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SUMMARY:The Future of Humanitarian Aid with Jamie McGoldrick
DESCRIPTION:Join this webinar on the future of humanitarian aid by Jamie McGoldrick\, the former deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process\, United Nations resident coordinator\, and humanitarian coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He is currently a distinguished fellow with IIHA and hosts IIHA’s podcast\, “Humanitarian Fault Lines.” \nGain information and knowledge on the future of humanitarian aid in the context of ongoing humanitarian reforms. Learn more by clicking the RSVP link. \nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/the-future-of-humanitarian-aid-with-jamie-mcgoldrick/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu 
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SUMMARY:Liberating Spiritualities in Dark Times
DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Christopher D. Tirres\, Ph.D.\, Michael J. Buckley Endowed Chair at Santa Clara University. \nHow can spirituality serve as a catalyst for social transformation and healing in an age of darkness and despair? How can we cultivate inclusive and justice-centered approaches to spirituality? \nProfessor Tirres will explore these questions by drawing on the rich traditions of liberation theologies and philosophies of the Americas\, engaging the works of figures such as Gloria Anzaldúa\, José Carlos Mariátegui\, Ada María Isasi-Díaz\, Paulo Freire\, Virgilio Elizondo\, and Ivone Gebara.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/liberating-spiritualities-in-dark-times/
LOCATION:Duane Library\, Tognino Hall\, 2nd Floor\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Navigating the Industry with Dominique Morisseau
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau for an inspiring and candid talk on navigating the industry. \nIn this session\, Dominique shares practical insights and hard-won wisdom about building and sustaining a career in theater and the arts. From breaking in and finding your creative community to protecting your voice and negotiating your worth\, this workshop offers artists at every stage the tools and mindset to move through the industry with confidence and integrity. Come ready to listen\, learn\, and leave empowered to chart your own path.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/navigating-the-industry-with-dominique-morisseau/
LOCATION:LL South Lounge\, 113 W 60th St\, Lowenstein Building\, LL South Lounge\, New York City\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Lectures,Networking and Career
ORGANIZER;CN="Fordham Theatre Program":MAILTO:theatre@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T180000
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SUMMARY:Elisheva Carlebach and Debra Kaplan\, “Matrons\, Murderesses and Maidservants: New Voices of Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe”
DESCRIPTION:This year\, Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies brings programs touching on a theme of disagreement in Jewish history. This lecture is part of the series. \nIn small villages\, bustling cities\, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe\, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities\, managing homes and professions\, leading institutions and sororities\, and crafting objects and texts of exquisite beauty. \nDebra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach will explore the kehillah\, a lively and thriving form of communal life that sustained European Jews for three centuries\, and retrieve vibrant portraits of Jewish women of all walks of life and their place within their homes\, their community\, and the marketplace. \nElisheva Carlebach is the Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History\, Culture\, and Society at Columbia University. Her books include Palaces of Time: Jewish Calendar and Culture in Early Modern Europe. \nDebra Kaplan is the Samuel Braun Chair for the History of the Jews in Germany at Bar-Ilan University. Her books include Beyond Expulsion: Jews\, Christians and Reformation Strasbourg and The Patrons and Their Poor: Jewish Community and Public Charity in Early Modern Germany.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/elisheva-carlebach-and-debra-kaplan-matrons-murderesses-and-maidservants-new-voices-of-jewish-women-in-early-modern-europe/
LOCATION:McMahon Hall Lounge 109 – Fordham at Lincoln Center\, 113 West 60th Street\, New York\, NY 10023\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T113000
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SUMMARY:Cruising Media: Art and Technosexual Dissidence in Latin America
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a visit from the visual artist\, essayist\, and activist Felipe Rivas San Martín\, a postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and current artist-in-residence at the Swiss Institute in NYC. He is a co-founder of the University Collective of Sexual Dissidence\, CUDS (2002-2019)\, a Latin American group dedicated to activism\, artistic experimentation\, and critical reflection. He will be visiting Carl Fischer’s SPAN 3002 course to present a Spanish-language talk related to his new book\, The Non-Existent Archive (El archivo inexistente)\, which compiles a series of AI-generated\, imaginary queer and non-binary working class couples in early-20th-century Latin America.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/cruising-media-art-and-technosexual-dissidence-in-latin-america/
LOCATION:Faculty Memorial Hall 318
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Carl Fischer":MAILTO:cfischer8@fordham.edu
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SUMMARY:Clavius Distinguished Lecture— “From Quantum Circuits to Quantum Agents: Towards Scalable and Self-Programming Quantum AI”
