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Samira K. Mehta's article "Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true of Christmas" was recently published in The Conversation. You can read it here.
In response to public requests, 91PORN experts will discuss range of topics in Arab-Israeli conflict at Wednesday forum, which is open to the community.A weekend cease-fire extension and the continuing release of hostages
Congratulations to Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman! Her book, Teachers As Statebuilders: Education and the Making of the Modern Middle East, has received the History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award for
Berghahn, New York, just published an up-dated paperback edition of Thomas Pegelow Kaplan's and Wolf Gruner (USC)'s 2020 co-edited collection "Resisting Persecution: Jews and their Petitions during the Holocaust". In her
Samira K. Mehta's book was featured this month in CU's Arts & Sciences Magazine.You can read the article here.
Brian Catlos recieved the 2023 ASCEND award, which recognizes faculty, staff, and students for their efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. Catlos was selected as Faculty Awardee for his work on Mediterranean Studies
Samira K. Mehta is mentioned in an article published by AP Business News about abortion rights. Read the article here.
Thomas Pegelow Kaplan published a new co-edited book this summer, titled Polizei und Holocaust: Eine Generation nach Christopher Brownings Ordinary Men. Read an English translation of the summary below:How was the Holocaust
The tree of life—a powerful image in Judaism for thousands of years—signifies more than immortalityJurors recently delivered a guilty verdict for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue—the
On Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History, organized a public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the Germans and their allies