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Week of Events
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Beyond Hebrew: Zionism and the Politics of Multilingualism in Palestine, 1920-1948
Beyond Hebrew: Zionism and the Politics of Multilingualism in Palestine, 1920-1948
Event Description: The promotion of modern Hebrew as a spoken vernacular is often viewed as a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine before Israeli statehood. But by viewing twentieth-century history through the lens of language, author Liora Halperin questions the common narrative of a Zionist move away from multilingualism during the years following […]
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Desmond King, “When the State Stops: The Unruly Demise of Federal Civil Rights Activism”
Desmond King, “When the State Stops: The Unruly Demise of Federal Civil Rights Activism”
Professor Desmond King is the author Making Americans: Immigration, Race, and the Origins of Diverse Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2002) and co-author (with Lawrence Jacobs) of Fed Power: The Federal Reserve and the Great Recession (forthcoming).