Society for the Humanities Fall Fellows' Conference on Survival

What might it mean to flourish in a world on the brink of extinction or exhaustion?

Join this year's cohort of Fellows at the Society for the Humanities for presentations on work-in-progress on the 2026-27 focal theme of Survival.

Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
Open to the public.
Lunch & refreshments provided.

Beans Velocci, assistant professor in History and Sociology of Science and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will kickstart the conference on Thursday, October 29 at 5pm with their keynote address "Beams Aimed Directly at the Reproductive Organs: Radiation, Gonads, and Trans Mutations in the Cold War."

Read more about Dr. Velocci's talk here: https://events.cornell.edu/event/beans-velocci