Professor Weinberg will explore the nature of popular antisemitism in the Russian Empire during the trial of Mendel Beilis, a Kievan Jew accused of ritual murder in 1913. Concerned citizens sent letters to the prosecution during the trial in order to buttress the [...]
Denis Cohen-Tannoudji, Société d’Histoire des Juifs de Tunisie: The Cohen-Tanoudji Family, A Historical Itinerary Through North African Jewry This talk is the last one in the series seeking to enhance a new dialogue between different plural voices writing about multiple Jewish identities originating from France and the Maghreb. Special focus on conflicting and co-existing identities [...]
Clive Sinclair has published 13 books of fiction, travel, and autobiography, some of which have been given prizes. Early in his career he was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists. His most acclaimed collection of stories – The Lady and the Laptop – won both the PEN Silver pen for [...]
History professor and co-holder of Neufeld-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies to share his research A Holocaust survivor and native of Hungary, Peter Kenez is a scholar of the history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. He is currently working on a book-length study of the Holocaust–a comparative study of the prerequisites for mass murder [...]
University of California, Santa Cruz, Emeriti group presents Emeriti Faculty Lecture by: Peter Kenez Professor of History, Co-Holder of Neufield-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies UC Santa Cruz A Holocaust survivor and native of Hungary, Peter Kenez is a scholar of the history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. He is currently [...]
The Department of History at the University of Texas-Arlington has announced the winners of the 47th Annual Walter Prescott Webb Essay Competition: Dr. Brian Catlos (History: University of California Santa Cruz/ Religious Studies: University of Colorado at [...]
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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