Alumni Reunion and Talks of Peter Watson

On Sunday February 16, 2025, NSU’s Halmos College of Arts and Sciences hosted a reception for alumni of the Department of Humanities and Politics. The reception was held in the Arena Club Room of the Don Taft University Center. This year about forty alumni attended as well as eleven professors. Department Chair, Dr. Nelson Bass, was there to welcome the group.

The food this year was fabulous. The professors and alumni again had a great opportunity to talk and catch up on what had transpired in the year since our last event in 2024. After the alumni gathering, the Department offered alumni and students an opportunity to hear Peter Watson, a renowned Scottish lawyer, speak about his experiences working on the Gecas case. The Gacas case involved a libel suit against Scottish television for exposing the identify and story of a war criminal, who had participated in carrying out the murder of the Jews of Lithuania.

On Monday February 17, at the Sherman Library, Peter Watson delivered a special lecture to students and alumni, as well as members of the Lifelong Learning Institute, about his work on the Lockerbie air disaster case.