Today's Events | Persson Hall, 027, Auditorium
The Native American Studies Program is hosting a presentation by Eric Gansworth, Eel clan, enrolled Onondaga, born and raised at the Tuscarora Nation.The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." In his poetic, illustrated memoir, Apple: Skin to the Core, Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family - of Onondaga among Tuscaroras - of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist -- literary and visual -- who balances multiple worlds. As he covers these topics, Gansworth discusses common slurs against Indigenous Americans, shattering and reclaiming "Apple" in verse, prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking.This event is open to the Colgate community and the public.Co-sponsored by the Colgate Arts Council, the Fund for the Study of the World’s Religions, the Department of English, Core Communities, and the ALANA Cultural Center

Today's Events | Alumni Hall, 110
The Norman Conquest is arguably the most famous invasion in medieval history, but women’s contributions to its success have been overlooked. This talk with Laura Gathagan, associate professof of history at SUNY Cortland, uncovers the role of the conquest queen, Mathilda of Flanders, and her nuns in the famous battle for England.

Today's Events | Alumni Hall, 111
Sometimes framed as a vital inheritance, sometimes as an object of nostalgia, and still other times as a relic of backwardness, the Ottoman past has long been an object of debate and contestation in 20th century Turkey. In this talk, "Scaling Heritage: Urban Governance and Struggles Over the Ottoman Past in Istanbul," Timur Hammond looks at one especially important moment in that debate: the district of Eyüp in the 1990s and 2000s. Looking at the changing role of municipal governance, Hammond both shows how these urban debates mirrored broader cultural fault lines and offers a more nuanced reading of the motivations behind municipal actors’ conservation efforts.Timur Hammond is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. A cultural and urban geographer, he has published widely on topics including Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt, the artist and scholar Ahmet Süheyl Ünver, and the geographies of translation. His first book, Placing Islam: Geographies of Connection in 20th Century Istanbul, was published open access in 2023 by the University of California Press.This event is part of the Middle Eastern Cities in Conflict series organized by the Peace and Conflcit Studies Program. It is cosponsored by the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program, the geography department, and the architecture concentration in art and art history.

Today's Events | Chapel House, Chapel House Library
We invite you to join us at Chapel House on Wednesday evenings to enjoy some vegan chili and relaxation with Lily, our certified therapy dog!

Today's Events | Shaw Wellness Institute, Lounge
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Please contact Stephen Elfenbein (selfenbein@colgate.edu) with any questions.

Today's Events | Saperstein Jewish Center
Join the Colgate Jewish Union in the Saperstein Center every Wednesday night to study, relax, play board games, and eat pizza!