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SUMMARY:Hidden Sparks—A Menachem Daum Film Dialogue Series: A Life Apart
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series begins on Jan. 27 with a screening and discussion of A Life Apart: Hasidism in America\, the first in-depth\, documentary portrait of the daily life\, beliefs\, and history of contemporary Hasidic Jews in New York City\, exploring conflicts\, burdens\, and rewards of the Hasidic way of life. \nAyala Fader\, PhD\, professor of anthropology; Oren Rudavsky\, co-director and producer of A Life Apart; Marty Dornbaum\, producer of A Life Apart; and Rifke Daum\, Menachem Daum’s wife\, will take part in a post-screening discussion. \nThe remaining films in the series include Hiding and Seeking on Feb. 3\, The Ruins of Lifta on Feb. 9\, and Memory Keepers on Feb. 17. \nAbout Menachem Daum \nMenachem Daum\, a child of survivors of the Holocaust\, stumbled upon a family story in the Polish town of Dzialoszyce that would change the course of his life. His films explore his quest to find common ground between Jews and non-Jews\, Orthodox Jews and secular Jews\, Polish Catholics and Polish Jews\, as well as between Palestinians and Holocaust Survivors. His Orthodox upbringing as a child of survivors born in a DP camp and brought up in Schenectady and mostly in New York City\, and his early encounters at Brooklyn College with secular Jews\, as well as in New York with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach\, led him on his first journey to Poland in the late 1980s. Carlebach’s outreach to the Polish people was in total contradiction to his experience with his own survivor community\, who often had disdain for their former Polish neighbors. That experience inspired him to re-examine his own viewpoints and to embark on a lifelong search for a way to bridge the often insurmountable gaps between people. Equally central to Menachem’s lifelong search was seeking to understand his father’s faith after losing his wife and a child during the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis. This search led to his exploration of the Hasidic Jewish community and its rebirth in the United States. For over 20 years\, Menachem travelled repeatedly to Poland\, seeking out “memory keepers\,” Polish Catholics and Jews who sought to preserve Jewish memory and bring Jewish life and culture back to Poland\, where it was decimated. \n 
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/film-screening-a-life-apart-hasidism-in-america/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural,Inside Fordham,Jewish Life,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Spiritual Dialogue Series
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Georgetown University’s Hoyas with Pride\, the Rainbow Rams Affinity Chapter invites you to attend a virtual event for our LGBTQ+ Spiritual Dialogue Series. Join us as we hear from James Martin\, SJ\, founder of Outreach\, and Chris Lawton\, CSP\, pastor of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle\, in a thoughtful conversation on topics of identity\, inclusion\, and lived experience within the Catholic tradition. \nThis event will take place virtually\, and all are welcome. A Zoom link for the event will be shared via email with all registrants.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/lgbtq-spiritual-dialogue-series/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Catholic Life,Lectures,Spiritual and Religious Events
ORGANIZER;CN="John Morin":MAILTO:jmorin4@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260108T155524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T155550Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Humanitarians: Bernard Wiseman of the IIHA and MSF/Doctors Without Borders
DESCRIPTION:Bernard Wiseman\, an adjunct professor with IIHA and international associative coordinator and former head of mission with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders\, will talk about MSF’s work around the world and what a typical day at the office looks like for him. He’ll also talk about how he has navigated his career and offer tips on searching for internships and employment. This will also be a great opportunity for peer-to-peer networking with fellow students and networking with a humanitarian professional. \nLimited seats available! Please email iihaoutreach@fordham.edu if you need to cancel your registration. \nAbout Bernard Wiseman:\nPlease join us at the institute to listen to Bernard Wiseman\, international associative coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders and its former head of mission. Wiseman has worked with MSF since 2015 in the Central African Republic\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, South Sudan\, Papua New Guinea\, Bangladesh\, Myanmar\, and Ukraine. He began his international career working with the Peace Corps\, where he served in Senegal as an environmental education volunteer. He is also an adjunct professor and teaches the Internship Seminar and The Humanitarian System.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/conversations-with-humanitarians-welcomes-bernard-wiseman-with-the-iiha-and-msf-doctors-without-borders/
LOCATION:2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, NY\, 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Networking and Career
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T193000
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SUMMARY:The Refugee Crisis and the Role of Business
DESCRIPTION:One of the most pressing humanitarian challenges of our time is the global refugee crisis\, with more than 40 million refugees worldwide. As with many complex societal challenges\, businesses have an important role to play in alleviating human suffering and advancing well-being while creating shared value for a broad range of stakeholders. Join the Responsible Business Center and Professor Sertan Kabadayi for this important webinar that will explore how responsible business practices can contribute meaningfully to efforts addressing the global refugee crisis.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/the-refugee-crisis-and-the-role-of-business/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Responsible Business Center":MAILTO:gsbrbc@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260129T192451Z
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SUMMARY:IPED Lecture: Philippine Project Assessments
DESCRIPTION:The Project Assessment in the Philippines is a two-week study tour and course that trains International Political Economy and Development (IPED) students to monitor and evaluate (M&E) community level development projects. Student groups conduct field surveys to assess actual local community development projects in the surrounding projects outside metropolitan Manila. In the first IPED lecture for the 2026 spring semester\, IPED students share the results of their Philippine trip over the winter break. \nKhulan Battulga\, Tymber Felts\, and Andrew Galbraith talk about “Community-based savings and credit programs support household-level livelihoods and strengthen community resilience in Dolores\, Quezon.” \nClaire Bodger\, Zoe Gordon\, Christopher Lempa\, and Alfredo Solis III discuss “Tablea: Cacao Sustainable Livelihood Project in Rizal.” \nFinally\, Sydney Clapham\, Trevor Cox\, and Khristine de Leon share about their “Performance and Impact Evaluation of NGO’s Coconut Nursery Project in Dolores\, Quezon.”
