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The Epstein Class and the University: An Introduction

Tavia Nyong'o and Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Several shelves of books, with the spines showing and one book turned to the viewer. The books are volumes in a series titled The Partially Redacted Epstein Files and credited to "The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room," published by "The Trumpsonian." The spines are listed by number--volume 362, for instance, and a total number of 3,437 is listed.

We had planned this introduction as a dialogue, on the model of the exchange we published in Capacious Journal in September 2018. Re-reading that exchange with these essays now in hand, we find ourselves still circling civility and what one … Continue reading “The Epstein Class and the University: An Introduction”

October 7, 2026 | Features

Sexual Violence and the Production of Knowledge

Grace Kyungwon Hong
The cover of "Dreaming Together" report

In 2007, University of California, Los Angeles adjunct professor emeritus of neurology Mark Tramo, then at Harvard University, sent an assistant of Jeffrey Epstein a message of support after having “read the newspapers,” writing, “please remind him that boys from … Continue reading “Sexual Violence and the Production of Knowledge”

October 7, 2026 | Features

University Capture and the Epstein Era

Greta LaFleur
A large hole dug in grass.

We find ourselves in a moment of retrenchment, a time for the shedding of the silly fictions of what was previously referred to as “political correctness” (now also dismissed as “woke,” or “DEI,” or “affirmative action”), a time for sighs … Continue reading “University Capture and the Epstein Era”

October 7, 2026 | Features

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