Longterm loans of important and rarely seen ancient sculpture from the Brooklyn Museum and the Hispanic Society of America are on view at the Fordham Museum until 2026. The Museum is located in the atrium of the Walsh Library at Rose Hill
Between 1973 and 1980, over 65,000 Soviet Jews, often referred to as "dropouts," immigrated to the United States. While they are often treated as a single demographic group, these Soviet Jews represented surprising diversity profiles across distinct waves of migration. Studying this population without considering their day-to-day experiences in the Soviet Union and the US
Join us for an evening of conversation about fashion and sustainability with renowned designers Henrik Visbskov (Denmark) and Brunela Ramirez (Peru). Our guests will discuss their innovative design philosophies, how to create a collection from idea to fabrication, and the challenges facing the industry today. Original designs and garments to be showcased! Designer Conversation: 5-6:30
The film After: Poetry Destroys Silence juxtaposes two competing claims about poetry after genocide and unspeakable horrors: Theodor Adorno’s statement, “To write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric” and Charles Bukowski’s rebuttal, “Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.” After explores poetry written about the Shoah, in which contemporary poets respond to the Holocaust
The FitzSimons Presidential Initiative on Civics and Civility is hosting a virtual Q&A with Mónica Guzmán, author of the best-selling book, I Never Thought of It That Way. This conversation will be facilitated by Brenna Moore, Ph.D., chair of the theology department. Guzmán will discuss her book, our current politically polarized climate, and several other
Miyuki Kita, professor of American studies at the University of Kitakyushu, Japan, will examine an unknown, unacknowledged episode of the commitment of New York Jews to the Civil Rights Movement and its impact outside of New York City. During the summer of 1963, 16 Queens College students—14 of whom were Jewish—traveled as far as the
The Center on Religion and Culture invites you to a free screening of the first episode of Wisdom Keepers, a new PBS series which seeks to revisit the perspectives that help us make sense of who we are and where we are going, particularly in these turbulent times. The series features interviews with some of
