2025 Summer Institute

Our 25th annual flagship event returns to Barnard College where we'll meet for pedagogy-packed days in New York, and we hope you'll join us.

We share a minimal overview below. For full event details, including lodging, FAQs, and more, visit our Summer Institute page. Email jworth@barnard.edu for registration codes to register at the grad student, staff, or special funded rates. 

PROGRAM

THURSDAY-FRIDAY GAME WORKSHOPS
Full-length games played over four sessions

• Ashoka: Becoming the Dharma King
• Red Clay, 1835: Cherokee Removal and the Meaning of Sovereignty
• Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1862-1864
• Radical Reconstruction in New Orleans, 1868-1876
• The Second Spanish Republic, 1931-1939

• Conclave 1492: The Election of a Renaissance Pope
• The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
• A "Virtuous Woman"? The Abolition of Sati, India 1829
• London 1854: Cesspits, Cholera, and Conflict over the Broad Street Pump
• Newbie Workshop

Veterans can choose one game from each of these groups, and we suggest that newcomers to Reacting opt for our "Newbie Workshop" to best prepare you to run your own first game.

PRICING

*These rates, while not in reach of all people, are below cost; higher rates for non-members subsidize participation for faculty-in-training. Become a member and save money on your registration! Individual memberships start at just $25. 

FUNDED REGISTRATION FOR DEI ADVANCEMENT 
The Reacting Consortium offers funded registration for instructors who are members of historically underrepresented and marginalized identity groups, and/or those teaching at minority-serving institutions (HBCUs, Tribal colleges and universities, AAPI- and Hispanic-serving institutions). If you are interested in applying for one of these spots, email reacting@barnard.edu and jworth@barnard.edu with the subject line “Funded AI Spot” by May 1. Approved applicants will be able to register for free, but housing will not be included. Please apply and share with colleagues!

HOUSING
Beds in Sulzberger Tower can be booked at a rate of $95/night, with basic linens provided.  Reservations are available only for the nights of June 4-7, and all participants must be checked out by 2pm on June 8.