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    DISSENT IN AMERICA TEACH-INS PRESENTS: Oppenheimer and the Early Scientist Movement for the International Control of Nuclear Weapons
    Friday, October 06, 2023 // 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

    Please join us for a discussion with Petra Goedde (History Department...

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    DISSENT IN AMERICA TEACH-INS PRESENTS: Trump’s Indictments: The Collision of Law and Politics
    Friday, October 20, 2023 // 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

    Please join us for a discussion with Professor Craig Green (Beasley School of Law), on ...

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    Dissent in America Teach-Ins Presents- The Ukraine War After the Counteroffensive: The State of Play and US Options
    Friday, October 27, 2023 // 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

    Please join us for an analysis and discussion led by Professor ...

    History as Common Ground and Battlefield: Views from the Tenement Museum and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Thursday, November 02, 2023 // 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

    Annie Polland, President of the Tenement Museum, and Daniel Greene, Curator with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum join in conversation with ...

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    Destin Jenkins - Who Runs This Town? - Debt, Privatization, and the Abdication of the American City
    Friday, November 03, 2023 // 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

    Please join us for a talk with Assistant Professor of History, Destin Jenkins (...

    Matt Lassiter - Uncovering the Hidden History of Drug Crime in the Suburbs
    Friday, December 01, 2023 // 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

    Please join us for a talk with Professor of History Matt Lassiter (...

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    Talia Lavin - White Supremacy and Antisemitism
    Wednesday, February 21, 2024 // 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

    Please join us for a talk with journalist Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords: My...

    Sigal Ben-Porath - The College Campus and Free Speech
    Thursday, April 04, 2024 // 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

    An evening with Sigal Ben-Porath, Professor in the Graduate School...