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New Have Your Say essay: Migratory Patterns and the Birds of Probizhna

  Taking a detour from an academic conference, Penn State University scholar Eliyana Adler a  made a roots trip to visit the obscure village in western Ukraine from which, a century ago, her grandmother had emigrated — twice. In our … continue reading →

Italy: Project launched to digitally reconstruct historic Florence Ghetto

  The Medici Archive Project (MAP) has recently launched a major, multidisciplinary project to virtually “reconstruct the architectural and demographic-economic features of the ghetto of Florence, one of the oldest ghettos of Europe.” The MAP is a research institute whose … continue reading →