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Clavius Distinguished Lecture featuring Samuel Yen-Chi Chen\, Ph.D.\, M.D.\, lead research scientist at Wells Fargo. This is a rare chance to hear from an expert in the quantum AI community. A reception with refreshments will follow his talk.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/clavius-distinguished-lecture-from-quantum-circuits-to-quantum-agents-towards-scalable-and-self-programming-quantum-ai/
LOCATION:Bepler Commons\, Faber Hall\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T160000
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SUMMARY:IPED Lecture: "Understanding Microfinance and its Role in Economic Development"
DESCRIPTION:Erick Rengifo\, Ph.D.\, associate professor of economics\, will discuss microfinance and its role in economic development. Professor Rengifo is the founder and director of the Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and an active scholar with interests in econometric forecasts\, risk management\, insurance\, microfinance\, and micro-insurance. Professor Rengifo also has extensive private sector experience as an economic consultant\, an independent investment and project counselor\, and as a corporation controller. He has also been a university professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and Universidad Nacional de San Marcos (Perú). Erick Rengifo holds a Ph.D. in economics with a concentration in finance and Econometrics from the Catholic University of Louvain-Belgium. His academic background includes an M.A. in economics from the Catholic University of Louvain-Belgium\, an M.A. in finance from the Universidad del Pacífico\, and an M.A. in economics with a concentration in quantitative methods in economics from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Perú).
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/iped-lecture-understanding-microfinance-and-its-role-in-economic-development/
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:20251204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T193000
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SUMMARY:Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies: Ilan Stavans\, "Notes on Hispanic Antisemitism"
DESCRIPTION:Antisemitism cannot be studied in the abstract\, for its varieties are always tied to specific historical circumstances. These reflections by internationally renowned\, award-winning public intellectual Ilan Stavans\, author of The Seventh Heaven: Travels through Jewish Latin America and other works\, on the varieties of Hispanic antisemitism\, contemplate its vicissitudes and principal ideologues\, from 1492 to the present\, as it has mutated from a religious-based hatred to an economic rivalry and now a political ideology with catastrophic consequences. \nIlan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College\, the publisher of Restless Books\, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. His work\, translated into two dozen languages\, has been adapted into film\, TV\, radio\, and theater. His latest book is Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book (Cambridge University Press). This academic year\, Stavans is a New York Public Library-Fordham University fellow on Jewish Studies\, completing a book on Hispanic antisemitism.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-series-in-jewish-studies-ilan-stavans-notes-on-hispanic-antisemitism/
LOCATION:McMahon 109\, McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7708109;-73.9851512
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251230T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251230T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20251204T143126Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, In Three Parts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine\, religious beliefs\, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina\, Uruguay\, Mexico\, Colombia\, Cuba\, and other parts of Latin America from 1492 to the present. Topics include the persecution of conversos by the Spanish Inquisition\, immigrant Jewish institutions by Ashkenazim and Sephardim\, the Dirty War\, Liberation Theology\, and post-Holocaust Talmudic analysis. Authors featured are Luis de Carvajal the Younger\, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz\, Jorge Luis Borges\, Monsieur Chouchani\, and Rabbi Marshall Meyer. \nIlan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College\, the publisher of Restless Books\, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. His work\, translated into two dozen languages\, has been adapted into film\, TV\, radio\, and theater. His latest book is Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book (Cambridge University Press). This academic year\, Stavans is a New York Public Library-Fordham University fellow on Jewish Studies\, completing a book on Hispanic Antisemitism. \nThis mini-course is possible thanks to the generosity of the friends of Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies. The Fordham-NYPL Research Fellowship Program is made possible by the Knapp Family Foundation\, and the generosity of the friends of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham. \nMeeting times on three consecutive Tuesdays at 2PM: \nDecember 30th\, 2025: Session 1: “The Faith of Conversos” \nJanuary 6th\, 2026: Session 2: “Ser judío in the 20th Century” \nJanuary 13th\, 2026: Session 3: “The Ethical Jew Today” \nAll who register will receive a reading packet and Zoom link in a separate email.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/jewish-theology-in-latin-america-with-ilan-stavans/2025-12-30/
LOCATION:Virtual Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260106T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260106T153000
