• Myanmar and the Politics of Humanitarianism: Diaspora, Identity, and Advocacy

    This panel discussion will explore the transnational nature of humanitarian aid in Myanmar two years after a coup ushered in military rule there, including challenges, dilemmas, and everyday politics of aid and advocacy in Myanmar, including among a growing diaspora of Burmese activists abroad.

  • A Conversation about October 7th and Gaza

    Please join us for a conversation about the attacks in Israel on October 7th, what is currently happening in Gaza, and what it has to do with us. 

  • “Revisiting ‘Neighbors’”

    1 April 2024 | 4:30 p.m. | Higgins LoungeDana Commons “Revisiting ‘Neighbors’” Speaker: Jan T. Gross (Norman B. Tomlinson ’16 and ’48 Professor of War and Society, emeritus; Professor of History, emeritus, Princeton University) Professor Jan Gross’ publication of Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland  (in Polish in 2000 and in […]

  • Between the Lines: A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Korstvedt

    Goddard Library Floor 2, Strassler Campus Green Overlook

    In a conversation facilitated by Professor Frances Tanzer, Music Professor Benjamin Korstvedt will discuss his new book, “Bruckner’s Fourth: The Biography of a Symphony.”

  • Older Jews and the Holocaust Symposium

    Rose Library, Strassler Center

    28 April 2025 |1 – 4 p.m. | Rose Library  Asher Lecture Series  Older Jews and the Holocaust Symposium Speakers:Joanna Sliwa (Historian, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) Elizabeth Anthony (Director, Visiting Scholar Programs,  Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust  Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC) Michael Geheran […]

  • Lessons and Legacies of the Holocaust: Inaugural Emerging Scholars Conference

    Strassler Center 950 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

    Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons Albert M. Tapper Annual Lecture Keynote: Lessons and Legacies of the Holocaust: Inaugural Emerging Scholars Conference Speaker: Sarah Casteel (Professor of English, Carleton University) Holocaust Studies From the Outside In: Art and Relational Thinking in Times of Crisis In the aftermath of October 7th, as the contemporary meaning and relevance of […]