ethics

Book Conversation with Wendy Harcourt

Jocelyn Olcott, Tania Rispoli, Wendy Harcourt

27 March 2026

Join us for a conversation with scholar and RCGE Board Member Wendy Harcourt about her new open-access book Conundrums of Care: Feminist Entanglements in Critical Development Studies. Responses from fellow Board Members Arturo Escobar (UNC), Felwine Sarr (Duke University), and Suzanne Bergeron (University of Michigan).
Wednesday, April 29 / 10:00-11:00AM (EDT) / Online (Zoom – Translated captioning available) / Registration free but required

Care Conversations Events Online Past Events Commons Cultural care Ecological care ethics Gender Governance Labor

Healing Care

Jocelyn Olcott and Tania Rispoli

19 March 2026

Join us to learn about the politics, ethics, and aesthetics of touch in Gandhi’s care for the leprous body — and what this reveals about untouchability, stigma, and caregiving — through research by Sumathi Ramaswamy (Duke University), with a response from Harris Solomon (Duke University).

️ Friday, April 3, 2026
⏰12:00-1:30PM (EDT)
Hybrid (Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C106 / Zoom)
️ Light lunch offered
Registration free but required

In person event Past Events Seminars Cultural care Disability ethics Race