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Book Talk with Dr. Abdulhamit Arvas

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.