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/iped-lecture-philippine-project-assessments/
LOCATION:Dealy E-530\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economics,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260203T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260203T200000
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SUMMARY:Hidden Sparks—A Menachem Daum Film Dialogue Series: Hiding and Seeking
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series continues on Feb. 3 with Hiding and Seeking\, an award-winning documentary which tells the dramatic and emotional story of Daum’s journey with his two sons to Poland to try to find the Polish Christian farmers who hid their family from the Nazis. The film explores the Holocaust’s effect on faith in God and the faith in our fellow human beings. Without avoiding complexity\, it juxtaposes the post-Holocaust image of Poland as an antisemitic country with the encounter with people who personify the highest levels of compassion. \nThe post-screening discussion will include historian Natalia Aleksiun\, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky\, and Tzvi Dovid Daum. \nAbout Menachem Daum \nMenachem Daum\, a child of survivors of the Holocaust\, stumbled upon a family story in the Polish town of Dzialoszyce that would change the course of his life. His films explore his quest to find common ground between Jews and non-Jews\, Orthodox Jews and secular Jews\, Polish Catholics and Polish Jews\, as well as between Palestinians and Holocaust Survivors. His Orthodox upbringing as a child of survivors born in a DP camp and brought up in Schenectady and mostly in New York City\, and his early encounters at Brooklyn College with secular Jews\, and\, in New York\, with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach\, led him on his first journey to Poland in the late 1980s. Carlebach’s outreach to the Polish people was in total contradiction to his experience with his own survivor community\, who often had disdain for their former Polish neighbors. That experience inspired him to re-examine his own viewpoints and to embark on a lifelong search for a way to bridge the often insurmountable gaps between people. Equally central to Menachem’s lifelong search was seeking to understand his father’s faith after losing his wife and a child during the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis. This search led to his exploration of the Hasidic Jewish community and its rebirth in the United States. For over 20 years\, Menachem travelled repeatedly to Poland\, seeking out “memory keepers\,” Polish Catholics and Jews who sought to preserve Jewish memory and bring Jewish life and culture back to Poland\, where it was decimated. \n 
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/hidden-sparks-a-menachem-daum-film-dialogue-series-hiding-and-seeking/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Jewish Life,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T170000
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SUMMARY:IPED Lecture: "The AI Externality-Equity Nexus—A Spatial Econometric Framework for Responsible AI Governance"
DESCRIPTION:Giacomo Santangelo\, PhD\, Senior Lecturer at Fordham University\, discusses his latest research paper on AI and data centers. Santangelo is an economist with training in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis with more than 20 years of experience in teaching at various universities in the New York area.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/iped-lecture-the-ai-externality-equity-nexus-a-spatial-econometric-framework-for-responsible-ai-governance/
LOCATION:Dealy E-530\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economics,Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Fordham IPED":MAILTO:iped@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T200000
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SUMMARY:Hidden Sparks—A Menachem Daum Film Dialogue Series: The Ruins of Lifta
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series continues on Feb. 9 with a screening and discussion of The Ruins of Lifta\, Daum’s 2016 documentary about the past and the present through the lens of Lifta\, the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated. Its ruins serve as a haunting backdrop for a confrontation between the two mega-narratives that underlie the Arab-Israeli conflict; the Nakba and the Holocaust. \nThe post-screening panel will include with historian Mehnaz Afridi\, legal scholar Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias\, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky\, Hillel Cohen\, and producer Aaron Levitt \n\nAbout Menachem Daum \nMenachem Daum\, a child of survivors of the Holocaust\, stumbled upon a family story in the Polish town of Dzialoszyce that would change the course of his life. His films explore his quest to find common ground between Jews and non-Jews\, Orthodox Jews and secular Jews\, Polish Catholics and Polish Jews\, as well as between Palestinians and Holocaust Survivors. His Orthodox upbringing as a child of survivors born in a DP camp and brought up in Schenectady and mostly in New York City\, and his early encounters at Brooklyn College with secular Jews\, and\, in New York\, with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach\, led him on his first journey to Poland in the late 1980s. Carlebach’s outreach to the Polish people was in total contradiction to his experience with his own survivor community\, who often had disdain for their former Polish neighbors. That experience inspired him to re-examine his own viewpoints and to embark on a lifelong search for a way to bridge the often insurmountable gaps between people. Equally central to Menachem’s lifelong search was seeking to understand his father’s faith after losing his wife and a child during the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis. This search led to his exploration of the Hasidic Jewish community and its rebirth in the United States. For over twenty years\, Menachem travelled repeatedly to Poland\, seeking out “memory keepers\,” Polish Catholics and Jews who sought to preserve Jewish memory and bring Jewish life and culture back to Poland\, where it was decimated.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/hidden-sparks-a-menachem-daum-film-dialogue-series-the-ruins-of-lifta/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Jewish Life,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T170000
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SUMMARY:IPED Lecture: "Coffee Trading Under Geopolitical Uncertainty"
DESCRIPTION:Kyle Bawot\, senior director of trading at Olam\, will discuss his role in the trading of coffee as a commodity in the current geopolitical climate. Bawot is an experienced professional in the green coffee trading sector at Olam since September 2014. Kyle’s career at Olam includes roles such as trader\, commercial manager for Green Coffee in Colombia\, and junior trader. His journey into the world of coffee began during his time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru\, where he was first exposed to coffee production and export. Upon his return to the US\, Kyle joined OFI (Olam Food Ingredients) and quickly worked his way into a commodities trading role. Kyle holds both Q Grader and ICE Exchange Grader licenses. He continually seeks to deepen his understanding of each facet of the industry\, with a special focus on the industry’s sustainability challenges. Kyle attended Skidmore College and Fordham University\, from which he earned a BA in Economics and an MA in International Political Economy and Development (IPED)\, respectively.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/iped-lecture-coffee-trading-under-geopolitical-uncertainty/
