Bildner Center: Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Raoul Wallenberg Annual Program, funded by Leon and Toby Cooperman Jonathan Marc Gribetz, Professor of Near Eastern studies and Judaic studies at Princeton University, will speak about his new book on the history of the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, from its establishment in 1965 until its expulsion from Lebanon in 1983. Gribetz examines […]

Polling 2024: Expert Analysis on Election Polling & the State of the Race

Virtual

The Eagleton Institute of Politics is pleased to invite you to their inaugural event in the series "Navigating the 2024 Election and Beyond." Join a panel of expert pollsters for a comprehensive analysis of national polling trends in the lead up to the November 2024 election. This webinar will provide invaluable insights into the way […]

Constitution Day 2024: Aspirational Activism & Public Service For a ‘More Perfect Union’

Livingston Student Center 84 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ

The Eagleton Institute’s Center for Youth Political Participation will host a panel of young adult activists and public servants as they share their stories of civic engagement with the hopes of inspiring others to create a ‘more perfect union’. Panelists include: Mayor Jason Cilento, Dunellen, New Jersey Solcrye Burga Granda, Reporter, Time Magazine Chloe Desir, […]

Bildner Center: Homes of the Past: A Lost Jewish Museum

Virtual

Jeffrey Shandler, Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, will discuss his new book, Homes of the Past: A Lost Jewish Museum (Indiana University Press, 2024). Shandler tells the powerful story of how immigrant Jewish scholars in 1940s New York sought to build a museum to commemorate the Jewish cultures of Eastern Europe destroyed […]

Polling 2024: Expert Analysis on Election Polling & the State of the Race

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Join Eagleton’s Center for Youth Political Participation for a debate watch party of the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Light refreshments and voter registration will be offered. Doors open at 8:30PM; Debate begins at 9:00PM. Open to current Rutgers University undergraduate and graduate students only. Seating is […]

Rutgers Day

Rutgers University

Rutgers Day is set for Saturday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the Busch Campus in Piscataway and the College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in New Brunswick. Get ready for the ultimate celebration of everything Rutgers! Keep checking the Rutgers Day website for updates and details on participation and programming. Go to Rutgers […]

Placemaking in Context: Honoring the Culture and History of Communities

Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Placemaking strengthens the connection between people and places. Join us as we examine placemaking through a lens of arts and humanities with transportation, highlighting the culture and histories of local communities and encouraging safe, active transportation through the built environment. This workshop, Honoring the Culture and History of Communities, is open to municipalities, planners, and anyone […]

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Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Hate – Undone : Conversations that Ignite Change

Rutgers-Newark 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United States

Dr. Daryl Davis is an international recording artist who has performed and toured all 50 States and around the world. He has performed extensively with Chuck Berry, The Legendary Blues Band (formerly The Muddy Waters Blues Band), Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, and many others. As an actor Daryl received rave reviews for his stage role in The Time Of […]

Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life–Jews by Nature: Summer Camp, Youth, and American Jewish Culture

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Presented by Sandra Fox, Goldstein-Goren Visiting Assistant Professor of American Jewish History, NYU Fearful that growing affluence and suburbanization threatened the future of Jewish life in the decades after the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders hoped to preserve authentic Jewish culture through residential summer camps for Jewish youth. Prof. Sandra Fox (New York University) will examine how […]

Occupant-Centric Simulation-Aided Building Design–Methods to obtain the occupant perspective

Virtual

International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) is a non-profit international society of building performance simulation researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the built environment. Their new seminar series, Occupant-Centric Simulation-Aided Building Design, promotes occupants as a focal point for the design process. A multi-disciplinary, globally recognized team of scholars and practitioners responsible for an […]

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Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Dangerous Speech and What We Can Do About It

Rutgers-Camden 326 Penn Street, Camden, United States

Susan Benesch is an Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University. She founded and directs the Dangerous Speech Project (dangerousspeech.org), to study speech that can inspire violence - and to find ways to prevent this, without infringing on freedom of expression. She researches methods to diminish harmful speech online, or the harm itself. […]

Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life–Not Quite White in Fiction and Film: Laura Z. Hobson’s Gentleman’s Agreement and Nella Larsen’s Passing

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Gentleman’s Agreement and Passing are critically-acclaimed novels on racial and ethnic passing that have also been adapted for the screen. These works explore how anti-Black racism and antisemitism have shaped the integration of Blacks and Jews into White Christian American society. A panel will explore both novels as well as their adaptations for the screen. […]

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Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Bringing Dignity to Divided Times

Rutgers Health, Clinical Academic Building 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, United States

Dr. Donna Hicks is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the former Deputy Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (PICAR). She facilitated dialogues in numerous unofficial diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Libya and Syria. She was a consultant to the BBC […]

Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life–Mystical Zionism’s Surprising Origins: Rav Kook’s Early Decades

Virtual

Presented by Yehudah Mirsky, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University Rav (Rabbi) Abraham Isaac Kook was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the Land of Israel, an important theologian, a foundational thinker of religious Zionism, and the Zionist movement's most influential and controversial rabbinic advocate. Prof. Yehuda Mirsky (Brandeis University) will examine […]