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        Date: 2026-09-04 17:30:47+00:00
        From: Cultural Studies GMU <cultural@gmu.edu>
        Subject: NEW VIDEO PRODUCT! SEPTEMBER 3 CULTURAL STUDIES FALL COLLOQUIUM: LISA SIRAGANIAN THE PROBLEM WITH PERSONHOOD

#  GMU Cultural Studies
Fall 2026 Colloquium

Lisa Siraganian:
The Problem with Personhood: Should Nonhumans Have Rights in Law and Politics?

NEW VIDEO PRODUCT
Recorded by GMU-TV (video link below!)

Student Cohosts: Dominique Winters and Samzir Ahmed

Lisa Siraganian is the J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in Humanities and Professor in
the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns Hopkins
University. Siraganian has written award-winning scholarly monographs that
bridge literary criticism, art criticism, and legal and philosophical
scholarship. More recently, she was the Editor of the Norton Anthology of
American Literature, 10th edition, Volume D (1914-1945) (2022).

Her latest book is The Problem of Personhood (2026).

This event is co-sponsored by City University of New York's Faculty Senate.

Special thanks to the CIPS (CHSS Interdisciplinary Program Support) fund, the
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University Life and GMU-TV for
generous assistance.

# Watch the recording here ↓
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/v1ec8rb/zk0o4qic/7y0c5z1)


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