Robert Deam Tobin was the inaugural Henry J. Leir Professor of Language, Literature, and Culture and a Strassler Center contributing faculty member. A remarkable teacher and scholar, he was an expert in the fields of gay and lesbian studies, queer theory, gender studies, human rights, and German and European cultural studies. A symposium examining sexuality, […]
A woman’s magical, multi-generational, healing journey from the Armenian Genocide to the Syrian war in the tradition of Hakawati storytelling.
Speakers: Frances Tanzer (Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish History and Culture, Strassler Center) Johanna Vollhardt (Associate Professor, Psychology and Director, Peace and Conflict Studies) Already before October 7, institutions (including colleges and universities) began to adopt narrow definitions of antisemitism—especially the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition—and use them for purposes outside of […]
Dr. Orwa Switat, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Palestinian Studies at Brown University, will present an innovative digital map and short films that trace the history of Haifa and its displaced spaces and memories. Discussant:Prof. Elyse Semerdjian, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Reception immediately following the talk in Higgins Atrium.
NOTE: Postponed to Dec. 4
27 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 […]
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 […]
22 January 2026 | 4:00pm | Higgins LoungeDana Commons Speakers: Jonathan Feingold (Professor of law at Boston University School of Law and co-host of the #RaceClass Podcast. Prof. Feingold is an expert in affirmative action, critical race theory, education law, and anti-discrimination law. Much of his scholarship explores how right-wing groups in the United States have […]
Speakers: Max Bergholz (Professor of History at Concordia University) Fedja Buric (Associate Professor of History at Bellarmine University) Sandra Grudic (Program Administrator, Educator Outreach, Davis Center, Harvard University) Discussant: Markp Kljajic (Posdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics) This event explores how a micro historical approach can deepen our understanding of the Yugoslav Wars […]
Dr. Febe Armanios of Middlebury College will provide an overview of the history of Christian television in the Middle East — specifically, the rise of the region’s first Christian television station, which was established in war-torn South Lebanon in 1981.
Molly Crabapple will deliever the keynote address for the “Never Always Again” workshop.
Speaker: Aleksandar Hemon (Professor, of Creative Writing, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University.) Hemon is most recently the author of The World and All That It Holds (2023). He is also the author of The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, and three collections […]
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