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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Scholars discuss archival justice and preservation in MENA region at MENA Studies Program and Kaplan Institute panel

May 9, 2022

Academics discussed the recovery and reimagination of archives in the Middle East and North Africa region in a Monday panel, hosted by Northwestern’s MENA Studies Program and the Alice Kaplan Institute...

Kresge Hall with blue sky in the background holds many events for the Alice Kaplan Institute.

University starts Death Studies research workshop to facilitate conversations about different perspectives on death

May 8, 2022

Content Warning: This story contains discussion of death. Mel Keiser, the business coordinator of the art history and classics department at Northwestern, said she wanted to learn how to dig a grave...

University of Massachusetts Prof. Thomas Stubblefield speaks during the Kaplan Institute’s fall keynote event. Stubblefield and O’Brien discussed how erasure of works of art can alter perceptions of history.

Scholars present works in memorialization, discuss erasure in indigenous history during Kaplan Institute’s fall keynote

November 18, 2019

The erasure of and changes to monuments or works of art can change perceptions of history, two scholars said Monday during the Kaplan Institute Fall Keynote event. University of Minnesota Prof. Jean...

Emily Lane, a graduate student leading a new competition organized by the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities. The competition aims to bring students together through sharing meaningful stories.

New Kaplan competition encourages Northwestern students to hone in on personal narratives

March 5, 2019

A new storytelling competition created by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities aims to bring students together through the sharing of meaningful stories. This Northwestern Life, inspired by...

Patrisse Cullors speaks at an event in Norris University Center on Thursday. The Black Lives Matter co-founder discussed her first book “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.”

Black Lives Matter co-founder discusses intersection of race, misogyny, mental health

January 24, 2019

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said she decided to write her memoir after noticing that other books about the black experience focused on individuals rather than the wider narrative. “This...

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