Claudia Ford, a professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the State University of New York at Potsdam and the 2024–25 recpient of the American-studies lecturing award, gave a lecture at the 2025 Fulbright Seminar in American Studies entitled "A Hot Mess: The Fires of Climate Change, Censorship & Dimensions of Blackness." During the premiere, Claudia will be available to answer questions in the live chat. If you miss the premiere, you can still watch the recording at any time.
Join us on YouTube as we premiere the recording of 2024–25 US Fulbright scholar Claudia Ford's presentation from the annual seminar.
Breakout session
Prior to the lecture, seminar attendees divided into breakout groups to discuss questions relevant to Amy's presentation. If you would like to consider the questions before watching the lecture, please feel free!
Breakout questions
- Does censorship harm or protect societies? Why?
- A polycrisis is understood as multiple interlinked crises, which cannot be addressed in isolation and cut across many disciplines and policy fields. Is polycrisis a new term for a phenomenon that has been with us for some time, or is it about a genuinely new experience?
- How is our perspective of the climate crisis shaped by our worldview and value system?
- If you could teach everyone in the world one concept, what concept would have the biggest positive impact on humanity?
Recording of lecture
If you're watching the recording during the premiere, we encourage you to watch on YouTube so that you can participate in the live chat.