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In 2016, after a long referendum campaign, British citizens shocked politicians, journalists, academics, pollsters, and even themselves by voting to leave the European Union (EU). The Department of English will host Luke Reader, a SAGES teaching fellow in the Department of History, for a discussion…

Vicki Daniel, SAGES teaching fellow and instructor of history, wrote a review of the documentary Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America for Nursing CLIO. The documentary explores unique ways memorial services can be held according to the wishes of the person who passed away. Daniel’s…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can attend a talk and Q&A session with Walter Hixson, a distinguished professor of history at the University of Akron. This event, titled “How the Israel Lobby Distorts the Palestinian Conflict,” will be held Thursday, Oct. 17, from 5 to…

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a Graduate Work-in-Progress lecture titled “Birthing Nature: Why One Childbirth Drug Was Natural and Another Was Not” Oct. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Naomi Rendina, a PhD candidate in the Department of History, will…

The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction, by Jay Geller, the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies, was one of 14 titles recently long-listed for the Cundill History Prize. Annually, McGill University in Montreal honors what it considers to be…

In a piece for The Washington Post, Associate Professor of History John Broich framed recent instances of white-power violence around a discussion of the historical context of World War II. The article, titled “Allied leaders were anti-Nazi, but not anti-racist. We’re now paying the price for…

Jay Geller, the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and associate professor of history, wrote a book published by the Cornell University Press last month titled The Scholems: A Story of the German Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction. The book details the Jewish experience…

With the Crooked River Contrasts exhibit as a backdrop, Paul Nelson, historian of the Western Reserve Fire Museum, will give a lecture discussing the history of 15 major fires along the Cuyahoga River and the battles to extinguish them. Nelson’s lecture, titled “River Fire & Fire Boats:…

Pietro A. Shakarian, a PhD candidate at Ohio State University, will deliver a guest lecture titled "Detente! In the Western Reserve! Cyrus Eaton, Anastas Mikoyan and the Visit that Rocked Cleveland, 1959.” Hosted by the history and modern languages and literatures departments, the event will take…

Titled “The Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924 and How They Changed Cleveland Forever,” the next Public Policy Forum will address modern-day immigration in Cleveland. The forum will be moderated by John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History and senior vice president for research…