Join PCS in the Intercultural Center at 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, October 31 for the second lecture in our annual Palestine/Israel Speaker Series. Dr. Miriam Udel of Emory University will be speaking on Yiddish and Peacemaking.

Please join us next Tuesday, October 29 at 2:40 p.m. in the Intercultural Center for the first lecture in our annual Palestine/Israel Speaker Series. Dr. Dov Waxman comes to us from UCLA, and will be speaking on Israel and Antisemitism.

After nearly a year of armed conflict, the need for informed discourse around Palestine/Israel grows ever more urgent. Please join Peace and Conflict Studies in the Intercultural Center this fall for our annual Palestine/Israel Speaker Series, highlighting an array of perspectives weaving together the nuances of politics, history, and culture in the region.

Join us in the Scheuer Room at 1:15 pm on Thursday, September 26, 2024, for a lecture from Dr. Chikako Ozawa-de Silva. Dr. Ozawa-de Silva will be discussing her new book, “The Anatomy of Loneliness: Suicide, Social Connection, and the Search for Relational Meaning in Contemporary Japan.”

Welcome back to campus! We’re kicking off our fall programming with a book talk from Dr. Alex Fattal of UCSD. Please join us in the Scheuer Room at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2024 for a discussion of his book, “Guerrilla Marketing: Counterinsurgency and Capitalism in Colombia.”

PCS is delighted to host Dr. Julia Chang of Cornell University on Monday, April 22, 2024 for her lecture, “Playing Military Masculinity in Disaster Era Spain.” Dr. Chang will be speaking in the Scheuer Room in Kohlberg Hall from 7-8.30pm.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Marcela Benitez from Emory University for her lecture, “Evolution’s Closet: Scientific Bias and Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Primates.” Dr. Benitez will be speaking from 7 to 8:30 pm on Monday, April 15, 2024 in the Scheuer Room in Kohlberg Hall.