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SUMMARY:Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, In Three Parts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine\, religious beliefs\, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina\, Uruguay\, Mexico\, Colombia\, Cuba\, and other parts of Latin America from 1492 to the present. Topics include the persecution of conversos by the Spanish Inquisition\, immigrant Jewish institutions by Ashkenazim and Sephardim\, the Dirty War\, Liberation Theology\, and post-Holocaust Talmudic analysis. Authors featured are Luis de Carvajal the Younger\, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz\, Jorge Luis Borges\, Monsieur Chouchani\, and Rabbi Marshall Meyer. \nIlan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College\, the publisher of Restless Books\, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. His work\, translated into two dozen languages\, has been adapted into film\, TV\, radio\, and theater. His latest book is Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book (Cambridge University Press). This academic year\, Stavans is a New York Public Library-Fordham University fellow on Jewish Studies\, completing a book on Hispanic Antisemitism. \nThis mini-course is possible thanks to the generosity of the friends of Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies. The Fordham-NYPL Research Fellowship Program is made possible by the Knapp Family Foundation\, and the generosity of the friends of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham. \nMeeting times on three consecutive Tuesdays at 2PM: \nDecember 30th\, 2025: Session 1: “The Faith of Conversos” \nJanuary 6th\, 2026: Session 2: “Ser judío in the 20th Century” \nJanuary 13th\, 2026: Session 3: “The Ethical Jew Today” \nAll who register will receive a reading packet and Zoom link in a separate email.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/jewish-theology-in-latin-america-with-ilan-stavans/2026-01-06/
LOCATION:Virtual Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Stavans.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T153000
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SUMMARY:Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, In Three Parts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine\, religious beliefs\, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina\, Uruguay\, Mexico\, Colombia\, Cuba\, and other parts of Latin America from 1492 to the present. Topics include the persecution of conversos by the Spanish Inquisition\, immigrant Jewish institutions by Ashkenazim and Sephardim\, the Dirty War\, Liberation Theology\, and post-Holocaust Talmudic analysis. Authors featured are Luis de Carvajal the Younger\, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz\, Jorge Luis Borges\, Monsieur Chouchani\, and Rabbi Marshall Meyer. \nIlan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College\, the publisher of Restless Books\, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. His work\, translated into two dozen languages\, has been adapted into film\, TV\, radio\, and theater. His latest book is Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book (Cambridge University Press). This academic year\, Stavans is a New York Public Library-Fordham University fellow on Jewish Studies\, completing a book on Hispanic Antisemitism. \nThis mini-course is possible thanks to the generosity of the friends of Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies. The Fordham-NYPL Research Fellowship Program is made possible by the Knapp Family Foundation\, and the generosity of the friends of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham. \nMeeting times on three consecutive Tuesdays at 2PM: \nDecember 30th\, 2025: Session 1: “The Faith of Conversos” \nJanuary 6th\, 2026: Session 2: “Ser judío in the 20th Century” \nJanuary 13th\, 2026: Session 3: “The Ethical Jew Today” \nAll who register will receive a reading packet and Zoom link in a separate email.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/jewish-theology-in-latin-america-with-ilan-stavans/2026-01-13/
LOCATION:Virtual Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Stavans.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T193000
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SUMMARY:On Disagreement in Jewish History: Edward Fram\, "The Glory and Limits of Dispute in the Study in Rabbinic Culture”
DESCRIPTION:In today’s world of sharp polarization\, animosity\, and rigidity of opinions\, it appears to be increasingly difficult to pursue disagreement and mutual engagement on complex issues. But an ethos of disagreement has been a long-standing feature of Jewish culture. Early Rabbinic literature\, especially the Talmud\, extols “dispute for the sake of Heaven” and embraces a form of legal pluralism\, with minority opinions and interpretations very often being recorded. Later\, medieval and early modern rabbis continued to quote alternative interpretations of Jewish law. Chaim Grade’s story “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner\,” first published in 1952 in Yiddish\, is one of the most powerful pieces of contemporary literature about disagreement between friends on the most profound existential questions. But as the traditional explanation of the destruction of the Second Temple suggests\, strife and ungracious confrontation can have tragic consequences for a collective. Our programs this year will explore the question of disagreement—its ideal and its reality—in Jewish history and culture through lectures\, film screenings\, and a reading list. \nIn this lecture\, Edward Fram\, PhD\, will discuss disagreement in rabbinic culture and legal disputes. Rabbinic culture is characterized by a multiplicity of