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    CENFAD Talk - Foreign Trash: How the Cold War Armed Americans with Cheap Guns
    Thursday, October 03, 2024 // 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

    Please join us for a talk with Dr. Drew McKevitt, ...

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    Dissent in America Teach-Ins Presents: Trump v. The United States: Presidents Unchained
    Friday, October 04, 2024 // 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

    Please join us for a lecture by Beasley School of Law Professor Craig Green...

    Reforming Philadelphia: Richardson Dilworth in conversation with Carolyn Adams
    Monday, October 07, 2024 // 2:00 pm

    Reforming Philadelphia examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Political scientist...

    Matthew Countryman - Community, Region, Nation: Rethinking Philadelphia Movement History in the 21st Century
    Thursday, October 17, 2024 // 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

    Please join us for a lecture, Community, Region, Nation: Rethinking Philadelphia Movement History in the 21st Century with ...

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    Dissent in America Teach-Ins Presents: Who Will Control Congress?
    Friday, October 18, 2024 // 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

    Please join us for a lecture by Political Scientist Professor...

    American Jews & Democracy: A Conversation about Civic Participation in Polarizing Times
    Tuesday, October 22, 2024 // 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

    American Jews & Democracy: A Conversation about Civic Participation in Polarizing Times

    Amy Spitalnick (Jewish Council for Public...

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    CENFAD Talk - Competing Visions for U.S. Global Engagement: The 2024 Elections and Possible Futures for U.S. Foreign Policy
    Wednesday, October 23, 2024 // 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

    Please join us for a lectue with Nikolas K....

    J. T. Roane - Toward a ‘Black Girl Commons’ in the mid-Twentieth Century Philadelphia
    Friday, October 25, 2024 // 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

    Please join us for a lecture, Toward a ‘Black Girl Commons’ in the mid-Twentieth Century Philadelphia with ...

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    Dissent in America Teach-Ins Presents: A Third Path: Corporatism in Brazil & Portugal
    Friday, October 25, 2024 // 3:00 pm

    Please join us for a lecture by Professor...

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    Dissent in America Teach-Ins Presents: The 2024 Elections: The State of the Race and Predictions for Tuesday
    Friday, November 01, 2024 // 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

    Please join us for a lecture by Political Science Professors...