Four faculty members from the UAB College of Arts and Sciences will present during the Haddin Arts & Sciences Forum series for the 2026-27 academic year. Named in honor of the late Theodore Haddin, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of English, the forum showcases ongoing research and scholarship from CAS faculty members. Each presentation is designed to engage faculty, staff and students across the College, offering scholarship that is interdisciplinary and translatable to a broad audience, and celebrating and elevating the intellectual vibrancy present within CAS.
The following is the schedule of forums for the 2026–2027 academic year. The forums will take place on Fridays between 12:20-1:10 p.m. in Sterne Library, room 163.
Fall 2026
Friday, October 16
“Criminalizing Hate Speech in the Balkans: Rethinking the Threshold Problem and Endgame Analysis of Speech Crimes”
Jordan Kiper, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
Friday, November 13
“Punishment, Fun-ishment, and Rejecting Retributivism”
Matt King, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy
Spring 2027
Friday, February 12
“Thirty-Three Days on the Trail of the Goddesses of Ireland: A Heuristic Approach to Ancestral Irish Pilgrimage”
Nichole Lariscy, Ph.D.
Department of English
Friday, March 5
“Patriots Before Revolution: Georgia and the British Origins of the American Revolution”
Amy Watson, Ph.D.
Department of History
