The current humanitarian model is unsustainable and faces significant funding cuts and political complexities. In response, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for the U.N., Tom Fletcher, has called for a 'Humanitarian Reset.' Sofie Garde Thomle, a senior humanitarian official with the UN-OCHA in New York, will give a timely lecture on the Humanitarian Reset. Ms. Thomle
Join this webinar on the future of humanitarian aid by Jamie McGoldrick, the former deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations resident coordinator, and humanitarian coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He is currently a distinguished fellow with IIHA and hosts IIHA’s podcast, "Humanitarian Fault Lines." Gain information and knowledge on
A presentation by Christopher D. Tirres, Ph.D., Michael J. Buckley Endowed Chair at Santa Clara University. How can spirituality serve as a catalyst for social transformation and healing in an age of darkness and despair? How can we cultivate inclusive and justice-centered approaches to spirituality? Professor Tirres will explore these questions by drawing on the
Join acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau for an inspiring and candid talk on navigating the industry. In this session, Dominique shares practical insights and hard-won wisdom about building and sustaining a career in theater and the arts. From breaking in and finding your creative community to protecting your voice and negotiating your worth, this workshop offers
This year, Fordham's Center for Jewish Studies brings programs touching on a theme of disagreement in Jewish history. This lecture is part of the series. In small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities, managing homes and professions, leading
Please join us for a visit from the visual artist, essayist, and activist Felipe Rivas San Martín, a postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and current artist-in-residence at the Swiss Institute in NYC. He is a co-founder of the University Collective of Sexual Dissidence, CUDS (2002-2019), a Latin American group dedicated to activism,
Please join us for the Clavius Distinguished Lecture featuring Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Ph.D., M.D., lead research scientist at Wells Fargo. This is a rare chance to hear from an expert in the quantum AI community. A reception with refreshments will follow his talk.
Erick Rengifo, Ph.D., associate professor of economics, will discuss microfinance and its role in economic development. Professor Rengifo is the founder and director of the Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and an active scholar with interests in econometric forecasts, risk management, insurance, microfinance, and micro-insurance. Professor Rengifo also has extensive private sector experience as
Antisemitism cannot be studied in the abstract, for its varieties are always tied to specific historical circumstances. These reflections by internationally renowned, award-winning public intellectual Ilan Stavans, author of The Seventh Heaven: Travels through Jewish Latin America and other works, on the varieties of Hispanic antisemitism, contemplate its vicissitudes and principal ideologues, from 1492 to
Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine, religious beliefs, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, and other parts
Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine, religious beliefs, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, and other parts
Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine, religious beliefs, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, and other parts
In today’s world of sharp polarization, animosity, and rigidity of opinions, it appears to be increasingly difficult to pursue disagreement and mutual engagement on complex issues. But an ethos of disagreement has been a long-standing feature of Jewish culture. Early Rabbinic literature, especially the Talmud, extols “dispute for the sake of Heaven” and embraces a
This talk focuses on Fayga Ostrower (1920–2001) and Anatol Naftali Wladyslaw (1913–2004), two Jewish-Brazilian modernists who engaged with questions of identity through non-figurative art in postwar Brazil. While their Jewish background was largely absent from official narratives of Brazilian modernism, their artistic choices reflected broader transnational debates on Jewish visual culture. By examining their connections
The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series begins on Jan. 27 with a screening and discussion of A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, the first in-depth, documentary portrait of the daily life, beliefs, and history of contemporary Hasidic Jews in New York City, exploring
In partnership with Georgetown University's Hoyas with Pride, the Rainbow Rams Affinity Chapter invites you to attend a virtual event for our LGBTQ+ Spiritual Dialogue Series. Join us as we hear from James Martin, SJ, founder of Outreach, and Chris Lawton, CSP, pastor of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, in a thoughtful conversation
Bernard Wiseman, an adjunct professor with IIHA and international associative coordinator and former head of mission with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, will talk about MSF’s work around the world and what a typical day at the office looks like for him. He’ll also talk about how he has navigated his career and offer tips
One of the most pressing humanitarian challenges of our time is the global refugee crisis, with more than 40 million refugees worldwide. As with many complex societal challenges, businesses have an important role to play in alleviating human suffering and advancing well-being while creating shared value for a broad range of stakeholders. Join the Responsible
The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series continues on Feb. 3 with Hiding and Seeking, an award-winning documentary which tells the dramatic and emotional story of Daum’s journey with his two sons to Poland to try to find the Polish Christian farmers who hid
The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series continues on Feb. 9 with a screening and discussion of The Ruins of Lifta, Daum's 2016 documentary about the past and the present through the lens of Lifta, the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli
The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series concludes on Feb. 17 with a screening and discussion of Memory Keepers, an unfinished film, with Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias, Kamila Klauzińska, and Oren Rudavsky. About Menachem Daum Menachem Daum, a child of survivors of the Holocaust, stumbled upon
The Center for Jewish Studies is delighted to welcome Katrin Kogman-Appel, PhD, as a distinguished lecturer. Professor Kogman-Appel will deliver three lectures and will hold two workshops with early printed books and facsimiles. Overview of the Distinguished Lecture Series A stand-alone haggadah is an individually bound book that is ritually used during the seder ceremony
The Center for Jewish Studies is delighted to welcome Katrin Kogman-Appel, PhD, as a distinguished lecturer. Professor Kogman-Appel will deliver three lectures and will hold two workshops with early printed books and facsimiles. Overview of the Lecture Series A stand-alone haggadah is an individually bound book that is ritually used during the seder ceremony on
The Center for Jewish Studies is delighted to welcome Katrin Kogman-Appel, PhD, as a distinguished lecturer. Professor Kogman-Appel will deliver three lectures and will hold two workshops with early printed books and facsimiles. Overview of the Lecture Series A stand-alone haggadah is an individually bound book that is ritually used during the seder ceremony on
A panel of experts and friends of Pope Leo will discuss Robert Prevost’s life before he became pope, why he was elected, what this first year showed us, and what his papacy will mean for the Catholic Church, and for the world. The Rev. Arthur Purcaro, OSA, is a Bronx native and Augustinian priest who
