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Oct 15, 2026

Katz Distinguished Lecture: Eve Tuck

Lecture details and registration link forthcoming.

Oct 21, 2026

Horn of Africa - Building Bridges: UW, the Ethiopian Community, and Global Impact

Details TBA

Oct 23, 2026

Digital & Data Humanities Showcase

Details TBA.

Nov 12, 2026

Horn of Africa - Lecture by Safia Aidid

Further details and zoom link TBA. Safia Aidid is an interdisciplinary historian of modern Africa and Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the African Studies Centre at University of Toronto. She holds a PhD from Harvard University. Her...

Feb 3, 2027

Global Antiquities & Early Modernisms Lecture

Details TBA

Feb 9, 2027

Katz Distinguished Lecture: Benjamin R. Teitelbaum

Details and registration link forthcoming.

Apr 27, 2027

Katz Distinguished Lecture: Kathleen Woodward

Details and registration link forthcoming.

May 17, 2027

Global Antiquities & Early Modernisms Lecture

Details TBA