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- Oct 301:00 PMELEVATORs: Fostering Connection, Mentorship and Recognition SessionLocation Details: Zoom link will be sent to registrants Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Interns and Residents,Postdoctoral Fellows,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) RSVP Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7-uuxWvYu3f0KTlIkzTMGX_-JaMfeYrfKid4XGiID1-oNnA/viewform?usp=dialog Event Contact Email: diversity@tufts.edu Link: https://diversity.tufts.edu/elevator-program/ Calling all Tufts community members! Students, staff, and faculty are invited to join us for ELEVATORs. ELEVATORs (part of the ELEVATE initiative) is a learning community that focuses on daily practices to create a culture of inclusion. Participants can earn a micro-credential badge from Tufts, Inclusion Skills for Institutional Change, following completion of at least eight sessions throughout the year. Otherwise, come for one, or stay for all! Learn more about ELEVATE.
- Oct 304:00 PMPalestine & The Ongoingness Of Settler ColonialismBuilding: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Room 216 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Anthropology department,History department,Political Science department,Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora department RSVP Information: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9KU6yqcllvSB3Tg Event Contact Email: rcd@tufts.edu A panel event featuring: Ammiel Alcalay (CUNY), Amahl Bishara (Tufts), Amal Eqeiq (Williams), Khaled Fahmy (Tufts), and Awad Mansour (Al-Quds University, joining virtually). The current genocide in Gaza is the continuation of the brutal logics of settler colonialism that have persisted for centuries in the Middle East, the Americas, Africa, Asia and all parts of the globe. This panel will think through the links between what has happened and is happening to indigenous peoples in North and South America and what has happened and is happening to Palestinians in the years during and since the Nakba but also examine modes of resistance and the possibilities for major shifts in the geopolitical world order after Gaza.
- Oct 306:30 PMFMS Production Pitch Party!!Building: Barnum Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Barnum LL26 Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Information Session/Open House/Orientation Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Film and Media Studies program Speaker Name: Natalie Minik, FMS Senior Thesis Students Event Contact Name: Gina O'Connor Event Contact Email: gina.o_connor@tufts.edu Event Contact Phone: 6176273574 Learn about upcoming production opportunities Meet fellow students and potential collaborators Hear Senior Thesis students pitch their film projects and recruit crew Open to all majors and levels of experience and interests (film production, costumes, hair and makeup, etc!)
- Oct 31All dayNavigating Academic Freedom on the U.S. CampusBuilding: Cabot Intercultural Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Seventh floor of the Cabot Intercultural Center, The Fletcher School, Tufts University Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Students (Graduate) Event Type: Conference/Panel Event/Symposium Event Subject: Education,Humanities,Israel-Hamas war,Sustainability/Climate Event Sponsor: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Details: Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), Fares Center, Tisch College of Civic Life, and the World Peace Foundation The conference will provide a space to discuss academic freedom on the American campus. Speakers will discuss the history of academic freedom, current interpretations, recent developments, challenges, and reactions to these infringements. In order to provide a broad perspective on the issue, the conference will cover five topic areas or disciplines, as well as a keynote lecture. The panels will focus on academic freedoms as it pertains to the fields of climate and environmental policy studies, Israel/Palestine, humanitarianism, and race and colonialism studies.
- Oct 31 – Nov 1SamhainEvent Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Wicca/Paganism) Begins at sundown on the first day listed. The New Year and the final harvest festival, celebrating the last gifts of the Earth before winter and the return of the spirits of the dead.
- Nov 1All dayAll Saints’ DayEvent Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Christianity-Catholic and Protestant) All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honor of all the saints of the church, whether they are known or unknown. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.