“Iraq and Syria, 1941: Working Around Lies, Exaggerations, Distortions, and Deletions to Tell a Little-known Story of WWII” October 3, 2017In spring 1941, the Iraqis and the Vichy French in Syria made agreements with the Axis powers that...Events·
“Invisible Immigrants: Spaniards in the U.S. (1868-1945)” October 2, 2017For a complex set of reasons, the story of Spanish immigration to the United States is practically unknown....Events·
Graduate Student Work-in-Progress: “Opera, Shakespeare, and the Creation of Romanticism” September 28, 2017The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host musicology PhD candidate Paul Abdullah for a Graduate Student Work-in-Progress...Events·
Rose Wohlegemuth Weisman Women’s Voices Lecture: “The New Exploitation Economy” September 26, 2017The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host the 2017 Rose Wohlegemuth Weisman Women’s Voices Lecture Tuesday, Oct....Events·
Faculty Work-in-Progress: “The Air War in the Museum: The Bombing of Dresden as History and Spectacle” September 19, 2017The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host Susanne Vees-Gulani, associate professor of German, for a Faculty Work-in-Progress...Events·
Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities: “A Conversation with Peter Ho Davies” August 30, 2017The Baker-Nord Center for Humanities will host an event titled “A Conversation with Peter Ho Davies” Wednesday, Sept....Events·
Cleveland Humanities Festival: “Building Bridges: Fixing the Immigration Issue and Strengthening U.S.-Mexico Relations” March 31, 2017Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will give a talk as part of the Cleveland Humanities Festival Monday,...Events·
Cleveland Humanities Festival: “Lady Mary’s Legacy: Vaccine Advocacy from The Turkish Embassy Letters to Video Games” March 30, 2017On April 1, 1717, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu wrote her famous “Letter to a Friend” from the Turkish...Events·
Toni Morrison Read-In February 17, 2017The Toni Morrison Read-In, held in celebration of Black History Month and Morrison’s 86th birthday, will be held...Events·
Film screening and discussion on Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask January 31, 2017The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a film screening and discussion on Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond...Events·