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‘Hoover saw himself throughout his life as this minister and soldier.’ Photograph: Corbis/Getty Images

One of the earliest photographs of J Edgar Hoover shows him aged 17, standing tall and proud in t
April
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Date:
Wednesday, April 12, 2023. 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Speaker: Professor Anne Hunnell Chen, Bard College
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Date:
Thursday, April 13, 2023. 5:45pm
Location
Margaret Jacks Hall, Building 460, Rm 426

Tibetans believe that before Buddhism could take hold in Tibet, the land, seen as coequal with the body of a giant demoness,…

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023. 12:00pm - 1:15pm