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    • The American City (2026–2027)
    • Bowling Alone (2025–2026)
    • Human and Other Kinds of Intelligence (2024–2025)
    • War and Peace (2023–2024)
    • Cities, Coasts, and Everywhere Else (2022–2023)
    • Deep Waters (2021–2022)
    • What Does It Mean To Be Human? (2020–2021)
    • Fake News (2019-2020)
    • The End of the World (2018-2019)
    • People on the Move (2017-2018)
  • Notable Events/
  • Courses/
    • Perspectives On Pandemics (Spring 2020)
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People on the Move (2017-2018)

Critical Engagements

  • Home/
  • Annual Themes/
    • The American City (2026–2027)
    • Bowling Alone (2025–2026)
    • Human and Other Kinds of Intelligence (2024–2025)
    • War and Peace (2023–2024)
    • Cities, Coasts, and Everywhere Else (2022–2023)
    • Deep Waters (2021–2022)
    • What Does It Mean To Be Human? (2020–2021)
    • Fake News (2019-2020)
    • The End of the World (2018-2019)
    • People on the Move (2017-2018)
  • Notable Events/
  • Courses/
    • Perspectives On Pandemics (Spring 2020)
  • Contact/

​The Critical Engagements theme for 2017–2018 was People On the Move: Borders, Boundaries, and Migration. While our title deliberately evokes the concrete reality of literal walls, political boundaries, and the people who move between them, we were delighted to feature research, teaching, and special events that address borders, boundaries, and migration from a broad range of perspectives, including figurative ones.

See what we did here.


  • Home/
  • Annual Themes/
    • The American City (2026–2027)
    • Bowling Alone (2025–2026)
    • Human and Other Kinds of Intelligence (2024–2025)
    • War and Peace (2023–2024)
    • Cities, Coasts, and Everywhere Else (2022–2023)
    • Deep Waters (2021–2022)
    • What Does It Mean To Be Human? (2020–2021)
    • Fake News (2019-2020)
    • The End of the World (2018-2019)
    • People on the Move (2017-2018)
  • Notable Events/
  • Courses/
    • Perspectives On Pandemics (Spring 2020)
  • Contact/

Critical Engagements

The American City

The CE theme for 2026–2027 is “The American City: Detroit and Beyond.”
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About CE

Critical Engagements is a collaborative project housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences that makes the academic mission of Central Michigan University concrete by highlighting how our students, faculty, and community are tackling the world’s most pressing and difficult questions. → More details

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