Events
Daniella Farah: Jews in post-WWII Iran – Patriotism, national belonging, integration, and identity
Virtual EventDaniella Farah (Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University) will speak in HIS 74B about the effects of the Second World War on Jews in Iran and how this period shaped their […]
Living Writers: Valeria Luiselli
Virtual EventValeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City and grew up in South Korea, South Africa and India. An acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction, she is the author of […]
PhD+ Workshop – Podcasting and the Humanities
Virtual EventInterested in podcasting and the different ways you can engage this medium as a scholar? This session will focus on how podcasting might fit into your academic and career goals, […]
#StopCVE: Challenging State Surveillance of Muslims in the Biden/Harris Era, with Fatema Ahmad
Virtual EventIn 2014, the Obama administration launched Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), a grant program that funneled federal money to police, universities, and nonprofit organizations in the name of combating terrorism. Although […]
Neferti Tadiar — A Physics Lesson: Notes on a Cultural Genealogy of Human Mediatic Forms
Virtual EventThis talk proposes a cultural genealogy of contemporary human mediatic forms – that is, the use of humans as the media of other humans. Beginning with a reading of José […]
The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies, a Conversation with Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Virtual EventJoin us for a conversation with Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Alma Heckman as they discuss Professor Stein's book Family Papers: a Conversation about a Sephardi Jewish Family, Lived History, […]
Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain, of MTL / Decolonize This Place: Beyond the End of the World Sawyer Seminar Series
Virtual EventThe Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series. Natasha Dhillon and Amin Husain, are MTL, a collaboration that joins research, […]
The Annual Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture with Tanya Marie Luhrmann
Virtual EventMerrill College Presents The Noel Q King Memorial Lecture: Voices of God, Voices of Madness Following Prof. Luhrmann's talk, she will be joined in conversation by award-winning author Laurie R. […]
Ethan Katz: Jews and Antisemites – The Unlikely Alliance That Paved the Way for Operation Torch
Virtual EventEthan Katz, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California-Berkeley, will speak in HIS 185O on "Jews and Antisemites - The Unlikely Alliance That Paved the […]
Deep Read Salon: The Writing Craft of There There
Creative Writing professors Micah Perks and Jennifer Tseng will lead a conversation about the techniques at play in Tommy Orange's novel, There There. This salon is for Deep Read Community […]