In 1905 Muscatine, Iowa produced 1.5 billion pearl buttons, about 1/3 of the world’s total. This manufacturing achievement was remarkable from a town of 15,000. More remarkable, perhaps, was the fact that the whole industry […]
For 175 years, the site of the Black Hawk Treaty of 1832 — the place of Davenport’s very origin — has been inaccessible, hidden in plain sight. Like the nearly-vacant lot that stood at the […]
Throughout history, walls have played a significant role in shaping our world. From the battlements surrounding ancient cities to the bright lines dividing nations, these structures have been a constant presence in our lives. However, […]
Imagine a German Jew who was a decorated German soldier in World War I, a resister in Cologne at the start of Hitler’s reign of terror, and a Silver Star decorated U.S. Army soldier. Three […]
David Bowie’s first single from his album The Next Day (2013), “Where Are We Now,” asks one to consider the performative possibilities of traces, of fragments of memory. Memory, of course, is not confined to the past, […]
The New York Guggenheim Museum has begun showing a major exhibition of works by the German-Venezuelan artist Gertrud Goldschmidt, known as Gego. The New York Guggenheim Museum has begun showing a major exhibition of works […]
Exile and Resistance: Migrants and Refugees in Literature, History, and Public Affairs, a collaboration between the Max Kade Institute, USC Libraries, and USC Dornsife’s Department of French and Italian continues with this book talk on […]
AMERIKATSI means “The American ” in Armenian and it was the prestige Opening Film at GAIFF, 2022 and was screened in the Calabasas Film Festival on Sept. 23,2022. This is a Dramatic Comedy that celebrates […]
Have you ever wondered what your ancestors’ lives were like in Europe at the turn of the century? Or imagined how it would feel to follow in their footsteps, walking the same paths they did […]
The Shared History project tells the story of Jews in central Europe using 58 objects, beginning with an edict from Constantine the Great in 321 C.E. that granted the Jews of Cologne the right to hold public […]
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