possibilities. Even in codes of law\, be they from ancient or modern times\, presenting readers with more than one conclusion is commonplace. Jews do not view this as an anomaly—quite the contrary. Once basic guidelines were established\, rabbinic culture encouraged the discovery of new meanings\, as this expanded the parameters of the source texts. This was crucial because the ultimate source text\, the Five Books of Moses\, could not be altered for it was perceived as the word of God. If the word of God was not to become a dead letter in changing times\, it had to be updated to meet evolving needs and values of those who lived by it. \nEdward Fram taught for many years in the Department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva\, Israel. His research focuses on the history of Jewish law in the early modern period. He is the author of numerous books and artiles on Jewish history and rabbinic culture in the early modern period. His most recent book\, The Codification of Jewish Law on the Cusp of Modernity\, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/on-disagreement-in-jewish-history-edward-fram-the-glory-and-limits-of-dispute-in-the-study-in-rabbinic-culture/
LOCATION:Fordham Law School\, Room 4-02\, 150 W 62nd St\, New York\, NY 10023\, 150 W 62nd St\, New York\, NY 10023\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T193000
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SUMMARY:Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies—Olga Rusinova\, “From Form to Identity: Jewish-Brazilian Modernists in a Transnational Frame”
DESCRIPTION:This talk focuses on Fayga Ostrower (1920–2001) and Anatol Naftali Wladyslaw (1913–2004)\, two Jewish-Brazilian modernists who engaged with questions of identity through non-figurative art in postwar Brazil. While their Jewish background was largely absent from official narratives of Brazilian modernism\, their artistic choices reflected broader transnational debates on Jewish visual culture. By examining their connections to European and New York art scenes\, the talk highlights how their work negotiated ethno-national belonging within multiple modernist contexts. \nOlga Rusinova holds a PhD in art history and previously served as associate professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. In 2023\, she relocated from wartime Russia to Campinas\, Brazil\, where she now teaches at the Ilum school of science\, and volunteers at the Museum of Visual Arts (MAV-UNICAMP). Rusinova’s academic work in Russia focused on postwar modernist art in the USSR and Eastern Europe. She has published extensively for scholarly journals\, museum catalogues\, and exhibition essays. This background informs her research on Jewish-Brazilian modernist artists of Eastern European origin\, and supports her ongoing work on how artistic identity takes shape across histories of exile\, migration\, and cultural translation. In spring 2026\, Rusinova is a short-term Fordham-NYPL Fellow in Jewish studies.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-series-in-jewish-studies-olga-rusinova-from-form-to-identity-jewish-brazilian-modernists-in-a-transnational-frame/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260107T191407Z
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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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GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260113T154530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T154530Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260108T155524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T155550Z
UID:10013929-1769616000-1769621400@now.fordham.edu
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260113T154733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T154758Z
UID:10013945-1769625000-1769628600@now.fordham.edu
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260129T192451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T192451Z
UID:10013984-1769702400-1769706000@now.fordham.edu
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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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:20260203T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260113T214520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T214520Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260202T174530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T174530Z
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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
GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260113T214756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T214756Z
UID:10013939-1770658200-1770667200@now.fordham.edu
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260210T150648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T150648Z
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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
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:20260217T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260113T215057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T215057Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260204T125507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T204413Z
UID:10014001-1771516800-1771520400@now.fordham.edu
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
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:20260225T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260130T192708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T192859Z
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T114715
CREATED:20260211T211135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T180010Z
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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