Crossroads Events
Crossroads: Practicing the Liberal Arts is an array of integrated programming that spans the full range of disciplines, departments, and spaces on the Hamilton campus.
Event Description
Hasia R. Diner is an American historian. Diner is the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History; Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, History; Director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at New York University and Interim Director of Glucksman Ireland House NYU.
Diner will give a talk titled, "THE JEWS' MANY PLACES IN AMERICA"
This talk looks at the historic encounters between Jews and America, in spatial terms but also in terms of where they found themselves, in relationship to where and how they made a living, and their encounters with other Americans, As the largest non-Christian group to settle in the United States, how did they explain who they were? How did they make their case for inclusion into the fabric of American life?
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Contact Name
Meghan Espalin
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