On Wednesday, Kim Brandt, a research scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, spoke about her research as she writes a book focused on post-World War II U.S.-Japanese relations. Brandt is also the academic director for the Master of Arts …
Last Friday, the Bowdoin community gathered to commemorate both the ten-year mark of the war in Ukraine and the two years of war since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, as well as to honor the lives lost during the …
Yesterday afternoon, linguistic anthropologist and professor at the University of Washington Laada Bilaniuk spoke about the importance of language to Ukrainian culture and identity in her talk titled “Language and Identity in the Russo-Ukrainian War.” Bilaniuk discussed her background, her …
On Tuesday night, Hani Almadhoun, director of philanthropy at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) USA, spoke at Kresge Auditorium about the logistics of sending humanitarian aid to Gaza as Israel’s offensive on the Gaza strip continues. Almadhoun …
Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), in collaboration with Maine Students for Palestine, inaugurated a week of action designed to urge Senator Angus King to support a ceasefire in Gaza on Monday. Each day this week, an event directed …
Bowdoin Hillel and the Department of Government and Legal Studies collaborated to bring lecturer in Jewish Studies and director of Jewish Student Life at Colby College Lauren Cohen Fisher to Kresge Auditorium on Tuesday evening. Fisher illuminated historical events occurring …
On Wednesday, 150 students and professors gathered in Smith Union to write the names of 6,700 Palestinians killed over the past forty days as part of an event organized by Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Rabbi Andy Bachman spoke on Israel and Palestine through the lens of his personal and educational experiences to a crowd of faculty, staff and students on Tuesday evening.
Bachman founded Water Over Rocks and the Center for Midwestern Jewish Communities. …
On Wednesday night, the Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENA) program hosted a talk titled “Difficult Terms in the Israel/Palestine Conflict” in Kresge Auditorium. Students, Bowdoin faculty and community members filled the seats to hear three professors give context …
On Friday, more than 50 Bowdoin students participated in a Justice for Palestine demonstration at the Maine State House in Augusta. Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized van rides to and from Augusta, free to any Bowdoin student …