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

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

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

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

Is Bob Dylan a Prophet? What do Dylan, his music and his political activism and then withdrawal from politics tell us about the political and moral landscapes of the US since the 1960s? What do they tell us about social justice and individualism while living… Continue Reading Book Talk with Dr. Jeffrey Green, Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God

John Vsetecka (PhD, 2023), an assistant professor of History at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, has been invited to speak at a webinar on “New Perspectives on the Holodomor” hosted by the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US (Наукове Товариство ім. Шевчeнка в Америці). Online webinar… Continue Reading “New Perspectives on the Holodomor” hosted by the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US (Наукове Товариство ім. Шевчeнка в Америці) – webinar

Emeritus Professor Lewis Siegelbaum will give an Honorary Lecture on Perestroika and the Labor Question.MSU Faculty of Economics Conference (Un)Learned Lessons of Perestroika November 17, 2025 (Monday) 10:00-11:30 Perestroika: 40 Years Later Moderator: Alexander A. Maltsev (MSU Faculty of Economics) • Alexander A. Auzan (MSU Faculty of Economics) Perestroika through the… Continue Reading Moscow State University Faculty of Economics Conference: (Un)Learned Lessons of Perestroika with Emeritus Professor Lewis Siegelbaum

CEES Distinguished Lecture Series - “The Rise and Persistence of Authoritarianism: Is Democracy in Peril? “The Necessity of American Leadership on the Global State,” by Bridget Brink, U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia (2019-2022) and Ukraine (2022-2025) 115 INTERNATIONAL CENTER Biography: BRIDGET BRINK is a proud Michigander who served her country over… Continue Reading The Necessity of American Leadership on the Global Stage by Bridget Brink

Please join us for the History Club’s next event: a History Behind the Headlines featuring Prof. Matt Pauly on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.  The event will be from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Old Horticulture second floor conference room. History Behind the Headlines… Continue Reading History Behind the Headlines, featuring Professor Matt Pauly