Events

This third workshop will teach attendees about the role(s) of introductions and conclusions in academic writing and offer practical instruction in how to craft them.

Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations academic conference call with Michelle D. Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Grace Shen is an associate professor of history and director of graduate studies in the history department. Her work centers on questions of identity and aspirations of modernity, change, and self-fulfillment in late-19th to late-20th century China. As a science historian, she has primarily explored this through the lens of knowledge production. Her first book,

Co-organized with The Met Cloisters in conjunction with the exhibition Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith (running August 30 to January 30, 2022), this roundtable will feature three scholars who have deep experience curating exhibitions that engage with the multiple cultures of medieval Spain. It will be moderated by the curator of the

The Taking Responsibility project has a particular goal to highlight not only the history of Jesuit institutions and sexual abuse, but also to ask how we can confront and handle this history and its many legacies in the present. Following up on last year’s online dialogue, titled “Native American Communities and the Clerical Abuse Crisis,”

Marc Gershow, Ph.D., associate professor of physics and neuroscience at New York University, will present “Are You Smarter Than A Maggot?” Despite having very few neurons (~104; humans have ~1011), the fruit fly larva’s brain is capable of sophisticated computations. The larva coordinates its movement, navigates its environment, integrates conflicting sensory inputs, and learns from

Will poor countries eventually catch up to rich countries in income? Come hear prevailing theories on this issue and learn about the realities of trying to bridge the wealth gap. Giacomo Santangelo, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics, as well as the director of the International Political Economy Program (IPED) at

The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University is delighted to present the next episode of its webinar series highlighting the scholarly insights and academic careers of female scholars whose research and writing explore some facet of the history, thought, or culture of Orthodox Christianity. The broadcast will be livestreamed and open to all who