LOCATION:Dealy E-530\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economics,Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Fordham IPED":MAILTO:iped@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T200000
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SUMMARY:Hidden Sparks—A Menachem Daum Film Dialogue Series: Memory Keepers
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series concludes on Feb. 17 with a screening and discussion of Memory Keepers\, an unfinished film\, with Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias\, Kamila Klauzińska\, and Oren Rudavsky. \nAbout Menachem Daum \nMenachem Daum\, a child of survivors of the Holocaust\, stumbled upon a family story in the Polish town of Dzialoszyce that would change the course of his life. His films explore his quest to find common ground between Jews and non-Jews\, Orthodox Jews and secular Jews\, Polish Catholics and Polish Jews\, as well as between Palestinians and Holocaust Survivors. His Orthodox upbringing as a child of survivors born in a DP camp and brought up in Schenectady and mostly in New York City\, and his early encounters at Brooklyn College with secular Jews\, and\, in New York\, with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach\, led him on his first journey to Poland in the late 1980s. Carlebach’s outreach to the Polish people was in total contradiction to his experience with his own survivor community\, who often had disdain for their former Polish neighbors. That experience inspired him to re-examine his own viewpoints and to embark on a lifelong search for a way to bridge the often insurmountable gaps between people. Equally central to Menachem’s lifelong search was seeking to understand his father’s faith after losing his wife and a child during the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis. This search led to his exploration of the Hasidic Jewish community and its rebirth in the United States. For over twenty years\, Menachem travelled repeatedly to Poland\, seeking out “memory keepers\,” Polish Catholics and Jews who sought to preserve Jewish memory and bring Jewish life and culture back to Poland\, where it was decimated.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/hidden-sparks-a-menachem-daum-film-dialogue-series-memory-keepers/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Jewish Life,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T170000
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SUMMARY:IPED Lecture: “Bid for Internationalism—The Dialogue Between Pope Pius XII and President Franklin Roosevelt on Peace and International Order”
DESCRIPTION:Join Fordham IPED\, the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies\, and the Fordham Political Science Department for a talk by Madalena Meyer Resende\, PhD\, examining the dialogue between Pope Pius XII and President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the future postwar international order during the first year of World War II (1939–1940). As leaders of officially neutral states\, both sought pathways to negotiated peace. The presentation explores Catholic thought on international relations\, focusing on national self-determination\, the role of states\, disarmament\, and international organizations\, and situating these within Wilsonian ideas and the Thomist natural law tradition. The talk also examines Roosevelt’s emerging universalist vision and growing use of Christian language\, set against deepening Vatican–White House engagement. It concludes with the influence of the American episcopate\, whose approach to international relations blended neo-Thomist natural law internationalism with a commitment to liberal democratic statehood. \nResende is an associate professor at NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) and a senior researcher at Portuguese Institute of Internacional Relations (IPRI-NOVA). She held visiting fellowships at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. She holds a PhD in government from the London School of Economics (2005). Her research focuses on nationalism\, Catholicism and constitutionalism. She is a member of the academic council of the Wilfried Martens Centre in Brussels and has held leadership positions in national and international associations\, including president of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) and vice president of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). She is currently sub dean for Internationalization at NOVA FCSH. \nJames P. McCartin\, PhD\, Associate Professor at Fordham’s Department of Theology will serve as discussant for this lecture.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/iped-lecture-bid-for-internationalism-the-dialogue-between-pope-pius-xii-and-president-franklin-roosevelt-on-peace-and-international-order/
LOCATION:Dealy E-530\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T171500
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SUMMARY:Spring 2026 McGinley Chair Lecture: “Secularization Theory: The View from a Pew”
DESCRIPTION:The topic for the Spring 2026 McGinley Chair Lecture will be “Secularization Theory: The View from a Pew.” We often hear conflicting claims regarding the phenomenon of secularization. By some measures\, the role of religion in society has long been in serious decline\, at least in the West\, but many observers detect a recent resurgence in the vitality and public influence of religion. Besides investigating the contours of the secularization theory today\, this lecture will consider the distinctive perspective of active members of religious communities on both the intellectual and affective levels\, as they attempt to adapt to claims of both diminishment and revival of their beloved traditions. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society Thomas Massaro\, SJ\, will deliver the lecture\, followed by a response from Evelyn Bush\, PhD\, associate professor in Fordham’s department of sociology and anthropology. All students\, faculty and staff of Fordham University are invited to attend\, as are members of the wider New York community.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/spring-2026-mcginley-chair-lecture-secularization-theory-the-view-from-a-pew/
LOCATION:Flom Auditorium\, Walsh Library\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thomas Massaro":MAILTO:tmassaro@fordham.edu
GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Flom Auditorium Walsh Library 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=441 East Fordham Road:geo:-73.8892354,40.8612275
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260211T211135Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Humanitarians Welcomes Toni-Anne Vinell Stewart
