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online Roundtable ‘Writing Experiences of Ghettos, Killing Centres, and Camps in Eastern Europe’ featuring Dr. Sven-Erik Rose

Tuesday (18th March), 

10am (PDT), noon (CDT), 1pm (EDT), 5pm (GMT), 7pm (SAST)

On Zoom (registration link below)

 

There will be an online Roundtable ‘Writing Experiences of Ghettos, Killing Centres, and Camps in Eastern Europe’, with Sandra Alfers, Erin McGlothlin, and Sven-Erik Rose, hosted by the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, and chaired by Stuart Taberner.

A Filmmaker and Refugee: Kurt Gerron's Time in Amsterdam and Westerbork

Please join the German Department, Department of Cinema Studies, and Jewish Studies on March 6, 5:10-6:30pm in Olson 18A for a talk by Brad Prager from University of Missouri entitled "A Filmmaker and Refugee: Kurt Gerron's Time in Amsterdam and Westerbork." More information can be found on the attached flier. We hope to see you there! 

“Sex, Violence and Speech in the Holocaust: The Case of Yiddish” by Dr. Hannah Pollin-Galay

We are excited to announce our upcoming talk, given by Dr. Hannah Pollin-Galay, Associate Professor in the Department of Literature at Tel Aviv University and Director of the Goldreich
Family Institute for Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture. Her talk is entitled “Sex, Violence and Speech in the Holocaust: The Case of Yiddish”. Please find the information below and the flier attached. We look forward to seeing you there! 
Monday, November 18
Sproul Hall 912, 4:00 pm.
Light refreshments will be served.

Bagels & Books Returns! First talk of 2024-25: Dr. Itay Eisinger

Bagels & Books returns! Dr. Itay Eisinger kicks us off with his talk, “‘Haifa, Which Is Like a Ratty Looking Bronx’: Allen Ginsberg's Visits to Israel.” This talk explores Allen Ginsberg's complicated relationships with Israel, Jewishness, and his family.


Sproul Hall 912October 30, 12pm-1pm

May 28, 4 PM: "'A Nazi's Day of Judgement': The Immigrant Holocaust Perpetrator in the American Media Landscape," w/ Dr. Claire Aubin

The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program, Department of German and Russian, and Department of History invite you to a talk by Dr. Claire Aubin, Lecturer in History at UC Davis: "'A Nazi's Day of Judgement': The Immigrant Holocaust Perpetrator in the American Media Landscape." This event will be held May 28 at 4 pm in Sproul 912. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Please find a flyer and more information below.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

May 16, 5 PM: Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler's Germany, w/ Professor Wolf Gruner

The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program, the Department of History, and the Department of German & Russian are pleased to present a talk by Professor Wolf Gruner (USC) based on his book Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler’s Germany. This event will be held May 16 at 5pm in Sproul 912. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Please see the flyer and more information below.

We look forward to seeing you there!