Faculty Seminars Spring 2026

Faculty Seminars are a wonderful way to learn more about your colleagues' research, creative and scholarly project, or pedagogical innovation and to connect with colleagues in an informal, academic setting.


12:00 - 1:00 pm
Main Lounge, Moulton Union
Open to faculty and staff
$4 cash buffet lunch (buffet is first come, first serve)

Interested in presenting? 
Contact Janice Staples.
What: Targeted to non-specialist colleagues and approximately 1/2 hour.
When: Tues. or Weds., noon to 1 PM. 

Tues., Feb. 3 Daniel Stone (Economics)
Self-censorship in the classroom at Bowdoin and Sway: a tool for facilitating dialogue across differences.

Wed., Feb. 11 Meryem Belkaïd (Romance Languages and Literatures)
"Our Bones Shall Rise Again: Caves in the Colonial World"

Tues., Feb. 17 TBD
"tbd"

Wed., Feb. 25 TBD
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Tues., March 3 Muhammad Omar Afzaael (Government and Legal Studies)
"Dangerous Borders: Civil-Military Decision-Making and the India-Pakistan Frontier"

Wed., March 25 TBD
"tbd"

Tues., March 31 Mohammad Irfan (Digital and Computational Studies and Computer Science)
"tbd"

Wed., April 8 TBD
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Tues., April 14 Caitlin Irene DiMartino, Richmond Embeywa, Emily Mitamura, Zihan Qin, Thaïs Scott, Brandon Tate, Shu-chin Tsui (2025-26 BCLT Faculty Fellows)
"Inclusive and Equitable Course Design"

Wed., April 22 TBD
"tbd"