Exploring the Tibetan Book: Materiality in a Spiritual World
This talk will combine imagery and video clips of methods of book production in Tibet to introduce the viewer to the materials used and artisans involved in creating these spiritual treasures.
Nuns and the Book Arts in Renaissance Italy
Roman Catholic nun-scribes copied out and decorated thousands of manuscripts in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy. Moreton has documented 250 manuscripts produced by over 70 nun-scribes and decorators from more than 40 different convents in Renaissance and early modern Italy. Dr.
Interview Preparation Workshop
Learn about the types of interviews and how to effectively analyze a job description to tell your story.
Resume Writing Workshop
Learn how to effectively write your accomplishments reflecting past work experiences and leadership roles. Get your resume ready for prime time!
A World Not Our Own + Xenos
A World Not Ours is an account of one family's multi-generational experience living as permanent refugees. Director Mahdi Fleifel grew up in the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, established in 1948 as a temporary refuge for exiled Palestinians. Today, the camp houses 70,000 people and is the hometown of generations of Palestinians. In Xenos the filmmaker follows the story of Abu Eyad, who journeys from the camp to Europe joining the millions of migrants struggling to get by.
A CSP 99 EVENT
Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding
Sean Wilentz is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1979. His primary research interests include U.S. social and political history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has written numerous award-winning books and articles including, most notably, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Interview Prep Workshop
Learn what pre-interview research you need to do, the types of interviews you may experience, how to effectively use the job description and how to tell your story. The ultimate goal is to prepare you to get an offer for the job.
Guest Lecture: "Race, State Violence, and Radical Movements in the Decolonizing Pacific"
Simeon Man, is assistant professor of history at UC San Diego, where he teaches Asian American history and modern U.S. history, with a focus on race and empire in the twentieth century. He is the author of Soldiering through Empire: Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific (University of California Press, 2018), which is a cultural history of the U.S. military in Asia and the Pacific after World War II. He has published essays in American Quarterly and other edited anthologies.