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Juana Gamero de Coca Symposium in Hispanic Studies: Femicides and Gendered Violence in Latin America

Sponsored by:
Luso-Hispanic Studies, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Film & Media Culture, History, Religion, South Asian Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies, Juntos, Sociology, Anthropology, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies

On the second day of the symposium, Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera will answer questions (in English) about her acclaimed debut film Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). This will be followed by a conversation in Spanish between Michelle and Rita Segato, offering a broader dialogue on gender-based abuse and violence against women in Latin America. The conversation between Michelle and Rita will be translated into English for the audience.

Cookies and drinks will be provided.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Juana Gamero de Coca Symposium in Hispanic Studies: Femicides and Gendered Violence in Latin America

Sponsored by:
Luso-Hispanic Studies, President of the College, Provost's Office, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Film & Media Culture, History, Religion, South Asian Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies, Juntos, Sociology, Anthropology, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English

The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

War in Iran: Faculty Perspectives on Recent Events and the Future of the Islamic Republic

Sponsored by:
Political Science, History, Int'l Politics & Economics, Religion, and International & Global Studies

Iran has entered one of the most consequential crises in its recent history when the United States and Israel launched coordinated and unprovoked air strikes across the country on February 28. These strikes killed hundreds, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran since 1989. The country has retaliated with missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases, Israel, and other targets in the Gulf countries, raising the risk of a full-scale regional war.  How did we get here?

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public

History, Heroes, and Bipartisanship

Sponsored by:
History

History, Heroes, and Bipartisanship: What the Congressional Naming Commission Can Teach About our Past, Present, and Future

“What a timely and inspiring history. The word ‘hero’ is bandied about so often that it begins to lack real meaning. How fortunate that Seidule and Williams have helped restore full value to the real actions that define heroism, sacrifice, virtue, and honor.” —Ken Burns, award-winning documentarian and filmmaker

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public
Headshot of the guest speaker, Professor Beverly Gage.

Charles S. Grant Memorial Lecture: “This Land is Your Land"

Sponsored by:
History

Professor Beverly Gage, the John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History at Yale University, a Pulitzer-Prize winning historian, will be delivering the 2026 Charles S. Grant Memorial Lecture.  Her lecture is titled, “This Land is Your Land: Grappling with the American Past on the 250th anniversary of the Nation’s Founding.”

Sponsored by the Charles S. Grant Memorial Lecture Fund and the History Department.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public
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Slavery, Abolition, and the Antebellum Origins of Modern Business Ethics

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, History, and American Studies

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents “Slavery, Abolition, and the Antebellum Origins of Modern Business Ethics” with Seth Rockman, the George L. Littlefield Professor of American History and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Brown University.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Academic Freedom in Higher Education - Prof. Asli Ü. Bâli, Yale Law School

Sponsored by:
History, Axinn Center for the Humanities, Education Studies, Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies, and Anthropology

Asli Ü. Bâli is the Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is an expert in international human rights law and comparative constitutional law focused on the Middle East. Dr. Bâli received her doctorate in Politics from Princeton University in 2010 and her law degree from Yale. Before her academic career, she worked for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb. Shen then went on to UCLA where she was a founding faculty director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights. Dr.

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public

"Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza," A conversation with Prof. Peter Beinart

Sponsored by:
President of the College, Provost's Office, History, Philosophy, Religion, Writing and Rhetoric Program, Axinn Center for the Humanities, Department of English, Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies, International & Global Studies, and Jewish Studies

Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at CUNY. He is also a Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times, a political commentator on MSNBC, and Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents. Over the years he served as Editor of The New Republic and wrote for publications like The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Die Zeit, and the Financial Times. He is the author of four books including The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris (Harper, 2010) and The Crisis of Zionism (Times Books, 2012).

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Open to the Public