Kwibuka 30: Making Memory and Legacy in Rwanda
On the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, this workshop gathers an international group of scholars to examine the construction of memory and legacy.
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FeaturedThe Contemporary History of Radical Black Feminisms: Past, Present, and Futuremaking
This lecture and Q&A will feature Demita Frazier, a Black feminist, writer, teacher, and social justice activist, who will offer reflections on the history and future of Black Feminisms.
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FeaturedPost-Election 2024: What Just Happened?
Higgins Lounge at Dana CommonsWith the understanding that the election may still be undecided, we will gather the day after for a conversation about the results.
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The Power of Mapmaking in 17th-Century New England
Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United StatesNathan Braccio, Assistant Professor of History at Clark University, explores how both Algonquian-speaking communities and English colonists made maps as tools in a struggle for cultural and physical control of the Northeast.
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FeaturedExcavating Women’s Testimony of the Armenian Genocide
Higgins Lounge, Dana CommonsProfessor Elyse Semerdjian will share translations of the earliest Armenian women’s accounts of the weaponizing of sexual violence during the Armenian Genocide and discuss challenges in locating women’s genocide experience.
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FeaturedIntroducing Disaster Nation: An Ecocritical Study of Puerto Rican Culture
Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United StatesProfessor María Acosta Cruz discusses her new book examining Puerto Rico’s national culture through a complex web of references to the disasters the nation has suffered and how the environment has been portrayed.
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FeaturedThe Trump Administration’s First 100 Days: Perspectives from History and Political Science
Clark University, Jefferson Academic Center, Room 320History and political science faculty will discuss the impacts and implications of actions taken during the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
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The Constitution in Crisis
Grace Conference Room, Higgins University CenterProfessor Aziz Rana will deliver the Constitution Day Lecture, addressing the question: “What is the relationship between the constitutional system and today’s democratic backsliding, including with respect to basic civil liberties?” The talk will explore the strengths and weaknesses of the Constitution, highlighting its role in current legal crises as well as the costs of […]
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Celebrating the Legacy of Professor Amy G. Richter
Dana Commons, Higgins LoungePlease join the Departments of History and Political Science, and the Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities to commemorate the life and impact of Professor Amy G. Richter. Professor Richter taught history and women’s and gender studies at Clark for twenty-five years. She made an indelible mark on the University through her brilliance, service, teaching, […]
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When Conflicts Go Against the Grain: The Fall of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh and Its Global Consequences
Strassler Center 950 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States27 October 2025 | 6:00pm | Rose LibraryStrassler Center Speaker: Anna Ohanyan (Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College) Moderator: Dr. Elyse Semerdjian (Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marian Mugar Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies; Professor, Department of History) In September 2023, Azerbaijan expelled the […]
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Film Screening: My Sweet Land
Higgins Lounge at Dana CommonsMy Sweet Land is a coming-of-age story set against a multigenerational war in the post-Soviet Caucasus Mountains, and is a testament to the people of Artsakh, where hope and trauma shaped their resilience across generations.
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Harrington Public Affairs Lecture: Marital Privilege
Grace Conference Room, Higgins University CenterProfessor Serena Mayeri will deliver a talk on her new book, “Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law,” which examines the history of challenges to marriage’s primacy as a legal institution and a source of public and private benefits.
