Europe
Laura Shannon Prize Lecture: The Peace Conundrum in European History
It has been an entrenched tradition to narrate the history of the European continent as a sequence of bloody conflicts that culminated in two World Wars and continued into the...
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“The Oldest Middle Dutch Translation of the Psalms (c. 1250-1300): Context(s) of Origin, Functions and Nachlebenâ”
Youri Desplenter (Ghent University) will present the next session of the virtual series âPsalms and Psaltersâ sponsored by The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in Feminist Studies/Critical Race and Ethnic Studies with Marisol LeBrĂłn
Marisol LeBrĂłn is an Associate Professor in Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is presenting âDebt and...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in French and Francophone Studies with Laurent Dubois
Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative in the...
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Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters presents “On Augustineâs Enarrationes in Psalmos” with Hildegund MĂŒller
Hildegund MĂŒller, associate professor of classics and senior liaison for research at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, presents the next installment of the...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in Theology with Carlos Mendoza-Ălvarez, OP
Carlos Mendoza-Ălvarez, OP, professor of theology from Boston College, will present the lecture, âBodies, Territories and Knowledges in Resistance,â for the Decolonizing...
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Virtual Flash Panel on the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
A panel of academics and experts gather online to discuss the unfolding crisis and its complexities after the recent devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The...
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Russian Aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe: Post-Soviet Bloc Politics and Consequences
Giorgi Margvelashvili, Fourth President of the Republic of Georgia (2013-18), delivered the Nanovic Forum lecture entitled, âRussian Aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe:...
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Decolonizing Scholarship in Philosophy with Lewis Gordon
Lewis Gordon, professor and department head of philosophy at the University of Connecticut. His books include âFreedom, Justice, and Decolonizationâ (2021) and âFear of...
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Rescuing Rolle: H.R. Bramley edits the English Psalter with Michael P. Kuczynski
International scholars partake in a 9-part seminar series devoted to psalms sponsored by The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Research Group for the Study of...
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Virtual Workshop: Toppling Statues & Bridging Histories
The iconic toppling of Edward Colstonâs statue by anti-racist protesters in Bristol sent headlines around the world in June 2020. How was the fall of Colstonâs statue viewed...
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The 2022 Laura Shannon Prize with Pamela Cheek: “The Literary âMe Tooâ of the 18th Century: Womenâs Writing and the Capital of Virtue”
How did eighteenth-century Western European literature explore and exploit sexual assault? And what happened when women wrote about it? This talk examines the literary innovation...
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