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Seminars, Talks, and Conferences

Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 5:00 p.m.
McCormick Tribune Center Forum
The Allan Harris Memorial Lecture in Jewish Studies
“Lost Between Memory and History: Writing the Holocaust for the Next Generation”
Daniel Mendelsohn
Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities, Bard College

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April 12
Center for Historical Studies Speaker
Colin Calloway
Dartmouth Center for Native American Studies
“(More) New Directions in American Indian History: Where Do We Go From Here?”

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April 17, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Pick-Staiger Hall
The 2007 Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Lecture in Jewish Civilization
“Guenter Grass and My German Question—Again”
Peter Gay
Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University

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April 19
Center for Historical Studies Speaker
Dorothy Ko
Professor of Chinese History, Barnard University
“The Body of the Artisan: The Case of Gu Erniang (ca. 1662 – ca. 1724), a Female Inkstone Carver.”

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May 3
Center for Historical Studies Speaker
Zachary Lockmann
Professor of Mideastern History, New York University
“Shifting Paradigms, Contentious Politics: Trends in the Historiography of the Modern Middle East.”

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May 8
Center for Historical Studies Speaker
Christopher Grasso
Editor of the William and Mary Quarterly
“The ‘Gauntlet’ of Academic Publishing.”

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Monday, May 14, 2007, 5:00 p.m.
Harris Hall #107
Bi-Annual Holocaust Educational Foundation Lecture
“1943: Jewish Culture and Civilization at Ground Zero”
David Roskies
Sol and Evelyn Henkind Professor of Yiddish Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary

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May 17
Center for Historical Studies Speaker
Elie Rekhess
Program of Jewish Studies and Visiting Professor
“Arabs in a Jewish State - Between Integration and Separation.

 

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