Dr. Mark Lewis, Associate Professor of History at the College of Staten Island of the City University, will examine how ad hoc and permanent international criminal courts and new international criminal laws from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Cold War evolved into an attempt to repress aggressive war, war […]

Dr. István Deák, Seth Low Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, will explore how the people and countries under German occupation, as well as Soviet, Italian, and other military rule faced innumerable moral and ethical dilemmas, whether to cooperate with their occupiers, try to survive the war without any political involvement, or risk their […]

Melissa Donovan Donovan will screen her award-winning film Zemene and discuss her multiple roles as director, editor, cinematographer, and producer on the film. Zemene (USA, 55m) is a feature documentary about a young Ethiopian girl’s bravery in the face of enormous odds. Living in a remote village with a rare curvature of the spine, Zemene […]

Dr. Vicki Caron, Professor Emerita of Modern Jewish History in the History Department and Jewish Studies Program at Cornell University, will explore the topic of her new book, The Battle for the Republic: Jews and Catholics in fin-de-siècle France, 1870-1914 (vol. 1 of an anticipated 2 volume work on Jewish Catholic Relations in France, 1870-1964), […]