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Series curated by Javier Guerrero (Princeton University) & Juana Suárez (New York University) Marking the 50th anniversary, this September 11, of the military coup against President Allende in Chile, this […]

The Medieval and Early Modern German Studies Graduate Colloquium 2023 brings together faculty and graduate student scholars of pre-modern German literature and culture from North American universities. A bi-annual collaboration […]

The pro-choice movement viewed Jane Roe as an imperfect plaintiff. But she embodied the national ambivalence about abortion as no Gloria Steinem could, her life guided by the same cross-currents —sex and […]

Italian filmmaker and actor Daphne Di Cinto (Bridgerton) screens her film, Il Moro (The Moor), longlisted for the 2024 Academy Awards. This captivating film delves into the extraordinary life of the first Duke of Florence in 1530, Alessandro de’ Medici, who happens to be the first black man to ascend to the position of head […]

This lecture explores Roman failure and its counterpart, resilience, in ancient Roman architecture and urbanism. Focusing on the years before the great fire of 64, it argues, perhaps surprisingly, that […]

Caste is one of human history's oldest forms of inequality, legitimized by Brahmanical knowledge and enforced through caste-based violence and dehumanization. This paper argues that the anti-caste articulations are as […]

This event is open to the public The presentation will be held in French, followed by a reception

This co-presentation aims to unsettle the way the history of Ukraine has been imagined by venturing into stories that might be found in other historiographies, such as Russian, Eastern European, […]