Marking the 1973 milestones, the dedication of the World Trade Center and the birth of Hip Hop, with Dr. MC Debbie D, Chuck Creekmur, and Rocky Bucano.

Members of the 9/11 community share personal recollections of the attack and their aftermath.

A special event delving into the ways September 11 impacted our handling of terrorism and terrorist threats. 

Join us for this special event exploring the relationship between the attacks and the rise of conspiracy theories. 

The documentary film Reporting 9/11 and Why It Still Matters and its companion series Women Journalists of 9/11: Their Stories explore the challenges of reporting on the attacks and reveal how they changed journalists and journalism forever.

From director Sara Colangelo and writer/producer Max Borenstein, “Worth” tells the story of Kenneth Feinberg (played by Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton), who was appointed by Congress to oversee the U.S. government’s September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Actor Laura Benanti, 9/11 family member and activist Charles Wolf, and Feinberg’s colleague Camille Biros joins Colangelo, Borenstein, Feinberg, and Keaton in a lively discussion as they reflect upon the process of sharing this complex story 20 years after the attacks.

In March 2001, the Taliban ordered and directed the demolition of two treasured symbols of Afghanistan’s pre-Islamic heritage: the Bamiyan Buddhas. Twenty years later, Dr. Morwari Zafar, an anthropologist with experience in international development and national security, and currently an adjunct lecturer at George Washington University’s Center for Security Studies, reflects on the relationship between al-Qaeda and the Taliban during this time and discusses the significance of cultural heritage in defining a country’s national identity.

Historian Tor Einar Fagerland and architect Atle Aas discuss the work of creating two memorial sites that commemorate the July 22, 2011 terrorist attack in Olso and on nearby Utøya island.

Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust discusses her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, in which she chronicled the impact of mass death on American society.

Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and Samar Kaukab, executive director of Arete at the University of Chicago, discuss how religion and religious leaders can work together to push back against extremism and stereotypes.