School of Humanities

Upcoming Events:

• Oct 2
  

  Durst Distinguished Lecture Series: Samuel R. Delany In Virtual Conversation with Professor Shaka McGlotten

  Time:  6:00pm
• Oct 3
  

  50 Years Later: Remembering the Chilean Military Coup

  Time:  5:00pm

  Film Screening Salvador Allende, directed by Patricio Guzmán (2004) followed by a conversation with Prof. Paula Halperin (Director of the School of Film and Media Studies, Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Studies) and Prof. Leandro Benmergui (Associate Professor of History and Chair, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies).

• Oct 12
  

  Roy and Shirley Durst Distinguished Chair in Literature: Migration Stories: A Lecture with Valeria Luiselli

  Time:  6:00pm
• Oct 15
  

  Yearning and Rejoicing: Jewish Music of the Diaspora

  Time:  3:00pm

  Please join us for a mesmerizing concert of Baroque Sephardic music, where the rich tapestry of history comes alive through enchanting melodies and rhythms.

• Oct 25
  

  Durst Distinguished Lecture Series: A Conversation with Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau

  Time:  6:00pm

  Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau are the co-authors of Rikers: An Oral History (2023), which was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice.

• Nov 6
  

  Durst Distinguished Lecture Series: Monica Youn In Conversation with Professor Monica Ferrell

  Time:  6:00pm
• Nov 12
  

  The Klezmatics

  Time:  3:00pm

  The Klezmatics are globally-renowned world music superstars, playing klezmer steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality mixed with a broad range of eclectic musical influences - music that is wild, mystical, provocative, reflective, and ecstatically danceable.