Syracuse Symposium to Present Historian Lisa Kirschenbaum, Artist Vivek Shraya

Symposium courses collaborate to present public lecture on Communist identity during the Spanish Civil War

Article by Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong theme of “Belonging” with two events devoted to the contours of social identity and the navigation, if not forging, of political community.

Lisa Kirschenbaum, professor of history at West Chester University, will discuss “Belonging to the International: Gender, Sexuality and Communist Identity during the Spanish Civil War” on Thursday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (114 Bird Library)... Then, on Thursday, October 5, Vivek Shraya, an Indian-born, Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist, will perform...

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