Silence, Exile, and Cunning: Comparing Jewish and African Diasporic Literatures, Professor Marc Caplan @ J hour, No prerequisites
The Humanities Seminar in Jewish & Middle Eastern Studies presents a series of virtual lectures this spring. Free and open to the public. Please use the same Zoom link for each lecture.
The Dartmouth chapter of the AAUP condemns anti-Asian violence and stands in solidarity and grief with the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community at Dartmouth and beyond.
White Supremacist Christianity Drives Trump's Loyal Mob. We Must Scream It Down. Article by George Yancy in Truthout.
Marc Caplan's new book "Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism" was Sunday, March 7th at 12 PM ET. The discussion moderated by Shaul Magid, and respondents Delphine Bechtel(Université Paris IV/Sorbonne), Michael Brenner (American University/University of Munich) and Vivian Liska (University of Antwerp/Hebrew University).
On May 9th, 2021, was Sholem Aleichem: An Evening of Celebration, Yiddish writer.
In some Jewish households, you'll find an orange on the Passover Seder plate as a show of support for women and members of the LGBTQ community.
First Year Student Nicholas Zane has created and amazing website about Chinese Jews. As an avid historian most of his time is spent learning about the past. Of the many lessons not to be repeated, one is strikingly clear, the importance of diversity.
Students in "The Jewish Jesus" explore writing technology from the time of Christ.
The Jewish president of a major American university came to speak many years ago at Dartmouth College, where I am a professor, and denounced affirmative action as a serious threat to Jews. I pointed out to him that affirmative action had been tremendously beneficial to my own career as a woman who is also a Jew. He was stumped and said, "I never thought of that."
