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Friday, August 28, 2026

A Conversation with James Martin: Joy, Work, and Purpose | 2026 Annual Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture

Time: Fri Aug 28, 2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Geddes Hall, Andrews Auditorium

Fr. James Martin, SJ

Each year the annual Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture in Catholic Social Tradition invites an exemplary leader in their field to reflect upon contemporary challenges to justice and the common good. This year we are delighted to host Rev. James Martin, SJ, a Jesuit priest and author of several…

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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Palestine

Time: Thu Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Jenkins Nanovic Halls, Room 1030

This split-screen graphic features a color portrait on the left of a man with short grey-and-black hair in a dark blazer and white shirt with his arms folded, paired on the right with a book cover titled "Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine" by Mostafa Hussein, overlaid upon a black-and-white historic street scene.

Please join us as Professor Mostafa Hussein, Professor and Associate Director of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, discusses how Jewish writers in late Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine used Arabo-Islamic culture to advance Zionism's goals in the decades leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026