Seminar: Temisan Agbeyegbe (Hunter College)
Dr. Temisan (Terence) Agbeyegbe is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Hunter College, joining in 1989 after spending six years on the faculty of Rutgers University. Dr. Agbeyegbe […]
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The Civil War and the Making of American Antisemitism
Robert Seltzer Lecture Series The Civil War and the Making of American Antisemitism Historians often date the rise of widespread antisemitism in America to the Gilded Age, interpreting it as a reaction to large‑scale immigration of Eastern European Jews. This talk instead argues that antisemitism during the Civil War was far more potent and […]
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Social Work to Social Justice: Feminism, Care Work, & Community Building
Learn how Puerto Rican feminist figures Julia de Burgos, & Yolanda Sanchez laid the groundwork for community-centered activism. Pivotal Puerto Rican feminist figures like Julia de Burgos, Yolanda Sanchez, Antonia […]
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Book Talk: "The Whole World Goes to Hunter"
Professor Emerita Laura Shor and Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer discuss Hunter's legacy as a diverse women's college (1870-1964). Shor's book celebrates the admission policies that welcomed all races and religions, creating a […]
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Seminar: Jonathan Dingel (Columbia University)
Dr. Jonathan Dingel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Columbia University, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow […]
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Creating Justice in a Multiracial Democracy: An Update on the 1968 Kerner Commission Report
Promoting Civil Discourse and Intellectual Dialogue Creating Justice in a Multiracial Democracy: An Update on the 1968 Kerner Commission Report Hunter College President Nancy Cantor cordially invites you to a vital discussion on the future of American equity and social harmony. Nearly 60 years ago, the Kerner Commission warned of a nation dividing into "two societies, separate […]
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Diasporic Puerto Rican Communities in Transformation
une in as we explore the Fall 2025 CENTRO Journal on Puerto Rican migration. Recent decades have witnessed economic, political, ecological, and socio-demographic changes that have engulfed Puerto Rico, with out-migration being a common response to such transformations. While the Puerto Rican diaspora was once concentrated in New York City and Chicago, Puerto Ricans from […]
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Seminar: CarlyWill Sloan (West Point)
Dr. CarlyWill Sloan is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point (United States Military Academy). She received her doctorate degree from Texas A&M […]
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The Katzenberger Case: Judicial subversion of law and Antisemitism in Weimar and Nazi Germany
Robert Seltzer Lecture Series The Katzenberger Case: Judicial subversion of law and Antisemitism in Weimar and Nazi Germany This talk examines antisemitism and judicial manipulation of law in Nazi Germany through the 1942 case in which the Nuremberg Special Court convicted and executed the Jewish businessman, Leo Katzenberger. The lecture challenges conventional interpretations of […]
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Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Mi Puerto Rico & Cerro Maravilla
On the connections between the Raquel Ortiz Mi Puerto Rico Film Collection & the Cerro Maravilla Hearings VHS Video Recordings Collection. Join CENTRO Rooted + Relational Archives Fellow, Gianna Brassil, as they explore the connections between the Raquel Ortiz Mi Puerto Rico Film Collection and the Cerro Maravilla Hearings VHS Video Recordings Collection. Brassil seeks […]
