News and Events
Latest News:
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Assistant Professor of History Jessica Levy Receives NEH Grant
The competitive National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends support humanities scholars in undertaking archival research for books and articles.
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Elizabeth Hyman ’11 Signs Deal With Harper Perennial
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: A Female Military History of the Warsaw Ghetto and its Uprising, a narrative history, will be published in 2025.
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Franco Paz ’16 Signs Book Deal
Penguin Books will publish his yet unfinished PhD dissertation in history, an incredible coup.
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Major NEH Grant Will Support Humanities Initiatives
The $150,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities will support language, literature, and history with a focus on Spanish heritage speakers.
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Professor Lisa Keller Serves as Historical Consultant to Documentary THE AUTOMAT
Professor Keller will introduce the film at the Thursday, February 24, 7:30 pm showing at the Film Forum. -
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Britney DiTocco ’20 Welcomes New Students in Song
When incoming students participate in the next phase of orientation in August, Phase T.W.O. (named for part two and Think Wide Open), they will be treated to an original song welcoming them to Purchase.
Upcoming Events:
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Apr
20
The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust – A Book Talk with Professor Lisa Leff
Time: 6:30pmWhy did renowned Jewish historian Zosa Szajkowski steal tens of thousands of archival documents from France—and why did libraries in the U.S. and Israel accept them? In this gripping talk based on her award-winning book The Archive Thief, Prof. Lisa Leff uncovers the complex story of a scholar whose illicit actions helped preserve a vital Jewish past. Through Szajkowski’s life, Leff explores urgent questions of memory, ownership, and the legacy of Holocaust-era archives.
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May
3
2026 Humanities Symposium
Time: 8:30am—2:00pmThe Humanities symposium is a way to share and celebrate the great work of our students with faculty, friends, and family.
