Latest Past Events

Lecture with Carter V. Findley

“Everything the Enlightened Despot Needed to Know to Get Along with the Padişah of Islam:” Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Tableau général de l’Empire othoman This event is part of the 2nd Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop hosted by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initative at NYU (OTS-NYU). The Workshop comprises a series of panels and lectures held on Fridays throughout the Spring 2021…

“Guilt Rules All” Irish Mystery, Detective and Crime Fiction

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Irish crime fiction, long present on international bestseller lists, has been knocking on the door of the academy for a decade. With a wide range of scholars addressing some of the most essential Irish detective writing, Guilt Rules All confirms that this genre has arrived. The essays collected here connect their immediate subjects—contemporary Irish crime writers—to Irish culture, literature, and history.

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In Honor of Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski

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The new Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at the Graduate Center—CUNY launches its public programming with “In Honor of Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski: New Scholarship on the History and Memory of the Holocaust in Poland.” Chaired by Dr Joanna Sliwa, the program showcases a wave of outstanding young historians: Miranda Brethour, Alicja…

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