2026 Hutchins Forum - Balance of Power: Redistricting, Courts, and the Right to Vote
August 20, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Old Whaling Church, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard
Hollis Robbins, 'Robert Hayden: A Study of Poetic Influences'
Date and Time
September 17, 2025
12:00PM - 01:30PM EDT
Location
Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
In-person and livestreaming at youtube.com/hutchinscenter
Hollis Robbins is Special Advisor for Humanities at the University of Utah.
In residence as a Hutchins Family Foundation Fellow for the 2025-2026 academic year, Robbins will be completing three book projects: Robert Hayden, a study of poetic influences; Black Sonnets, the first anthology of African American sonnets; and Hannah Crafts: Discovered! New Scholarship on The Bondwoman’s Narrative, an anthology of scholarship on Hannah Crafts.
Part of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Weekly Colloquium Series
Colloquia are held Wednesdays at Noon, September 10 - November 19 (excluding November 5), in the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
Upcoming Events
Hutchins Center / CAS / AAAS Welcome Party
September 8, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Hutchins Center, Floor 2R
Come join us for food and fun as we kick off the 2026-2027 school year! Featuring food, drinks, friends, and a welcome from the directors. Co-sponsored with the Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for African Studies
'Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms' | A Book Talk with Geoff Bennett and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
September 10, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
Journalist and author Geoff Bennett in conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Hutchins Center Honors presents the 2026 W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony
October 8, 2026
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5:00PM EDT
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Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
Details to be announced. Previous medalists
