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Week of Events
May 2, 2016
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“Was the Rise of Islam a Black Swan Event?” Michael Cook, 2016 R. Stephen Humphreys Distinguished Visiting Scholar
“Was the Rise of Islam a Black Swan Event?” Michael Cook, 2016 R. Stephen Humphreys Distinguished Visiting Scholar
A Black Swan Event is by definition a highly improbable happening with a massive impact. No one questions the impact of rise of Islam, but just how improbable was it? Two of its central features look very unlikely against the background of earlier history: the appearance among the Arabs of a new monotheistic religion, and the formation of […]
May 3, 2016
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Wolfenden’s Witnesses: Making Sense of Homosexuality in Postwar Britain
Wolfenden’s Witnesses: Making Sense of Homosexuality in Postwar Britain
Brian Lewis, Professor of History at McGill University, Montreal will be giving a lecture related to his recently published book Wolfenden's Witnesses: Homosexuality in Postwar Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. In addition to two other books, Professor Lewis has published two collections of essays on British Queer History. He is currently writing a study of sexologist […]