Kahn Projects

Long- and short-term projects are the focus of the Kahn Institute. Kahn projects invite up to 18 Smith and Five College faculty members, as well as Smith students and staff, to explore, discuss and debate as a group topics of broad interest to a multidisciplinary crosscut of scholars. Kahn projects are typically co-organized by two Smith faculty members. Project organizers receive course releases, stipends and other compensation.

Current & Upcoming Projects

Long-Term

Foodways: Rooted, Made, Shared, Imagined

Interrogating the intersections between nature, society, past, present, and future around foodways.

Hauntings

This project focuses on the variety of ways that the past makes itself known in the present across disciplines.

Short-Term

Excavating the Book: Don’t Mind if I Do

Explore the intersection of contemporary art, book studies, design thinking, and disability studies.

Political Violence, Authoritarianism, and Social Mobilization in the Americas

This short-term project places the question of social mobilization—broadly understood as a vital force against authoritarianism—within a hemispheric framework.