DESCRIPTION:Toni-Anne Vinell Stewart is a gender specialist with the Gender Equality and Inclusion Section of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (U.N.-OCHA) in New York. Promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is central to the humanitarian community’s commitment to protect and provide assistance to people affected by emergencies. As the coordinator of global emergency assistance\, U.N.-OCHA plays a unique role in ensuring that humanitarian responses to emergencies focus on this goal. Vinell Stewart will talk about her work on promoting gender and women’s rights at U.N. HQ and in country operations. She’ll also talk about how she has navigated her career and offer tips on searching for internships and employment. This will also be a great opportunity for peer-to-peer networking with fellow students and networking with a humanitarian professional. \nAbout Toni-Anne Vinell Stewart:\nStewart is a gender specialist in the Gender Equality and Inclusion Section at OCHA Headquarters\, with 12+ years of experience in gender affairs\, refugee protection\, and humanitarian action. Over the past 2 years\, she served as gender adviser to the Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan with U.N. Women\, supporting strategic humanitarian leadership\, coordination and support to women led organizations in the crisis response. Prior to her current role\, she has worked with UNRWA in Lebanon\, international humanitarian organizations in Jordan and Iraq\, UNAIDS\, and women’s rights advocacy organizations in Geneva and New York. Toni holds a master’s degree in women’s history and bachelor’s degree in international relations from Sarah Lawrence College\, as well as a master’s in refugee protection and forced migration studies from University of London.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/conversations-with-humanitarians-welcomes-toni-anne-vinell-stewart/
LOCATION:Canisius Hall\, 2546 Belmont Ave \, Bronx \, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Lunch and Learn,Networking and Career
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu 
GEO:40.8586414;-73.8827079
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Canisius Hall 2546 Belmont Ave  Bronx  NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2546 Belmont Ave:geo:-73.8827079,40.8586414
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260112T154957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T155536Z
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture Series—Katrin Kogman-Appel\, “Medieval Passover Haggadah: From Rituals to Illuminations\,” Session I
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies is delighted to welcome Katrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, as a distinguished lecturer. Professor Kogman-Appel will deliver three lectures and will hold two workshops with early printed books and facsimiles. \nOverview of the Distinguished Lecture Series \nA stand-alone haggadah is an individually bound book that is ritually used during the seder ceremony on the eve of Passover to fulfill the divine precept of telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt to the young. Originally the haggadah was part of the general prayerbook and around the twelfth century it began to emerge as a separate volume. In some contrast to the widely held impression that the Passover haggadah has been the most widely owned book among Jews since premodern times\, the number of surviving haggadot\, both handwritten and printed\, is surprisingly low. This series of lectures tells the story of the stand-alone haggadah as a book genre in its own right and describes a century-long process of emergence that began until it finally became a common household item\, around the middle of the seventeenth century. \n“The Book and the Seder I: Medieval Evidence of Passover Rituals” \nWhat do we actually know about the performance of medieval and early modern seder rituals? How was the haggadah recited? From a written text? From memory? In this lecture\, Katrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, will study various medieval sources\, both textual and visual\, that offer information about the performance of the seder and the various ritual acts prescribed in the haggadah. \nAbout Katrin Kogman-Appel  \nKatrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, is Alexander von Humbolt Professor of Jewish Studies\, University of Münster. Until 2015 she was Professor\, Vice-Dean\, and holder of the Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva\, Israel. She is a world expert on Jewish art of the Middle Ages with a focus on illuminated manuscripts of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Spain and Germany. Her many publications include: Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain: Biblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday (2006); A Mahzor from Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community (2012); and Catalan Maps and Jewish Books: The Intellectual Profile of Elisha ben Abraham Cresques (1325-1387) (2020). \n 
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/distinguished-lecture-series-katrin-kogman-appel-medieval-passover-haggadah-from-rituals-to-illuminations-session-i/
LOCATION:McMahon\, Room 109 155 West 60th Street\, New York\, NY 10023\, 155 West 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260223T122600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T122600Z
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SUMMARY:IPED Lecture: "Supercharging Startup and NGO Scaling with AI"
DESCRIPTION:Join the Fordham University graduate program in international political economy and development (IPED) in this lecture featuring IPED alumnus Michael Fajardo as he talks about using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to supercharge his work in his startup and NGO. Fajardo is a development and finance professional based in New York\, with experience spanning hedge funds\, financial startups\, and global investment banks. His background in financial operations and investments bridges private capital and mission-driven impact. He is the founder of Angat Initiative\, a nonprofit expanding access to education in the Philippines\, and is currently building his own startup at the intersection of finance and innovation. Michael holds an MBA from the University of Virginia\, an MA in international political economy and development from Fordham University\, and a BS in management engineering from Ateneo de Manila University.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/iped-lecture-supercharging-startup-and-ngo-scaling-with-ai/
LOCATION:Dealy E-530\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Fordham IPED":MAILTO:iped@fordham.edu
GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Dealy E-530 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=441 East Fordham Road:geo:-73.8892354,40.8612275
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260112T154937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T155407Z
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture Series: Katrin Kogman-Appel\, “Medieval Passover Haggadah: From Rituals to Illuminations\,” Session II
