directed by WILLIAM SMITHERS In Ida Fink's "The Table," four witnesses testify to mass murder in a small Polish-Jewish town during World War II. But does their testimony matter in […]

This German film directed by Wolfgang Becker comically portrays the collapse of communism. Suffering a heart attack and falling into a coma after seeing her son arrested during a protest, […]

Peter B. Edelman is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and co-chair of the Task Force on Poverty for the Center for American Progress. In a career devoted […]

Professor Dana Frank is Co-Director of the UCSC Center for Labor Studies. Her books include Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America (2008), Buy American: The Untold Story […]

Today we speak of movie stars, rock stars, all-star athletes, and even academic stars. The role of "stars" in the cult of personality has a long tradition. From the time […]

This talk is sponsored by the IHC Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. For more information contact Christine Thomas. jwil 09.ii.2009

The History of Reading Group is hosting a one-day, interdisciplinary conference that will provide a forum for sharing recent research findings in the history of reading, with an eye toward […]

Brian Cummings is Professor of English at the University of Sussex, where he was Director of the Centre for Early Modern Studies from 2004 to 2008. He is the author […]

Welcome back students, faculty and staff--we hope you had an energizing spring break!The last day of instruction is June 5. For a full schedule of this quarter, follow the link […]

Legendary reporter and author William Greider has covered American politics for the last 40 years as a columnist and editor for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and as a national […]