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Check out the new podcast episode, "Schooling the Nation," on The Tel Aviv Review! Hilary Falb-Kalisman, Professor of History and Jewish Studies, discusses her book, Teachers as State Builders: Education and the Making of the Modern Middle East . You can listen here: https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2024/01/08/schooling-the-nation/

Samira K. Mehta's article "Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true of Christmas" was recently published in The Conversation . You can read it here.

In response to public requests, CU Â鶹ӰԺ experts will discuss range of topics in Arab-Israeli conflict at Wednesday forum, which is open to the community. A weekend cease-fire extension and the continuing release of hostages have raised some hopes, but the devastating war in the Middle East has also raised...

Congratulations to Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman! Her book, Teachers As Statebuilders: Education and the Making of the Modern Middle East , has received the History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award for 2022!

Berghahn, New York, just published an up-dated paperback edition of Thomas Pegelow Kaplan's and Wolf Gruner (USC)'s 2020 co-edited collection " Resisting Persecution: Jews and their Petitions during the Holocaust ". In her assessment, Marion Kaplan (New York University) stressed that “ in exploring how persecuted Jews petitioned Nazi officials—and,...

Samira K. Mehta's book The Racism of People Who Love You is on the Jewish Women’s Archive Book List Picks for the 2023-2024 year. Learn more here .

Samira K. Mehta's book was featured this month in CU's Arts & Sciences Magazine. You can read the article here .

Brian Catlos recieved the 2023 ASCEND award, which recognizes faculty, staff, and students for their efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. Catlos was selected as Faculty Awardee for his work on Mediterranean Studies and with the CU Mediterranean Studies Group (since 2011) and the Mediterranean Seminar , both of which...

Samira K. Mehta is mentioned in an article published by AP Business News about abortion rights. Read the article here .

Thomas Pegelow Kaplan published a new co-edited book this summer, titled Polizei und Holocaust: Eine Generation nach Christopher Brownings Ordinary Men . Read an English translation of the summary below: How was the Holocaust possible? What made "ordinary men" become mass murderers? The historical analysis of democratic decay can be...