A conversation between Daniel Soyer and Robert W. Snyder about Daniel Soyer’s new book, Left in the Center: The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy (Cornell, 2022). Between the 1930s and the 1970s, New Yorkers benefited from a kind of social-democracy-in-one-city unusual in the United States. Also
Join us for a webinar presentation regarding the Fordham University FY23 All-Funds Budget, with a question-and-answer session to follow,
Family caregivers play a significant role in caring for people with chronic and serious illnesses. In the context of palliative and end-of-life care, caregivers play a vital role in providing assistance with daily living, critical medical decision-making, and adherence to treatment recommendations. Social workers are uniquely qualified to work with family caregivers from the person-in-situation
Join us for a talk with Harvard University's Derek Penslar. Based on Penslar’s forthcoming book, the talk relates the history of Zionism through the lens of emotion. It argues that Zionism is a matrix of emotional states—bundles of feeling whose elements vary in volume, intensity, and durability across space and time. The history of emotions
Americans’ understanding of their Constitution and legal tradition has been dominated in recent decades by two contested themes: the "originalism" of conservatives and the "living constitutionalism" of progressives. Is it time to look for an alternative? Harvard Law School’s Adrian Vermeule says the alternative underlies the American legal tradition. He calls for "common good constitutionalism,"
When immigration from southern and eastern Europe began rising in the 1880s, many American Jews and Catholics viewed their co-religionists with a mixture of welcome, apprehension, and horror. With roots in Germany and Ireland, these religious communities had overcome prejudices and made places for themselves within a Protestant-dominated society. The sight of Italians parading hometown
This event will provide an overview of drug policy in the U.S., NY state, and NYC and specifically how it relates to pregnant women, including racial and socioeconomic disparities in its implementation. The presenters will discuss the intersection of drug use during pregnancy and family regulation and healthcare systems, and the role of social workers
English department lecturer Shubhangi Mehrotra will model strategies for making syllabi aesthetically pleasing, inclusive, and accessible. During the session, Mehrotra will provide an overview of the many benefits of accessible syllabi as well as present best practices and resources for designing accessible syllabi. Participants will also take part in breakout sessions in which they reflect
The Department of Modern Language and Literature's is holding its final roundtable of the year: Linguistic Terrorism. Speakers Laada Bilaniuk, Ph.D., (she/her) is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. She will discuss how the Ukrainian-Russian mixed language, Surzhyk, came into being, who speaks this language, and its place in
Need help getting started on a paper? Want to strengthen your claim? Thinking through the structure of your argument? The Writing Center is here to help! Attend our workshop about how to enter an academic conversation and respond to sources. Each workshop is hosted by tutors from the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center Writing Centers.
Join us for a panel discussion on Song Searcher, a documentary about Moyshe Beregovsky, a musician and scholar, who traveled across Ukraine during the most dramatic years of Soviet history with a phonograph to record and study the traditional music of Ukrainian Jews. His work began in the 1920s and ended with his arrest and
Join us for a discussion on the impacts of environmental and climate change sponsored by the MOSAIC affinity chapter and the Office of Alumni Relations. The conversation will surround how these environmental issues disproportionately affect certain populations due to income, race, geography, or economy. These effects can have severe outcomes ranging from interrupted telecommunications and
This mini-conference will highlight the research completed by our very own master's in social work research assistants during the academic year. Please join us in celebrating their accomplishments and in learning about the exciting and innovative research being done by faculty and students here at the Graduate School of Social Service.
Sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) Activism Subcommittee, this event will be a discussion of the A.5109/S.1969 bill, which addresses employing mental health professionals in NYS public schools (i.e., school psychologists and social workers). We will be joined by New York State District 34 assembly member Jessica Gonzàlez-Rojas and her chief of
The 20th century was marked by mass violence, with the Shoah and World War II dominating historical memory. But decades before the Shoah, other instances of mass violence took place with tens—if not hundreds—of thousands of Jews massacred in eastern Europe. Scholars and readers of Jewish history know and remember the pogroms of 1881, the
Interdisciplinary healthcare teams, including palliative care teams, are high-functioning models of effective inter/intradisciplinary work. Our process of collaborative information sharing can contribute to effective and emotionally sustainable care for patients and families. Social workers, nurse practitioners, physicians, and other integral interdisciplinary team members are united in their common goal of quality patient care, but the
Join us for a lecture presented by Andrew Prevot, Boston College. Theologians have discerned the presence of the crucified Christ in oppressed peoples. They have wrestled with challenging questions about how to understand such crucified groups not only as victims but also as Christologically empowered agents of salvation. Drawing on the works of Ignacio Ellacuría
The wholesale trade and manufacturing of diamonds, which once supported the vast majority of Antwerp’s Jewish male workforce, has steadily relocated to less-regulated zones in the “midstream pipeline” of the diamond supply chain. This lecture draws upon extended ethnographic fieldwork that Sam Shuman conducted with diamond traders, brokers, manufacturers, and artisans from 2017 to 2019
Interested alums are invited to join in a shared Lenten reading of and prayerful reflection on the short, powerful musing titled, Poverty of Spirit, by Johannes Baptist Metz (inclusive language edition from Paulist Press). After this first meeting, we will meet every Tuesday through April 12. Questions for reflection will be sent out before the
The Students and Alumni Challenging Anti-Black Racism Caucus is a student- and alumni-led group for anyone who does not self-identify as Black, and is a space for doing introspective work as students and alumni collectively challenge white supremacy.
Healthcare providers have notable discomfort engaging individuals around issues of the abuse, mistreatment, and exploitation of older adults. Although there are requirements for reporting elder abuse, healthcare provider discomfort and lack of experience contribute to it being the least reported type of domestic violence. Data suggest that one in 10 older adults in the United
The Fordham University Research Consortium on Disability (RCD) and Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education (GRE) invite you to join this multidisciplinary and international online conference on Spirituality and Disability. This symposium will provide a forum to discuss both religious and non-religious perspectives on the intersections of spirituality and disability in terms of lived
Please join Fordham's War Studies Collaborative for a virtual talk titled "Racial Politics and Veteran America: A Conversation with Joseph Darda." Darda, associate professor of English and the director of graduate studies for comparative race and ethnic studies at Texas Christian University, will discuss his eye-opening history of American racial politics and war culture in
Our first meeting! The Fashion Law and Business Club is a club that strives to inspire others to learn more about fashion and business in the law industry. amanda cipriano is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Fashion Law and Business Club Kickoff Meeting Time: Apr 6, 2022 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US
The Ten Commandments in the façade of a supermarket, a Star of David above the entrance of a Baptist church, a Hebrew date in the cornerstone of an apartment building. Nearly two decades ago, photographer and writer Julian Voloj started to create images of Jewish traces, remnants of a once-thriving Jewish culture—not in Poland, Ukraine,
