June 2025
Brown 2026 is accelerating into a year of robust programs and opportunities for Brown University community members in 2025-2026. In addition to larger events engaging the campus and beyond, we have a set of curricular and other programs for alumni and students. For example, the next installment of Brown 2026 Reads picks back up in the fall with faculty-author-led discussions in September and October. To learn more about the Brown 2026 mission and objectives, check out the website and co-chairs Karin Wulf and Kevin McLaughlin’s recent appearance on the Rhodes Center podcast with Mark Blyth. Please keep an eye on our events calendar and stay tuned for monthly updates forthcoming on our website. 

May 2025
Brown 2026 is a university-wide initiative exploring the relationship between the university and democracy while engaging the fullest histories of the American Revolution and its legacies. Building on some early programming from the fall, Brown 2026 publicly launched in January 2025, with a signature event “Carrying ‘The Great Force of History’ Within Us” featuring Daveed Diggs ‘04. Brown 2026 Reads kicked off with seven student reading groups that met with faculty authors for energetic discussions about history, politics, and poetry. A few of the other events through the spring semester included Letters from the Corporation of Brown University by Lauren Zalaznick, Creation of the American Republic by Gordon Wood, and Reading the Constitution by Justice Stephen Breyer, the latter which was a Krieger Memorial Lecture in partnership with the Taubman Center. Looking forward to fall 2025, Brown 2026 is excited to partner with a growing list of internal and external partners, while also compiling an interdisciplinary Brown 2026 curriculum. If you’d like your course listed with Brown 2026, or if you’d like to partner with Brown 2026, please contact brown2026democracy@brown.edu.