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies is delighted to welcome Katrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, as a distinguished lecturer. Professor Kogman-Appel will deliver three lectures and will hold two workshops with early printed books and facsimiles. \nOverview of the Lecture Series \nA stand-alone haggadah is an individually bound book that is ritually used during the seder ceremony on the eve of Passover to fulfill the divine precept of telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt to the young. Originally the haggadah was part of the general prayerbook and around the twelfth century it began to emerge as a separate volume. In some contrast to the widely held impression that the Passover haggadah has been the most widely owned book among Jews since premodern times\, the number of surviving haggadot\, both handwritten and printed\, is surprisingly low. This series of lectures tells the story of the stand-alone haggadah as a book genre in its own right and describes a century-long process of emergence and refinement until the haggadah finally became a common household item\, around the middle of the seventeenth century. \nSchedule for Session Two \n4 – 5:30 p.m.: An in-person workshop with Katrin Kogman-Appel at Walsh Library\, 4th Floor\, Archives and Special Collections \nA hands-on\, in-person-only workshop and open house focusing on haggadot from Fordham’s Collection at Archives and Special Collections in Walsh Library\, 4th Floor at Fordham’s Rose Hill Campus. \n6 p.m.: Lecture\, Walsh Library\, 4th Floor\, O’Hare Room (in-person and online) \n“The Book and the Seder II: The Birth of the Stand-Alone Haggadah and its Early History” \nPart two of this lecture series explores the ways in which the haggadah differs from all other books\, general prayerbooks in particular. For instance\, one might ask\, Why was it unpractical to use a Siddur during the seder? In this lecture\, Katrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, will seek to answer such questions through a material-study approach. Not all stand-alone haggadot are the same. Rather\, a whole range of haggadot emerged since the 12th century: tiny booklets\, plain haggadot\, extremely lavish haggadot with first-rate paintings\, illustrated haggadot with less lavish but abundant marginal vignettes\, and so on. In this lecture we shall look at the early beginnings of the stand-alone haggadah and follow its developments into a whole variety of book types. \nAbout Katrin Kogman-Appel \nKatrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, is Alexander von Humbolt Professor of Jewish Studies\, University of Münster. Until 2015 she was Professor\, Vice-Dean\, and holder of the Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva\, Israel. She is a world expert on Jewish art of the Middle Ages with a focus on illuminated manuscripts of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Spain and Germany. Her many publications include: Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain: Biblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday (2006); A Mahzor from Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community (2012); and Catalan Maps and Jewish Books: The Intellectual Profile of Elisha ben Abraham Cresques (1325-1387) (2020).
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/distinguished-lecture-series-katrin-kogman-appel-medieval-passover-haggadah-from-rituals-to-illuminations-session-ii/
LOCATION:O’Hare Special Collections Room\, Walsh Library\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=O’Hare Special Collections Room Walsh Library 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=441 East Fordham Road:geo:-73.8892354,40.8612275
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260212T213259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T213259Z
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SUMMARY:Sam Hunter on Writing for Stage and Screen
DESCRIPTION:The award-winning playwright and screenwriter behind The Whale talks about the writing life and finding hope in the everyday. \nThis Center on Religion and Culture event features a one-hour conversation with playwright and screenwriter Sam Hunter\, best known for The Whale\, the 2022 Academy Award-winning film starring Brendan Fraser and Sadie Sink. His 2024–2025 play Little Bear Ridge Road\, starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock\, marked his Broadway debut. Sam has also guest lectured at Fordham. \nHe was a recipient of the 2011 Obie Award\, the 2013 Drama Desk Award\, the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play\, and a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship. \nJim McDermott\, theater critic and entertainment writer\, and May Adrales\, director of the Fordham Theatre Program\, will moderate the conversation. The event is a collaboration between the Center on Religion and Culture and the Fordham Theatre Program. \n​This event is free\, but registration is required.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/sam-hunter-on-writing-for-stage-and-screen/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural,Lectures
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GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=McNally Amphitheatre 140 West 62nd Street New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=140 West 62nd Street:geo:-73.9844894,40.7713958
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260223T195746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T195746Z
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SUMMARY:Curran Center Talk: "Disability\, Vocation\, and Catholicism"
DESCRIPTION:From the first epidemic in New York City in 1916\, polio struck communities across the United States nearly every summer until the approval of a vaccine in 1955. Many survivors wrote memoirs\, records of their suffering and their vision for life as newly-disabled people in the wake of the illness. American Catholic women who survived polio often viewed their suffering as part of a divine calling. They frequently saw a rationale for their religious vocation in their disability. Catholic culture encouraged this interpretation\, especially for women; Catholic women who survived polio entered helping professions at higher rates than men and non-Catholics. Brittany Acors\, winner of the 2025 New Scholar Essay Prize for Catholic Studies in the Americas\, will explore how American Catholic polio survivors interacted with their culture to cultivate new understandings and craft narratives of suffering\, disability\, and service.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/curran-center-talk-disability-vocation-and-catholicism/
LOCATION:Butler Commons\, Duane Library\, 441 East Fordham Road \, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Butler Commons Duane Library 441 East Fordham Road  Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=441 East Fordham Road:geo:-73.8892354,40.8612275
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260225T191439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T191637Z
UID:10014047-1772638200-1772645400@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Advancing Equity and Justice in Law Through Social Justice Research
DESCRIPTION:Join Fordham University’s Center for Ethics Education in an exciting webinar on law and social justice research featuring national legal experts! \nDespite commitments to fairness\, legal systems often produce uneven outcomes for marginalized populations due to structural factors and cognitive biases that influence legal outcomes. Social justice research provides empirical evidence that can help reform laws\, inform court decisions\, and promote equitable outcomes by identifying disparities and biases\, informing evidence-based legislation\, guiding judicial decision-making\, and holding legal systems accountable.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/advancing-equity-justice-in-law-through-social-justice-research/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Ethics Education":MAILTO:ethics@fordham.edu 
