The Center for Judaic & Middle Eastern Studies at UConn-Stamford will begin its Lunch & Learn Series, “Encounters with History: Major Events and the Fates of Individuals,” on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 12:00 noon in the UConn-Stamford Gen Re Auditorium. 

The Series will begin with distinguished guest speaker Professor Nechama Tec, whose book, Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, has recently been produced as a major motion picture directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Daniel Craig. 

The Lunch & Learn Series is free to the UConn Community. To register for this event please email: StamfordCJMES@UConn.edu or call the Center for Judaic & Middle Eastern Studies at 203-251-9525.