Events calendar

February 2022

• Fridays at Newcomb with Laura Gray-Rosendale

  February 04, 2022
  @ 11:00am - 12:00pm

  The event will take place at 11 am AZ time, 12 noon CST, and 1 pm EST.

  As part of Newcomb's Symposium on Rape Survivor Narratives, there will be a keynote talk by Professor Laura Gray-Rosendale, titled "We Too: Survivorship, Personal Narrative, and the Collective Challenge to... Read more

• Joy James, editor of "The New Abolitionists," in conversation with Paul Redd, Darryl Robertson, Albert Woodfox, and Bernard E. Harcourt

  February 09, 2022
  @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm

   

  Revolution 7/13 | George Jackson, Albert Woodfox, and Revolutionary Writing and Praxis

  Joy James, Paul Redd, Darryl Robertson, Albert Woodfox, Bernard E. Harcourt and Guests read and discuss Soledad Brother and Blood In My Eye by George Jackson, Solitary by Albert Woodfox,... Read more

• Join Corey Lee Wrenn, author of "Animals in Irish Society," at the Institute of Historical Research

  February 10, 2022
  @ 5:30pm - 7:00pm

  Time Zone: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

  Gaelic Vegetarian and Veganism & Colonial Resistance
  Although Ireland is stereotyped as a land of meat and potatoes, the Gaelic culture has a rich and complex history of plant-based consumption. Indeed, vegan and vegetarian politics were... Read more

• Edythe Ann Quinn Presents "The Hills Community on Stony Hill Road" at the Harrison Public Library

  February 11, 2022
  @ 4:00pm - 4:45pm

  The Hills Community on Stony Hill Road: the History of the Rural, Black Community in Harrison, 1790-1925

  "The Hills Community" crossed the rugged borders of Harrison, North Castle, and White Plains, with its largest settlement on Stony Hill Road, Harrison. Family, church, school,... Read more

• Patrick Chura Presents “Michael Gold: Radical Jewish Writer”

  February 11, 2022
  @ 6:30pm - 7:30pm

  Join Patrick Chura for JSC's Monthly Shabbat Celebration and Booktalk. Guests are welcome.

• Sebastian Maslow & Christian Wirth Take Part in Online Roundtable at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies

  February 17, 2022
  @ 10:00am - 11:30am

  Thursday, 17 February 2022 | 10:00–11:30 a.m. (CET) | 6:00–7:30 p.m. (Tokyo)

  Online Roundtable

  Crisis Narratives, Institutional Change, and the Transformation of the Japanese State

  Mired in national crises since the early 1990s, Japan has had to respond to a rapid population... Read more

• Fitz Book Talk with Margaret Wooster

  February 17, 2022
  @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm

  Join Margaret Wooster, author of Meander, for a book talk and signing.

• An Evening of Yiddish Theater in Translation: Celebrating Nahma Sandrow's "Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance"

  February 17, 2022
  @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm

  Join YIVO for scenes of romance, political symbolism, and low comedy in Nahma Sandrow’s translations, performed by Yelena Shmulenson, Allen Lewis Rickman, Shane Baker, and Jakob von Eichel. The program reflects the variety and range of Yiddish theater repertory, which... Read more