Past Events

Featured Speaker: Jakub Szumski (Imre Kertesz Kolleg, University of Jena) Academic Building West, 6051 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick

The Rise and Fall of the Book Market in Post-Soviet Russia Bradley Gorski (Georgetown) Topic: Capitalist markets rushed into book publishing even before the Soviet Union fell, when market-based reasoning of supply and demand and return on investment influenced publishing decisions starting in the late 1980s. The market promised to

Join us to gather for a fall semester kick-off event with our affiliated faculty and students. We will also have a brief talk by talk by Prof. Jennifer Tamas (French Studies) on her current research project: “Femicide and Victim Blaming: The Case of Perrault’s Bluebeard” Lunch will be provided.

Come see old friends and colleagues, meet new ones, offer your own ideas for CES’s future—and consider becoming an affiliate of the Center. Please also encourage undergraduates interested in Europe to come by!

Location AB 5190 15 Seminary Place New Brunswick

Location: AB 4052 15 Seminary Place New Brunswick

March 28: Javier Samper Vendrell (University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of German and affiliated faculty in the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies.). Comment: Joseph Fischel (Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University) More information on this event will be published soon.

The Seventh Annual Translate-a-thon will take place on March 28th 2025! Please visit this site for more updates. Rutgers Language Center 1 Spring Street New Brunswick

Porpora Marcasciano with Producer, Vittorio Martone present documentary and give talk on trans activism in Italy. Alexander Library Teleconference Lecture Hall – 4th Floor New Brunswick Please visit the Department of Italian for more details.

Porpora Marcasciano with Producer, Vittorio Martone present a documentary and give talk on trans activism in Italy. Alexander Library Teleconference Lecture Hall – 4th Floor New Brunswick Please visit the Department of Italian for more details. Co-Sponsored by Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and

AB 6051 Rutgers Academic Building College Avenue Organized by the Department of History

Alastair Bellany is a professor of history at Rutgers University. He specializes in Early Modern British Isles: Political and Media History, Climate and Environmental History. LOCATION TBD.

A talk with Ambassador Liechtenstein. Sponsored by RU-Global and the Department of Philosophy. More details forthcoming.

Michal Shapira , Department of History, Tel Aviv University; Affiliated Visiting Scholar, Bildner Center, Spring 2025 10:30 AM–Noon; Lunch will be served. Miller Hall (14 College Ave.) Room 115 New Brunswick Event Page RSVP by Wednesday, March 19, to info@jewishstudies.rutgers.edu . Sponsored by the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for

Sheri Berman is professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. Rutgers Academic Building AB 6051 15 Seminary Place New Brunswick Organized by the Center for European Studies

Please see information on this festival here . The full schedule including exact times and places, can be found here .

Dr. Ferdinand Visco will present his memoir of his Italian ancestry and heritage. Rutgers Academic Building (West) 15 Seminary Place Room 5050 (5th floor) New Brunswick Please visit this page for additional information and a flyer. Organized by the Department of Italian, Rutgers University.