Speaker traces cultural history of Libyan Jews

Meghan Cooney / The Dartmouth Libyan Jews comprise one of the smallest ethnic Jewish populations in the world today and possess a deeply rooted and unique cultural identity, Harvey Goldberg, an anthropologist from Hebrew University in Israel, said in a lecture in Kemeny Hall on Tuesday.

Robots transform war, speaker says

Nik Medrano / The Dartmouth Staff While showing a video of a robot scaling the side of a cliff with its arthropod-like shell, modern warfare expert Peter Singer warned students, professors and community members that what was once considered science fiction has entered the realm of reality.

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Scholars examine Brut Chronicle

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff Scholars well-versed in the Brut tradition the process of compiling British history convened on campus this weekend to discuss their work on the Brut Chronicle, a 15th century manuscript detailing British history, in a three-day conference entitled "From Medieval Britain to Dartmouth: Situating the English Brut Tradition." The event explored topics ranging from the development of book-making to the significance of the manuscript's marginal annotations all centered around the narrative of Dartmouth's Brut Chronicle, a 121-leaf manuscript written in Middle English prose. The story traces the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the 9th century and the Norman conquests of the 11th century, and also includes many well-known tales, such as those of King Lear, King Arthur and Henry V., according to comparative literature professor Michelle Warren, who organized the conference.

Two students co-author study abroad book

Courtesy of Dan Hochman Over the course of two years, two Dartmouth seniors Dan Hochman '11 and Mike Lewis '11 coauthored a phrasebook entitled "Can We Swim Here (Naked)?: The College Student's Phrasebook for Having Fun Abroad." The pocketsize guidebook, which became available in Barnes and Noble on May 2, consists of a collection of "funny but functional" phrases translated into French, Italian and Spanish editions, Hochman said. "When you're abroad as a college kid it's the most unbelievable time you're completely free and everyone's looking to do ridiculous stuff," Hochman said.

Trudolyubov discusses social media

Meghan Cooney / The Dartmouth Staff Russian political leaders need to alter the way they communicate with their constituents and embrace social media outlets, as current efforts are ineffective and fail to adequately provide the public with information needed to make informed electoral decisions, Russian journalist Maxim Trudolyubov said in a lecture in Reed Hall on Thursday afternoon. Trudolyubov, who created the first opinion page in the Vedomosti newspaper, said social networks play an insignificant role in contemporary Russian politics. In Russia, which has a population of 141.9 million people, there is substantial political censorship, according to Trudolyubov.