Events
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Leonard Gilman Lecture on Jewish Culture: “Dear Editor: Advice Columns and the American Yiddish Press” with Ayelet Brinn
Leonard Gilman Lecture on Jewish Culture: Dear Editor: Advice Columns and the American Yiddish Press with Ayelet Brinn Monday, Oct. 27, 5:45-7:15 p.m. Multicultural Center Room 1020: Multipurpose Room B, 535 N. Shaw Ln. At the turn of the twentieth century, American Yiddish newspapers overflowed with advice columns… Continue Reading Leonard Gilman Lecture on Jewish Culture: “Dear Editor: Advice Columns and the American Yiddish Press” with Ayelet Brinn
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Leaving Legacies: A History of Individualism Outside the West with Dr. Shayan Rajani
Is individualism a distinctly western phenomenon? Is rebellion and rejection of tradition the only true way to be an individual? Join us for a talk on the history of individualism in pre-modern South Asia. Find out how monuments and books supplemented and, in some cases,… Continue Reading Leaving Legacies: A History of Individualism Outside the West with Dr. Shayan Rajani
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We are the Internationalists: Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight for African Liberation with Dr. Martha Biondi (Northwestern) – Virtual
Book Talk with author Prof. Martha Biondi (Northwestern), We are the Internationalists: Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight for African Liberation (2025)Discussant: Prof. Peter Alegi (MSU)Special Guest: Prexy Nesbitt Wednesday, October 293 – 4:30 p.m. (virtual) About the author: Martha Biondi is the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of… Continue Reading We are the Internationalists: Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight for African Liberation with Dr. Martha Biondi (Northwestern) – Virtual
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PeaceWorks on Campus
For MSU students, faculty, staff, and administrators only. Join PeaceWorks on Campus for a powerful conversation with Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders who are challenging the status quo and working toward a better future. Bringing firsthand experience and deep insight from the ground, these peacebuilders will… Continue Reading PeaceWorks on Campus
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The Jewish Properties in Greece: Confiscation, Exploitation and Restitution with Andreas Bouroutis
JMC Library, 332 Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Rd. The lecture examines the relations between the Greek state and Greece’s Jews in the postwar period and argues that the year 1949 was a crucial one for the restitution of order in the country. The provisions of… Continue Reading The Jewish Properties in Greece: Confiscation, Exploitation and Restitution with Andreas Bouroutis