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260112T155338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T155338Z
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture Series—Katrin Kogman-Appel\, “Medieval Passover Haggadah: From Rituals to Illuminations\," Session III
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies is delighted to welcome Katrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, as a distinguished lecturer. Professor Kogman-Appel will deliver three lectures and will hold two workshops with early printed books and facsimiles. \nOverview of the Lecture Series \nA stand-alone haggadah is an individually bound book that is ritually used during the seder ceremony on the eve of Passover to fulfill the divine precept of telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt to the young. Originally the haggadah was part of the general prayerbook and around the twelfth century it began to emerge as a separate volume. In some contrast to the widely held impression that the Passover haggadah has been the most widely owned book among Jews since premodern times\, the number of surviving haggadot\, both handwritten and printed\, is surprisingly low. This series of lectures tells the story of the stand-alone haggadah as a book genre in its own right and describes a century-long process of emergence and refinement until the haggadah finally became a common household item\, around the middle of the seventeenth century. \n“The Book and the Seder III: The Functions of Illustrated Haggadot” \nIn part three of our lecture series\, Katrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, will explore the role of illuminations in haggadot\, considering ornamented and un-ornamented examples. Some haggadot were designed as ritual objects meant to guide the seder leader\, who\, by divine command\, was obliged to stage a successful commemoration ritual\, but was not trained as a ritual agent. Illustration cycles had a tremendous potential to enhance this function of guidance. Other haggadot were meant for study and were most probably owned by scholars. Yet others were plain and cheap and while they still assisted the seder leader in staging the ritual\, they did not offer any visualized guidance. \nAbout Katrin Kogman-Appel \nKatrin Kogman-Appel\, PhD\, is Alexander von Humbolt Professor of Jewish Studies\, University of Münster. Until 2015 she was Professor\, Vice-Dean\, and holder of the Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva\, Israel. She is a world expert on Jewish art of the Middle Ages with a focus on illuminated manuscripts of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Spain and Germany. Her many publications include: Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain: Biblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday (2006); A Mahzor from Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community (2012); and Catalan Maps and Jewish Books: The Intellectual Profile of Elisha ben Abraham Cresques (1325-1387) (2020). \n 
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/distinguished-lecture-series-katrin-kogman-appel-medieval-passover-haggadah-from-rituals-to-illuminations-session-iii/
LOCATION:McMahon\, Room 109 155 West 60th Street\, New York\, NY 10023\, 155 West 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260226T145657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T145657Z
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SUMMARY:Arts and Sciences Faculty Day
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to Arts and Sciences Faculty Day\, which will be held at Rose Hill in the McShane Center on Thursday\, March 5\, 2026. \nFaculty Day will begin at 4:30 p.m. in McShane 112 with the Last Lecture\, which will honor and celebrate the contributions and legacy of a distinguished colleague at Fordham. The Last Lecture will be delivered by a professor deeply admired by students and colleagues alike: Shahrokh Saba\, PhD\, professor of chemistry. \nUpon conclusion of the lecture\, we will turn to a reception and then dinner\, where we will celebrate Faculty Excellence in Teaching\, along with contributions in Institutional Leadership and Service\, Impactful Research\, and Mentorship. The program is as follows:\n– 5:15 p.m.: Cocktail Reception (McShane 311)\n– 6 p.m.: Dinner and 11 Awards (McShane 303 – Great Hall)
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/arts-and-sciences-faculty-day/2026-03-05/1/
LOCATION:McShane 112
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Receptions
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephanie Adomavicius":MAILTO:sadomavicius@fordham.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260224T131023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T131023Z
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SUMMARY:Adventure with Purpose: Peace Corps Stories from the Field
DESCRIPTION:The Fordham University graduate program in international political economy and development (IPED) invites the Fordham community to hear stories from the field from our very own returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs). Listen as they share their adventures in other countries while doing Peace Corps service in agriculture\, community economic development\, education\, environment\, health\, and youth development. \nHear from IPED graduate students Claire Bodger\, who served in Mongolia; Sydney Clapham\, who served in Fiji; Trevor Cox\, who served in Kenya; Tymber Felts\, who served in Ecuador; Andrew Galbraith\, who served in Guinea; Christopher Lempa\, who served in Costa Rica; and Richard Whiting\, who served in Mongolia. We are also featuring Christopher Dietrich\, PhD\, chair of the history department\, who served in the Dominican Republic. \nIPED joins the celebration of Peace Corps week this March 1 to 5\, 2026\, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Peace Corps. IPED is a partner institution for the Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows program\, which offers financial assistance to RPCVs for pursuing a master’s degree in IPED. In addition to their graduate degree\, Peace Corps fellows gain valuable on-the-job training in project management while interning with a community development organization in an underserved U.S. community.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/adventure-with-purpose-peace-corps-stories-from-the-field/
LOCATION:Dealy E-530\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fordham IPED":MAILTO:iped@fordham.edu
GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260226T145657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T145657Z
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SUMMARY:Arts and Sciences Faculty Day
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to Arts and Sciences Faculty Day\, which will be held at Rose Hill in the McShane Center on Thursday\, March 5\, 2026. \nFaculty Day will begin at 4:30 p.m. in McShane 112 with the Last Lecture\, which will honor and celebrate the contributions and legacy of a distinguished colleague at Fordham. The Last Lecture will be delivered by a professor deeply admired by students and colleagues alike: Shahrokh Saba\, PhD\, professor of chemistry. \nUpon conclusion of the lecture\, we will turn to a reception and then dinner\, where we will celebrate Faculty Excellence in Teaching\, along with contributions in Institutional Leadership and Service\, Impactful Research\, and Mentorship. The program is as follows:\n– 5:15 p.m.: Cocktail Reception (McShane 311)\n– 6 p.m.: Dinner and 11 Awards (McShane 303 – Great Hall)
