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2013 US Fulbright Alumni Initiative Grant (FAIG)

December 11, 2013 by | News

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013, Dr. Jennifer Keene received an Australian Fulbright Alumni Initiative Grant . This grant is given to one faculty member nationally each year and provides $10,000 (Australian dollars) to support either an Australian or American Fulbright Alumna/us and their original home or host institutions to develop innovative projects that will foster

The 2013 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research

November 26, 2013 by | News

On Saturday, November 23, 2013, Wilkinson History students presented their best research at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR) hosted, this year, at Whittier College. This conference encourages communication of innovative achievements across disciplines. Great job everyone! Check out the photos from the conference.

Frank Snepp on Snowden and the Legacy of The Vietnam War – Nov. 20

November 15, 2013 by | News

Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Peace Studies Program invite you to hear Frank Snepp in a lecture titled, “Snowden and the Legacy of The Vietnam War,” Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. in Kennedy Hall 237A and at 1:30 p.m. in Beckman Hall 203. Frank Snepp is a journalist and

Unknown Stories: Czech Jewish Teenagers in Denmark and Sweden, 1939-1945

November 14, 2013 by | Events

Chapman University, The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and Wilkinson College bring you Judita Matyášová in a lecture titled, ““Unknown Stories: Czech Jewish Teenagers in Denmark and Sweden, 1939-1945.” Matyášová will be speaking on Tuesday, November 19, at 4 p.m. in Beckman 404. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Judita Matyášová is a freelance

3rd Annual Wilkison College Community Soccer Game – Dec. 4

November 13, 2013 by | News

It’s that time of year again … where Wilkinson faculty, staff and students go head-to-head in the Wilkinson College community soccer game. This year’s game will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 11 a.m. on Wilson Field. For more information or to sign up, please contact Danielle Lee at (714) 532-6017

Visual Thinker Lecture Series Presents Roberta Wue

October 31, 2013 by | News

As part of the Visual Thinker Lecture Series, Art Historian Roberta Wue will be on campus Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in Moulton Hall 213 at 7 p.m. Wue specializes in the art and images of late Qing and twentieth-century China, with a particular interest in painting, photography and the printed image. Her recent focus has

Rodgers Center event to feature rare gathering of four Kristallnacht survivors

October 30, 2013 by Dawn Bonker | News

Chapman University’s Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education has planned two days of special programs to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the violent November night in 1938 that became a turning point in Nazi anti-Jewish policy. Four Holocaust survivors and Kristallnacht witnesses will share their memories in a panel titled “Four Perspectives on Kristallnacht: 75

Alan Rosen shares “The Wonder of Their Voices”

October 15, 2013 by | Events

On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 4 p.m. The Rodgers Center presents, Dr. Alan Rosen, Author of The Wonder of Their Voices: The 1946 Holocaust Interviews of David Boder in Beckman Hall, Room 404. In this lecture, Dr. Alan Rosen will explore Boder’s special contribution to Holocaust memory. Dr. Rosen is the author of Sounds

Chapman University’s Nobel Prize Recipient — A Hidden Child of the Holocaust

October 14, 2013 by | News

Earlier this week we at Chapman University celebrated the news that Dr. François Englert, Distinguished Visiting Professor in Residence and founding member of Chapman’s Institute for Quantum Studies, had received the Nobel Prize in Physics.  He is a person who has accomplished the truly extraordinary–and he is also a child survivor of the Holocaust. I

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