The Deep Roots of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: From the Ancient World to the Early Twentieth CenturySpeaker - William B. RobinsonYom Hashoah occurs on 27 Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, which is May 6 in 2024, the day final exams begin; therefore, HIPS will observe it on April 30. The Department Head will discuss how […]
Speaker - Angelle Reeves, Assistant Director of Business and Marketing, Columbia TheaterAngelle Reeves had a career that spanned over thirty years in banking at a New Orleans community bank. In her forties, she found herself having to find a new career path that was completely different from what she had spent most of her life doing. She […]
Speaker - Kellen Gilbert, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, SoutheasternToday residents of a Namibian conservancy (post-independence resettlement areas) are trying to make a living herding cattle and goats—their traditional pattern of subsistence. Prolonged drought in the region has affected not only their livelihood but also their spiritual and cultural lives. Dr. Gilbert, an anthropologist, will examine […]
Speaker - Captain Emily Anthony, Director, Office of Military and Veteran Success, SoutheasternSays Captain Anthony: “I graduated college with a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education in 2012 and became a United States Army engineering officer 8 years later. It's been a wild ride, to say the least. It's not easy to change directions after committing yourself […]
Speaker - Susan Grunewald, History Department, Louisiana State UniversityAfter the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, thousands of women volunteered to join the Red Army. Although at first turned away or encouraged to join the medical corps, women eventually won Soviet officials’ approval to take a more active role in combat after […]
