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Crimes of War

Criminal Justice studies, SPIA and the department of sociology are bringing an interesting guest to campus for the Talarico Lecture on April 26: John Hagan, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University, will deliver the Susette M. Talarico Lecture at the…

Sun Rays at Midnight: Holocaust survivor to speak on campus

In 1942 when he was just 20 years of age, Norbert Friedman was interned at a labor camp along with his father, uncles and all the able-bodied men of Wielopole, his grandparents' village in Eastern Poland. Four weeks later, 50 members of his family—including his mother, 10-year-old brother and…

Brazilian Student Association Symposium

Did you know that that first time the seat of an empire was transferred to a colony happened in 1808? It was from Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, under the duress of the Napoloenic wars in Europe. And when Brazil gained its independence in 1822, the first country to recognize it was the very young…

ASI hosts Burkina Faso ambassador Seydou Bouda

As part of its 'African Diplomat on Campus' series, the African Studies Institute presents a public lecture by HE Seydou Bouda on Tuesday, April 9 at 4 p.m. in room 480 of the Tate Student Center: His Excellency, Ambassador Seydou Bouda has served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…

Canadian novelist Joseph Boyden

The Institute for Native American Studies welcomes Native Canadian novelist Joseph Boyden to campus as part of the Franklin Visiting Scholar series: Boyden grew up in Ontario and is of Irish, Scottish and Anishinaabe heritage. His debut novel, "Three Day Road," is the story of two Cree soldiers…