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/arts-and-sciences-faculty-day/2026-03-05/2/
LOCATION:McShane 112
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Receptions
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephanie Adomavicius":MAILTO:sadomavicius@fordham.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260302T171840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T183634Z
UID:10014059-1773849600-1773856800@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:S.P.A.R.K.: Scholars Promoting Action\, Research\, and Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:Join us and hear about bold ideas shaping the future of leadership and impact! Featuring 10-minute “spotlight” presentations highlighting innovative research in ethical leadership\, inclusion\, and social responsibility\, followed by a networking reception. \n4 to 5 p.m.: Spotlight Presentations\n5 to 6 p.m.: Networking Reception \nSpotlight Presentations Include:\n– “Navigating Immigration Challenges: Her Migrant Hub—Lessons of Resilience and Reframing in Participatory Action Research\,” Marciana Popescu\, PhD\, professor\, Graduate School of Social Service\n– “Unconscious Bias and Ego vs. Eco System Motivations\,” Clarence Ball III\, advanced lecturer of communications and media management\, Gabelli School of Business\n– “Unseen Burdens: Supporting Clinicians of Color in Today’s World\,” Katheryn Roberson-Miranda\, PhD\, professor\, Graduate School of Education\n– “The Public Policy Environment for Labor and Employment Relations: States as Laboratories for Reform?\,” Chris Rhomberg\, PhD\, professor of sociology\, Arts and Sciences
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/s-p-a-r-k-scholars-promoting-action-research-and-knowledge/
LOCATION:12th-Floor Lounge\, Lowenstein\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023
CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Conferences and Symposia,Inside Fordham,Lectures,Networking and Career,Receptions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Holly Curtis":MAILTO:hcurtis2@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7707175;-73.9853904
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=12th-Floor Lounge Lowenstein 113 W 60th St New York NY 10023;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=113 W 60th St:geo:-73.9853904,40.7707175
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260313T160149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T160149Z
UID:10014083-1773936000-1773939600@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:IPED Lecture: "Inside the International Nonprofit Sector—My Career\, Industry Realities\, and Global Trends"
DESCRIPTION:Tara Everton\, communications manager at the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)\, will discuss the international nonprofit sector through her own career journey. As communications manager\, Everton leads strategic storytelling and digital engagement in support of global sustainable development initiatives. Previously\, she led communications for the Human Rights Foundation and its flagship convening\, the Oslo Freedom Forum\, managing digital strategy\, audience engagement\, and advocacy efforts. Tara graduated with highest honors from the University of California\, Berkeley\, earning a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a minor in Human Rights Interdisciplinary Studies.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/iped-lecture-inside-the-international-nonprofit-sector-my-career-industry-realities-and-global-trends/
LOCATION:Dealy E-530\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Fordham IPED":MAILTO:iped@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T183000
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SUMMARY:Fourth Annual Eunice Carter Lecture— "Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans"
DESCRIPTION:Khiara M. Bridges\, PhD\, the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California\, Berkeley School of Law and a nationally recognized expert on race\, class\, reproductive rights\, and their intersections\, will deliver the fourth annual Eunice Carter Lecture. \nIn this talk\, Professor Bridges will discuss her new book\, Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthier Black Americans. The book draws on two years of participant observation to show how wealthier black people try to leverage their class privilege to avoid some of the negative effects of their blackness—only to discover that in a country that has never reckoned with its horrific racial past\, there is no escaping racism’s reach. \nThe discussant will be Dr. Uché Blackstock\, physician\, New York Times bestselling author of Legacy\, and the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity (AHE). Introduced by Fordham Law School Professor Norrinda Brown\, associate dean for experiential learning\, and Catherine Powell\, Eunice Carter Distinguished Research Professor of Law (currently on leave from Fordham Law as a Crane Fellow in Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs Law and Public Policy program).
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fourth-annual-eunice-carter-lecture-expecting-inequity-how-the-maternal-health-crisis-affects-even-the-wealthiest-black-americans/
LOCATION:Costantino Room\, Fordham Law School\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
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SUMMARY:Pope Leo XIV: Assessing His First Year as Pontiff
DESCRIPTION:A panel of experts and friends of Pope Leo will discuss Robert Prevost’s life before he became pope\, why he was elected\, what this first year showed us\, and what his papacy will mean for the Catholic Church\, and for the world. \nThe Rev. Arthur Purcaro\, OSA\, is a Bronx native and Augustinian priest who got to know Robert Prevost\, a fellow Augustinian\, when they both worked as missionaries in Peru starting in the 1980s. \nEmilce Cuda is an Argentine-born theologian and political scientist who serves as secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for Latin America\, which was headed by Cardinal Prevost before he was elected pope. \nMichael Sean Winters is a columnist for National Catholic Reporter who covered the 2025 conclave in Rome and is one of the most knowledgeable commentators on Catholicism in the United States. \nDavid Gibson\, director of the Center on Religion and Culture\, will moderate the discussion and questions from the audience. \nThis lecture is made possible by the Russo Family Foundation in memory of Wanda and Robert Russo Sr.\, M.D.\, FCRH ’39.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/pope-leo-xiv-assessing-his-first-year-as-pontiff/
LOCATION:Duane Library\, Tognino Hall\, 2nd Floor\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Catholic Life,Cultural,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T153231Z
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SUMMARY:On Disagreement Lecture Series: Anita Norich\, "Yiddish Disputes"
