Crossroads Events

The Levitt Center invites you to attend:Op-Ed Writing Workshop with Hamilton College Senior Director of Media Relations Vige Barrie RSVP for lunch hereVige Barrie has worked with faculty and students over the last two decades to place op-eds and letters to the editor in national and regional news outlets. Drawing on this experience, she will share some of the successful placements and discuss why they were accepted for publication and how they evolved, as well as some general guidelines and tips for aspiring op-ed writers.This is a Crossroads E...

The Levitt Center invites you to a Community Conversation on Income Inequality on Campus. Lunch will be provided and space is limited, please register here!  

The Levitt Center invites you to a Community Conversation on Using AI/Chat GPT in Class.  Lunch will be provided and space is limited, please register here! More information to come!

Guest speaker, Jerome Chanes will give a talk titled, “America is Different!”  Antisemitism: Why Can’t Jews Take “Yes” for an Answer? Antisemitism, in the USA and abroad, has experienced a resurgence in recentyears.  This lecture explores and analyzes the “antisemitism crisis” (as it is known)in the context of the history of American pluralism and American exceptionalism. The crucial question, “Why has antisemitism never taken firm root in the UnitedStates, whatever problems there may have been?” is analyzed from an historicalperspective.  The ...

Academic Freedom and Civil Discourse in Higher Education: A Discussion of Findings and Recommendations from a National Study The study the session will be based upon can be found here: https://www.aacu.org/research/academic-freedom-and-civil-discourse-in-higher-education-a-national-study-of-faculty-attitudes-and-perceptions Here’s a 2006 briefing paper from AAC&U on Academic Freedom as a way of helping to frame the conversation: Dr. Ashley Finley is the Vice President of Research and Senior Advisor to the President for the American Association ...

Reception for Ashley Finley's talk on Academic Freedom and Civil Discourse in Higher Education: A Discussion of Findings and Recommendations from a National Study.