PCS is pleased to welcome Dr. Abdulhamit Arvas from the University of Pennsylvania for our first lecture of the semester. Dr. Arvas will be discussing his book, “Boys Abducted: The Homoerotics of Empire and Race in Early Modernity,” in the Scheuer Room in Kohlberg Hall at 4:30 pm on Monday, February 2, 2026.

Join us in the Intercultural Center Dome Room at 1:15 pm on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, for a lecture from Dr. Christopher Dole of Amherst College. Dr. Dole will be discussing his book, “Living On: Psychiatry and the Future of Disaster in Turkey.”

We’re excited to announce part 2 of the 2025 PCS Palestine/Israel panel series: The Future of Palestine. Hear from Jehad Abusalim, Dr. Anwar Mhajne, Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, and moderator Prof. Bashir Abu-Manneh in the Kohlberg Hall Scheuer Room from 4:30 to 6:00pm on Monday, Nov 17.

The PCS Palestine/Israel event series returns with a pair of special Monday panels on the Future of Israel and the Future of Palestine. Please join us in the Kohlberg Hall Scheuer Room from 4:30 to 6:00pm on Nov 10 to hear from Dr. Lihi Ben Shitrit, Dr. Arie Dubnov, and Prof. Gwynn Kessler on the…

The Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program will be screening the three-part, epic documentary, The Battle of Chile, on September 9 (Part 1), September 10 (Part 2), and September 11 (Part 3) at 5:00-7:00 p.m. in LPAC room 301. This scheduling is meant to welcome the community…

The PCS Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East speaker series concludes on Monday, 4/21 with a book talk by Dr. Tarek El-Ariss from Dartmouth College. Join us as always from 7-8:30 PM in the Scheuer Room to hear Dr. El-Ariss discuss Water on Fire: A Memoir of War.