DESCRIPTION:This lecture is part of the series\, On Disagreement. Anita Norich\, a renowned scholar of Yiddish literature\, will speak about “Yiddish Disputes.” If there is one thing we know about Yiddish culture\, it is that it has always been full of debates and controversies\, especially about the language itself. Since at least the Haskalah—the Jewish Enlightenment—the “language wars” among Yiddish speakers\, scholars\, writers\, and readers unfolded alongside disputes over translation; politics; modernity and literary modernism; gender; religion; the role of Yiddish after the Holocaust; cultural centers versus peripheries; and Zionism versus doikeyt (“hereness”). \nAnita Norich is the Tikva Frymer-Kensky Professor Emerita of English\, Professor Emerita of Judaic Studies at University of Michigan. She is the translator of Desires by Celia Dropkin (2024)\,  Fear and Other Stories by Chana Blankshteyn (2022)\, A Jewish Refugee in New York by Kadya Molodovsky (2019)\, and numerous short stories. She is also the author of Writing in Tongues: Yiddish Translation in the 20th Century (2013)\, Discovering Exile: Yiddish and Jewish American Literature in America During the Holocaust (2007)\, The Homeless Imagination in the Fiction of Israel Joshua Singer (1991)\, and co-editor of Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (2016)\, Jewish Literatures and Cultures: Context and Intertext (2008)\, and Gender and Text in Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literatures (1992). She translates Yiddish literature and teaches\, lectures\, and publishes on a range of topics concerning modern Jewish cultures\, Yiddish language and literature\, Jewish American literature\, and Holocaust literature.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/on-disagreement-lecture-series-anita-norich-yiddish-disputes/
LOCATION:McMahon Hall\, Room 109
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7703483;-73.9854248
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260302T154308Z
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SUMMARY:Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series: Marat Grinberg\, “Stanislaw Lem and his Soviet Interlocutors: Rethinking Science Fiction as Jewish Literature”
DESCRIPTION:The topic of the talk is science fiction produced in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during the 1960-1980s in Polish\, Russian\, and Ukrainian as a pivotal missing link in the history of Jewish literature in the 20th century. Not only were many of the science writers and critics Jewish\, but science fiction often became the focus of daring explicit Jewishness and widespread subterranean expression in the repressive Soviet atmosphere. In particular\, the talk will introduce Stanisla Lem as a Jewish writer and thinker who viewed the fissures of human memory and cosmos through the Jewish lens—biographical\, exegetical\, historical\, and cabbalistic. Lem had an enormous influence on Soviet authors who both emulated and polemicized with him. The talk will explore Jewish critics who provided astute interpretations of his work and engaged with it creatively. \nMarat Grinberg immigrated to the United States from Ukraine in 1993\, graduated from the joint degree program between the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Columbia University in New York City in 1999\, and received his PhD in comparative literature from the University of Chicago in 2006. He is a scholar of Jewish literature and cinema\, Soviet and East European Jewish culture and history\, 20th century Russian literature\, and the history and poetics of science fiction. Grinberg is currently a professor of Russian and humanities at Reed College in Portland\, Oregon. A prolific author and public intellectual\, among Grinberg’s books are “I Am to Be Read Not from Left to Right\, but in Jewish: from Right to Left”: The Poetics of Boris Slutsky (2011)\, Aleksandr Askoldov: The Commissar (2016)\, and most recently the widely acclaimed The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf: Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines (2023). He is the translator and editor of Mikhail Goldis’s Memoirs of a Jewish District Attorney from Soviet Ukraine published earlier this year. Marat Grinberg’s essays have appeared in such national venues as Tablet Magazine\, Jewish Journal\, Mosaic\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, and Cineaste. Currently he’s working on a large study of Jewishness and the Holocaust in Russian\, Ukrainian\, and East European speculative fiction of the Soviet era.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-series-marat-grinberg-stanislaw-lem-and-his-soviet-interlocutors-rethinking-science-fiction-as-jewish-literature/
LOCATION:Lincoln Center Campus\, McMahon Rm 109\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Lunch and Learn
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T052148
CREATED:20260306T204012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T204245Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Humanitarians with Thomas Hollywood\, executive director of Good Shepherd Volunteers (GSV)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Mr. Thomas Hollywood\, executive director of Good Shepherd Volunteers (GSV). \nHollywood will talk about his work with Catholic Relief Services responding to food security\, health\, nutrition\, climate change\, and migration in Peru\, Malawi\, Sudan\, Ecuador\, and Ethiopia. He’ll also talk about his current role as the executive director of Good Shepherd Volunteers and the opportunities that GSV offers to students. Students will get tips on searching for internships\, volunteer opportunities\, and employment\, and on navigating careers. This will also be a great opportunity for peer-to-peer networking with fellow students and networking with a humanitarian professional. \nMore About Thomas Hollywood\nWith more than 25 years in the humanitarian aid and development field\, Hollywood has led responses to food security\, health\, nutrition\, climate change\, and migration in both Latin America and Africa. Starting in 2007 with Catholic Relief Services (CRS)\, he served in Peru\, Malawi\, Sudan\, Ecuador\, and Ethiopia for a combined 15 years of field-based efforts. Three highlights are his work in Sudan with war-torn communities recovering from the genocide\, leading CRS operations and programming across eight countries in South America as sub-regional director\, and implementing a large USAID food security project that reduced poverty for 250\,000 vulnerable individuals in Ethiopia. Currently\, Hollywood is the executive director of GSV\, a service organization that prioritizes the well-being of marginalized women\, children\, and families through the devoted work of volunteers.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/conversations-with-humanitarians-with-thomas-hollywood-executive-director-of-good-shepherd-volunteers-gsv/
LOCATION:IIHA Refuge Gallery located on the second floor in Canisius Hall. 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, NY 10458\, 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, New York City\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Networking and Career
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ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu 
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