuven

2010 Budapest

User generated content assessment in learning: enhancing transparency and quality of peer production - emerging educational technologies and digital assessment methods.

6th EDEN Research Workshop, 24-27 October 2010, Budapest

Researching and Promoting Access to Education and Training - The Role of Distance Education and e-Learning in Technology-Enhanced Environments

5th EDEN Research Workshop - 20-22 October 2008, Paris

2006 Castelldefels

Research into online distance education and e-learning - making the difference.

4th EDEN Research Workshop, 25-28 October 2006, Barcelona-Castelldefels

2004 Oldenburg

Supporting the learner in distance education and e-learning.

3rd EDEN Research Workshop, 4-6 March 2004, Oldenburg

2002 Hildesheim

Research and policy in open and distance learning.

2nd EDEN Research Workshop, 21-23 March 2002, Hildesheim

2000 Prague

Research and innovation in open and distance learning.

1st EDEN Research Workshop, 16-17 March 2000, Prague

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Climate Research Workshops

The Salata Institute’s Climate Research Workshops bring Harvard University faculty together to present and discuss recent climate-related research papers and scholarly publications. Under Chatham House Rule, Faculty will learn about current research taking place across Harvard, engage in interdisciplinary dialogues, and forge connections and research collaborations. The Spring 2024 Workshops focused on climate adaptation, and were led by the Salata Institute’s Climate Research Cluster on Climate Adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea. The Fall 2024 Program will be announced in August of this year. All workshops are held in-person at Harvard Kennedy School. Review the Spring 2024 lunchtime workshop series events below.

Past Sessions – Spring 2024

Climate Change and Planetary Health Equity  

Thursday, February 1, 2024 : 1:15 – 2:30 PM

Presenters:  Elizabeth Willetts, Visiting Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Fishing Livelihoods along the Gulf of Guinea: The Threat from Ocean Warming

Thursday, February 8, 2024 : 1:15 – 2:30 PM

Presenter : Robert Paarlberg, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College; Associate in the Sustainability Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School; and an Associate at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center

Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Health in South Asia  

Thursday, February 22, 2024 : 1:15 – 2:30 PM

Presenters : Dr. Caroline Buckee, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases and Pollutants, and the Link to Environmental Justice  

Thursday, March 7, 2024: 1:15 – 2:30 PM

Presenters : Steven C. Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 

Climate Finance in Africa: Mitigation, Compensation, Adaptation  

Thursday, March 21, 2024 : 1:15 – 2:30 PM

Presenter : John Macomber, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Critical Landscapes: A Fieldwork Approach to Climate Change Adaptation

Thursday, April 4, 2024 : 1:15 – 2:30 PM

Presenter: Gareth Doherty, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Where Science, Policy, and Politics Collide: The Urban and Regional Challenges of Sea-level Rise in the Nile River Valley

Thursday, April 18, 2024 : 1:15 – 2:30 PM

Presenters :

Diane Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Jerry Mitrovica, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Mahmoud Adel H. Hassan, Professor of Geography and GIS, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Alexandria University 

Mohamed Abdrabo, Professor of Environmental Economics and Head of Alexandria Research Centre for Adaptation to Climate Change (ARCA), Alexandria University, Egypt 

Harvard Climate

Research Drives Solutions

Salata Institute Climate Research Clusters Call for Proposals

Cutting the carbon footprint of future computer chips

Hooking a new livelihood? Collapse of West Africa fisheries forces adaptation

Global Research Workshops

The Stanford Global Studies Division (SGS) provides grants for Global Research Workshops to support the sharing of research across fields and national boundaries that advances our understanding of the world. These grants are made possible by the generous support of Chelsea and Scott Kohler.

2023-24 Global Research Workshop recipients:

Computing asia: the past, present, and future of the digital lead organizer: thomas s. mullaney.

This workshop proposes to examine the past, present, and future of computing and new media in Asia—both an examination of computing and new media itself, as well as a critical exploration of the field of "Digital Humanities" as it is unfolding within Asian Studies.

As chronicled in the more familiar Euro-American context, the emergence and proliferation of digital computing and its technological descendants played a critical role in transforming the social, political, cultural, and economic fabric of western Europe and the United States. By comparison, scholars know far less about how such technological artifacts and systems shaped, and were shaped by, historical and cultural experiences in East, South, Southeast, and Inner Asia.

