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The NEIU Libraries are celebrating Black History Month with physical AND virtual book displays!

The 2025 Black History Month theme, "African Americans and Labor," focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people. Work is at the very center of much of Black history and culture, and this Black History Month theme sets out to highlight and celebrate the important impact of this work. In honor of Black History Month, you can find physical book displays at the Ronald Williams Library and the CCICS Library, and the virtual display can be found here: Black History Month. All materials are available through the NEIU Libraries. And check out the Black History Month events led by faculty, staff, and students that celebrate, honor, and recognize the work and culture of Black people....

December 4: Assyrians in Modern Iraq: a Book Talk by Dr. Alda Benjamen, followed by a Reception

More info: https://neiulibraries.libcal.com/event/13531395...

November 20th: A virtual lecture-discussion with historian Nick Kryczka!

Traveling Exhibit @ NEIU Nov 14-Dec 16: Assyrians from Persia (Iran) to the United States, 1887-1923: Assyrian Education, American Missionaries, and the Search for a Home

The NEIU Libraries is honored to host a traveling exhibit from Nov 14-Dec 16 in the 1st floor gallery space - be sure to swing by to check it out!From the Presbyterian Historical Society:Assyrians are the last Aramaic-speaking ethnic community indigenous to a homeland between Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran. Their communities were transformed by missionary education beginning in the 19th century, but documenting this history through Assyrian voices has proven elusive in the wake of their displacement. This exhibit's unique collection of papers and objects from the Lake Urmia region (Iran), documents the life, travels, and education of one Assyrian-Iranian family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The letters, journal, historic images, passport, and currency that form the exhibit are intended to highlight the importance of archiving and preserving family-held documents that enhance deeper understanding of the modern evolution of social and cultural change, especially among indigenous minority populations. ...

November 20th: A virtual lecture-discussion with historian Nick Kryczka!

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