Tackling Antisemitism in Mexico’s Politics
Many find it difficult to grasp that prejudiced views against Jews continue to exist in the present-day world.
However, many Hispanic and Latinx community members fear the increase of antisemitic propaganda that has appeared in Mexico’s news outlets.
Pedro Gonzalez Corona, a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, illuminates this issue. He has been deeply involved in researching the resurgence of antisemitic propaganda in Mexico. Dr. Gonzalez Corona is the 2023-2024 Martin-Springer Institute Postdoctoral… Read more
Faculty News: CCS Professor of Art History and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters Dr. Alexandra Carpino has been invited to give a lecture titled “Marketing Motherhood: Etruscan Case Studies” at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago on October 12, 2023
CCS Professor of Art History and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters Dr. Alexandra Carpino has been invited to give a lecture titled “Marketing Motherhood: Etruscan Case Studies” at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago on October 12, 2023. She will discuss how one class of household artifacts – engraved bronze mirrors – depict mothers in particular, in the 4th century BCE.
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Faculty News: Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods recently presented her research at the joint Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference in Portland, Oregon in July 2023
Professor of Humanities Dr. Gioia Woods recently presented the paper, “Reclaiming the Italian Commons,” at the joint Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference in Portland, Oregon in July 2023. Her talk sought to understand and problematize historic and contemporary practices and representations of the commons in Italy and the Italian peninsula. Dr. Woods explored how land use practices—from the… Read more
Upcoming talk by Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Pedro J. Gonzalez Corona, “Echoes of Racial Fantasies: The Politics of Mexican Antisemitism” on Thursday Sept. 28, 2023 at 7 p.m.
New website features work by CCS faculty and students
Congratulations to the Martin-Springer Institute on the completion of their digital exhibition “Stories of the Spanish Civil War.” The project featured student interns from across campus and several from CCS major and minor programs under the direction of CCS Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions and director of the Martin-Sprinter Institute Dr. Bjorn Krondorfer.
About the exhibit:
What can a simple fan tell us about war? Explore with us the Spanish Civil War through a fan signed in 1938 by… Read more