Session Description: We will explore the history and culture of southeastern Europe and former Yugoslavia within the context of the Balkan war, which took place from 1991-1995. You will be […]

Presentation Description: Donald Trump’s presidency gave voice to extreme anti-immigrant sentiments among millions in the United States and elsewhere in the West. However, the anxiety about immigrants and the steadfast […]

We will be discussing short stories from Mexican, Gambian and Syrian American authors that feature animals, ranging from a mouse that inspires a family of storytellers to the last of […]

Program Description: Professor Augis will discuss her 25 years of field research in the West African countries of Senegal and Niger. She'll explain ways she constantly had to consider her […]

Talk Description: What is the good life? And what makes work-life worth living? Exploring possible answers, we use positive psychology theory as a lens to zoom in on work and […]

We will be discussing poetry and short stories from Pakistani, Singaporean and Brazilian authors that feature family, as both source of belonging and of alienation, as a theme. All registered […]

Program Description: While the spread of COVID-19 has posed a huge challenge to the whole world, its impact on ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities has been far more severe. In […]

Presentation Description: In the last one year, India has witnessed two major protest movements against the government led by the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Both movements erupted following the laws passed […]