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• Thursday, Oct. 18, 1:30 - 2:45 p.m., School of Law auditorium — Symposium: “Secularism, Immigration, and Europe’s Religious Crisis,” featuring Dr. Philip Jenkins, Penn State University; Dr. Paula Hyman, Yale University; and Dr. Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard Divinity School. Moderated by Charles Bierbauer, dean of the College of Mass Communication and Information Studies. Topics include the migration of new ethnic and religious groups to Europe; the fear of Islamic ascendancy; resistance to the inclusion of Muslim Turkey in the new Europe; the new anti-Semitism; secularization; the continuing decline of religious institutions, especially Christian institutions; and prospects for a genuinely multicultural and multi-religious Europe.

• Thursday, Oct. 18, 8 p.m. Drayton Hall auditorium — Solomon-Tenenbaum Lecture: “Antisemitism, Gender, and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe.” Dr. Paula Hyman.

Call Peggy Binette at 803-777-5400 to arrange coverage.