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We are pleased to welcome the community, including family members, local schoolchildren, alumni and friends, to athletic and cultural events on campus. All events are free and open to the public. Please register in advance at events.hofstra.edu. For more information, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.
Fall 2024
Latin American Hispanic Heritage Month: Film Screenings
Wednesday, September 18, 7-10 p.m.
The Erection of Toribio Bardelli
Monday, September 30, 6-9 p.m.
Farmingville
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Tuesday, October 15, 7-10 p.m.
Colibri
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These film screenings and discussion are organized and co-sponsored by the Department of Radio, Television, Film; the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program; The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication; Hofstra’s Office of Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion, and the Hofstra Cultural Center, in celebration of Latin American Heritage Month. All film screenings will be followed by Q&A, including with some of the film directors.
Wednesday Sept 18, 2:40-4:05 p.m. (VIRTUAL)
The Paranoid States of America:
Conspiracy Theories on Campus and in the Ballot Box
With Dr. Colin Dickey
Monday, September 23, 11:20 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
Islamophobia and White Supremacy
With Dr. Salman Sayyid
Islamophobia is often seen as a problem affecting Muslim minorities, but it also threatens an inclusive and sustainable future for all. The systems of surveillance and restriction used to control Muslims can be redeployed and redirected to other targets and these interventions risk reversing the achievements of multicultural civil rights. Despite their contextual variety, Islamophobia facilitates assertions of national security, cultural integrity, and social cohesion, which trump demands for diversity, liberty, and justice.
Dr. Salman Sayyid is professor of social theory and decolonial thought and previously head of the School of Sociology and Social Policy at University of Leeds, UK.
Presented by the Departments of Anthropology, Sociology, Religion and Jewish Studies, Center for Civic Engagement.
In Collaboration with the Hofstra Cultural Center.
Wednesday, October 16, 11:20 a.m.
Introducing Critical Ancient World Studies
In their recent edited collection, the Critical Ancient World Studies collective set out a vision for a new, decolonial way of studying the ancient world. The volume begins with a manifesto which marks out four critical steps that give rise to this approach: the critique of eurocentrism, the rejection of the assumption of an axiomatic relationship between the classical and cultural value, the denial of positivism, and a commitment to decolonising the gaze of and at antiquity. This talk introduces the methods of Critical Ancient World Studies, responds to some questions commonly asked about this epistemic position, and explains how these methods showcase the crucial importance of the critical study of the ancient world in our contemporary one.
Co-sponsored by Hofstra University Department of Religion and the Hofstra Cultural Center
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Critical Ancient World Studies (PDF)
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Dr. Mathura Umachandran
Lecturer of Classics and Ancient History at Exeter University, UK
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Dr. Marchella Ward
Lecturer in Classical Studies Open University, UK
Monday, October 21, 2:40-4:45 p.m.
A Global Roma Peoples From Marginalized To Mainstream:
A Peoples' Struggle for Recognition and Representation
The program's mission is to bring the field of Roma Studies to the forefront of academic and public consciousness and research topics such as identity, stigma and bias, mobility and displacement. Her writing has been published by The New York Times and Newsweek, and is featured in Vogue, NPR, CNN, Al Jazeera America, PRI, and Voice of America, among other outlets. Cristiana was part of the National Gallery of Art’s advisory group for the 2022-2023 “Sargent and Spain” exhibition. Her recent efforts to change how Roma are represented in the arts include an ongoing dialogue with Princeton University Art Museum regarding a Manet painting and with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Cristina Grigore is a research scholar, a writer and the founder of the Roma Peoples Project at Columbia University
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Symposium
Thursday and Friday, October 24-25, 2024
LISTENING TO ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: COMPOSITIONS, TEACHINGS, AND WRITINGS Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Schoenberg
Wednesday, October 30, 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
White House and Working America:
What the 2024 Election Means for Our Jobs & Democracy
Monday, November 18, 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (VIRTUAL EVENT)
Godzilla and Generational Trauma in Postwar Japan:
From Hiroshima to Fukushima
with William M. Tsutsui
Since Godzilla's first appearance 70 years ago in the classic Gojira (1954), the King of the Monsters has become a cinematic icon and a globally recognized symbol of Japan. But what can a giant, firebreathing movie monster tell us about Japan's national experience of terror and trauma from the atomic bombings of 1945 through the Fukushima nuclear meltdown of 2011? This talk will explore how the 35 live-action Godzilla films can help us understand
Japan’s resilience in the face of nuclear catastrophes, the transmission of generational trauma in Japanese society after
World War II, and the ways we all address our fears through the imaginary monsters of popular culture.
William M. Tsutsui, Chancellor and Professor of History
Ottawa University
Presented by Hofstra Cultural Center and the Asian Studies Program.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of History and Department of Comparative Language, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Advance registration is required. To RSVP visit events.hofstra.edu. Registrants will be sent an email with zoom link prior to join event.
See our Virtual Events Calendar for the most up-to-date information.
For more information, call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., or visit events.hofstra.edu for the most up-to-date information. Advance registration is required. Programs subject to change.