The workshop series will examine emergent and disruptive new modes of epistemic, legal, and even theological authority that formed in connection with the global rise of computation and new media. We will also examine the ways in which computing and new media were radically reconceptualized in the process of their "translation" from Euro-American centers of design to Asian centers of uptake, modification, and reimagination.

Transregional Diasporas: Reconceptualizing Global Labor Flows Through the Lens of Bihar Lead organizer: Usha Iyer

According to a 2019 United Nations report, the Indian diaspora is the world's largest diaspora, with a population of 17.5 million. A major part of this diaspora traces its origins to a region of the Indian subcontinent that is now known as Bihar. By tracing transregional diasporas from Bihar, our workshop aims to illuminate a less-examined story of labor, forced and voluntary migration through various stages of racial capitalism, and community identity and resilience. This is a story that traverses various scales - of regional and global, rural and urban - and a rich range of historical, cultural, economic, and political narratives. It is also an area of study that intersects with the book projects of the three faculty members proposing the workshop.

By inviting a range of speakers through the year, the Transregional Diasporas workshop series will bring multi-cited, multi-disciplinary attention to the experience and impact of Bihari diaspora communities within South Asia and around the world. Speakers will include scholars, filmmakers, and artists who study the Bihari diaspora within India and in a staggering range of global locations including Indian Ocean indenture diasporas in Fiji and Mauritius, Caribbean indenture diasporas in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, and their “double diasporas” in North America, the UK and the Netherlands, as well as Bihari migrants in the Middle East. Across these locations, caste, gender, and religion will serve as the nodes of focus for this workshop.

French Speaking Worlds: Then & Now Lead organizer: Fatoumata Seck

This series examines histories, literatures, and cultures of the French-speaking world from the 16th century to the 21st century. Interdisciplinary and transoceanic, these discussions will focus on themes that are central to the making of the French-speaking world such as revolution, colonialism, decolonization, material culture, the literary marketplace, the circulation of knowledge, political philosophy, and globalization. Using case studies from the French-speaking world, our speakers will examine how race, class, gender, sexuality, and social practices intersect with historical processes that bring about the ideas and practices that structure the worlds we inhabit.

Law & Literature in the Global South Lead organizers: Hector Hoyos and Joe Wagner

We aspire to open further spaces for discussion constellating around Law and Literature in the Global South. Building off successful events from AY2021-2022 and AY2022-2023, we will continue expanding the Law and Humanities critical paradigm. Our workshop has consistently engaged with works from and in the South as a spatial and temporal category and site of theory production. In this way, we oppose the de facto affirmation of the hegemony of US-European academic milieus, working with and beyond conversations of legal and cultural practices in/from the Global North. This workshop series focuses on practitioners whose work speaks to global concerns and sparks innovative discussions, as evinced by our previous sessions.

Global Approaches to Sacred Spaces Lead organizer: Bissera Pentcheva

This series shines a spotlight on the diverse instantiations of sacred space across time and geographies and addresses its many-layered contestations. In the past, sacred space was considered an insulated place of the metaphysical. A renewed engagement with the concept reveals that these are sites of cultural production that have an immediate effect on the outside world and politics. Sacred Spaces and their constituent factors are active in producing identity, memory, sensual experience, and knowledge that tie together the spiritual with the social.

Sacred spaces can encompass theories of post-humanisms, especially in culturally related landscapes, topographies, and cosmologies that initiate the sacred from outside of the anthropocentric. World heritage programs, conservation, and political negotiations factor in the life of sacred sites, challenging us to consider both the material shells and the intangible aspects of cultural production. In some extreme cases, sacred spaces have completely transformed through desacralization, desecration, and resacralization. Time tends to adhere to them, enabling a long durée of ancient, medieval, colonial, modern, and post-colonial. The study of sacred spaces demands global and interdisciplinary approaches. Transformative methodologies and practices, both traditional and innovative, include archaeology, archaeoacoustics, archeoastronomy, architecture, art history, artists and practitioners, music, anthropology, cult and community, digital and film media, design, engineering, geography, history, literature, poetry, sociology and cultural heritage and human rights.