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Saving Our Survivors: Writing a Longer History of Holocaust Memory
Tue, Nov 11, 2025 4:30pm to 6pm
Rachel Deblinger is a historian of the Holocaust and American Jewish life, and the director of the Modern Endangered Archives Program at the UCLA Library. Also a Colgate alumna, Rachel will be...
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Douglas K. Reading Lecture: Anti-Globalism Then and Now
Tue, Nov 4, 2025 4:30pm
At the turn of the 20th century, many Europeans believed that globalization and internationalism were irreversible, and that they would guarantee greater peace and prosperity for everyone. Those...
Kate Brown Lecture | "Tiny Gardens Everywhere"
Thu, Oct 23, 2025 4:15pm to 6pm
From pre-Industrial England to modern-day Washington and Amsterdam, ordinary people, working with each other, with plants and microbes, cultivated life in the unlikeliest of places. Tiny Gardens...
Reframing Monument Conflicts in Eastern Europe During War in Ukraine
Thu, Oct 23, 2025 11:30am to 1pm
For about a decade, dissonant monuments and heritage have been contested around the world. Empowered by the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-colonial activism in Europe and Africa, this process...
1978 - 2001: Colgate's Finest Architectural Era?
Tue, Oct 21, 2025 4pm to 6pm
In 1978, the Colgate Administration abandoned a longstanding plan to bulldoze Hascall Hall in the face of a faculty/student/community campaign to "Save Old Bio." The succeeding quarter-century at...
Selling Guaraná Soda in 20th-Century Brazilian Advertising
Fri, Oct 17, 2025 12:15pm to 1:15pm
Guaraná, Brazil’s “national soda,” derives its name from a caffeine-rich Amazonian berry that is a trace ingredient in the drink. This talk examines the popularization of the soft drink—today, a...
Strange Afterlife of William Longbeard: Obscure Origins of Robin Hood
Tue, Sep 16, 2025 4:15pm to 6pm
William FitzOsbert, aka Longbeard, was a Londoner who fought on the Third Crusade and, on his return, led protests against the city authorities until they had him killed. His life was tragic, and...
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