In Memoriam: Alon Confino
The history department mourns the passing of Alon Confino, director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies and professor of history and Judaic and Near Eastern studies. Alon was an internationally renowned scholar and a beloved colleague.
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The 2024-25 Feinberg Series
What Are Universities For? Struggles for the Soul of Higher Education
Presented by the UMass Amherst History Department and partners, the 2024-25 Feinberg Series brings together students, scholars, and community organizers to trace the historical roots of the crises in U.S. higher education and propose solutions for debt-saddled students, resource-starved communities, and others whose lives and futures depend on this bedrock social institution.