Fall 2026 Events

  • Kris Grey at podium

    Kris Grey: Archival Impulse

    Our first Lecture Series event of the semester was with Kris Grey on "Archival Impulse," which explored Grey's work as a ceramicist, performance artist, and archivist scholar. Blending together queer histories, salvage material, and medical and police representations of the trans bodies into their work. Grey took the audience through considerations of artistic practice in relationship with historical inquiry, embodied practice, and queer futurity. Thank you to Kris Grey for sharing their knowledge with our community and we look forward to welcoming them back as a lecturer next semester!

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  • Faculty at event

    Centennial Improvisations with Coltrane, Davis, and Foucault

    Last week we celebrated the 100th birthday of Michel Foucault alongside the centennial of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. During this forum we paired their work in conversation with one another; sitting in their work, with their work, and reflecting on the impact they still leave today. A huge thank you to faculty members André Lepecki, Fred Moten, Ann Pellegrini, and Karen Shimakawa for their insights on these monumental figures.

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  • Praxis photos

    PRAXIS, INC 2026

    The Performance Studies community came together to participate in PRAXIS, INC: Innovate, Network, Collaborate. PS alumni and current students held sessions throughout the day that activated, showcased and shared their work in the field of Performance Studies. Through interactive lectures, workshops, games and sonic exploration each session created space for participants to connect through shared curiosities.

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  • Barbara Book event

    DOSED? BOOK TALK WITH BARBARA BROWNING AND SÉBASTIEN RÉGNIER

    The Department of Performance Studies gathered in celebration of the recent publication of Dosed? (Emphatic Thumb Press, 2026) a co-authored memoir written by Professor Barbara Browning and Sébastien Régnier. During the event, Browning and Régnier read passages from their book that explores their separate paths through psychedelic experimentation. The duo — who also creates music under the moniker Imre Lodbrog et Sa Petite Amie — closed the evening by sharing songs from their LP, Funny Days, which sonically accompanies their book. Régnier played the guitar and Browning switched between the cello and ukulele combining their voices to give sonic life to themes explored in the memoir. Attendees were encouraged to join in, creating a moment of collective voicing.

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