Category: Humanities and Social Sciences
Lurie Institute launches the National Research Center for Parents with DisabilitiesSept. 22, 2017The first-of-its-kind web portal provides training, resources, toolkits and more for parents, policymakers and service providers.
A Fool in YiddishlandSept. 19, 2017Feh! Being Jewish doesn’t make you a Yiddish expert. Lay off the shtik, and learn a few things you didn’t know.
Beverly Tatum named winner of 2017-18 Gittler Prize by Brandeis UniversityAug. 8, 2017A renowned authority on racial identity and resegregation, Tatum has raised important questions and sparked dialogue for decades.
How to make chocolate orange cookies with GenesisAug. 7, 2017"Discovering the Art and Anthropology of Jewish Food," a course through the Genesis precollege program, focuses on the role food has played in the formation of Jewish identity while teaching basic culinary skills.
International justice: Brandeis students do legal work abroad in The HagueJuly 28, 2017Working in a legal tribunal while studying international law is a hallmark of Brandeis in The Hague, a study abroad and legal studies program that offers undergraduates a global perspective on law and human rights.
Wordsmith Dan Truong '15 puts his English degree to work in state governmentJuly 20, 2017After graduating from Brandeis, the English major immediately landed a summer internship in the communications office of Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, where he made such an impression that he was hired on permanently as the assistant director of communications.
Are you still covered? This tool can help you know.July 11, 2017Students from Brandeis' Heller School for Social Policy and Management wanted to help people figure out what will happen to their health insurance under the current proposals. Use their tool to see what may happen to yours.
Announcing the new director of the Segal Citizen Leadership ProgramJune 29, 2017- Professor Karen V. Hansen named director of the Women’s Studies Research Center at BrandeisJune 28, 2017
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe named interim director of Hadassah-Brandeis InstituteJune 12, 2017Joffe, currently HBI’s associate director, will begin serving as interim director July 1 following the retirement of founding director Shulamit Reinharz.
The Six-Day War, 50 years laterJune 8, 2017BrandeisNOW speaks with Brandeis Professor Yehudah Mirsky about the implications of the Six-Day War in 1967.
Retiring historian David Hackett Fischer takes the long viewMay 21, 2017Fischer’s retirement marks the end of a career as one of Brandeis’ most beloved professors, renowned for his commitment to both his students and his scholarship. He joined the Brandeis faculty in 1962 and taught more than 110 semesters at the school. Universally regarded as one of the world’s leading historians, Fischer’s books include “Washington’s Crossing,” which earned him the Pulitzer Prize; “Champlain’s Dream”; “Albion’s Seed”; and “Fairness and Freedom.”
- Brandeis undergraduates awarded Davis Projects for Peace GrantMay 17, 2017
- Our Generation Speaks wins innovation awardMay 17, 2017
Social reform and the caste systemApril 24, 2017The Center for Global Development and Sustainability is being recognized for its work opposing discrimination based on caste.
Marcelo Brociner '18 found his flow at BrandeisApril 7, 2017Brociner, a Somerville, Mass. native, is an anthropology and international and global studies double major who is minoring in Creativity, the Arts and Social Transformation. He's also a budding hip-hop artist.
Sharon Feiman-Nemser wins Division K Legacy Award from American Educational Research AssociationApril 7, 2017
At Brandeis, a symposium for black livesMarch 30, 2017"Black Lives Matter: Local Movements, Global Futures" featured a series of teach-ins organized by students from courses taught by professors Chad Williams and Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman.
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism's tireless work frees wrongfully convicted manMarch 7, 2017The staff at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism worked for years to free George Perrot of a wrongful rape conviction.
Brenton Easter '02: Treasure hunterMarch 7, 2017As an agent with Homeland Security Investigations' Cultural Property Division, Easter tracks down looted art and antiquities around the world.
Reel to realFeb. 20, 2017Film historian Tom Doherty plays more than a cameo role in the lives of his students.
‘The party of Lincoln,’ 200 years laterFeb. 16, 2017It’s a popular refrain from modern day Republicans to claim Lincoln as one of their own and call the GOP “the party of Lincoln.” BrandeisNOW caught up with Professor John Burt to talk about Lincoln and how he relates to the modern GOP.
- Four faculty awarded Mandel Center grantsFeb. 14, 2017
Deis scholar tackles the classicsFeb. 8, 2017The Diversity, Excellence and Inclusion (DEIS) Scholarship at GSAS is designed to enable students from non-traditional backgrounds—including first generation college graduates like Zachary Elliott—to benefit from a world-class Brandeis education.
A conversation with Anita HillFeb. 3, 2017Supreme Court nominee Neil M. Gorsuch’s philosophy of constitutional originalism makes him likely to view protection of rights narrowly, Hill says.
- Call for applications: The Irene Gordon Wittels Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship in Social PsychologyJan. 27, 2017
Exploring Boston's hidden sacred spacesJan. 24, 2017Professor Wendy Cadge is shining a light on the chapels and prayer rooms tucked away in the corners of the city, from Peddocks Island to Logan Airport and the Prudential Center.
Brandeis Magazine winter issue on campus and onlineJan. 24, 2017Be sure to pick up the latest edition of Brandeis Magazine for the inside scoop on President Ron Liebowitz's inauguration, as well as additional features and campus news.
Analyzing Donald Trump's inauguration speechJan. 20, 2017Ryan LaRochelle, PhD'16, a visiting politics professor, offers his views and insights on President Donald Trump's inaugural address.
- Brandeis awards research leaves to senior facultyJan. 18, 2017
Carina Ray named winner of the Wesley-Logan Prize by the American Historical AssociationJan. 9, 2017
Author Rebecca Walker headlines 'DEIS Impact 2017Jan. 6, 2017The annual festival of social justice kicks off Thursday, Jan. 26, and Walker's keynote will be held on the 31st. Walker is a bestselling author and the founder of the Third Wave Fund for Social Justice.
Whitfield reflects on living through and teaching American historyDec. 13, 2016Brandeis professor Stephen Whitfield, PhD'72, embraced American Studies as the United States experienced wide-ranging social and cultural revolution.
Samantha Lakin '08 is helping to shed light on stories of victimsNov. 23, 2016For the last four years, Lakin has worked in Rwanda, most recently researching local perspectives of symbolic justice in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide there.
A comic connection: Hugh Hefner and Lenny BruceOct. 28, 2016A two-day conference on the legacy of Lenny Bruce was opened with a keynote address from Christie Hefner ’74.
Brandeis celebrates official opening of Lenny Bruce collectionOct. 28, 2016Brandeis President Ronald Liebowitz, Bruce's daughter, Kitty, and Christie Hefner ‘74 cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the collection.
Kimberlé Crenshaw named winner of the 2016-17 Gittler PrizeOct. 20, 2016Crenshaw, a groundbreaking scholar of intersectionality, pioneered the intellectual movement known as Critical Race Theory.
- Symposium with Christie Hefner, Kitty Bruce to open the Lenny Bruce archiveOct. 5, 2016
Brandeis will celebrate the opening of the collection of personal papers, recordings and photographs of late comedian and social critic Lenny Bruce with a symposium titled “Comedy and the Constitution: the Legacy of Lenny Bruce,” on Oct. 27 and 28.
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