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Jews in Modern Europe Seminar *

Chair

Derek J. Penslar
Derek J. Penslar
 

Note: This seminar will not be hosting events during the 2022-2023 academic year.

This seminar welcomes presentations on work in progress in the history, politics, society, and culture of modern European Jewry. Its purview reaches from early modernity to the present, and it welcomes presentations with a comparative, transnational, and international orientation as well as a specific national focus.

Seminar Events Calendar

"In Antwerp We Speak Diamond" – City Branding & the Specter of Europe's Jewish Merchant Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — "In Antwerp We Speak Diamond" – City Branding & the Specter of Europe's Jewish Merchant
March 31, 2022
12:30pm - 1:45pm
  • Sam Shuman – Rabin-Shvidler Joint Post-Doctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies, Fordham University and Columbia University
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Israel's Moment: International Conflict Over the Jewish State European Politics Seminar & Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Israel's Moment: International Conflict Over the Jewish State
March 9, 2022
4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Jeffrey Herf – Distinguished University Professor of History, University of Maryland
  • Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Laura Levine Frader – Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University; Seminar Co-chair & Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Badges of Servitude: White Christian Supremacy and the Rejection of Jewish and Black Equality Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Badges of Servitude: White Christian Supremacy and the Rejection of Jewish and Black Equality
February 11, 2022
12:30pm - 1:30pm
  • Magda Teter – Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies and Professor of History, Fordham University
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Jewish Politics Between Minorityhood and Triage in Interwar Poland Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — Jewish Politics Between Minorityhood and Triage in Interwar Poland
November 5, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Kenneth Moss – Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor of Jewish History and the College, University of Chicago
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Alliance Israélite Universelle and the Racial Politics of Ethnography Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — The Alliance Israélite Universelle and the Racial Politics of Ethnography
October 14, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Rachel Smith – Ph.D. Student, Department of History, UCLA
  • Chair Tsiona Lida – Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Coordinator, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
"An Unspeakable Jewish Tragedy" – Jews, the Munich Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — "An Unspeakable Jewish Tragedy" – Jews, the Munich Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism
May 6, 2021
12:30pm - 1:45pm
  • Michael Brenner – Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies and Director, Center for Israel Studies History, American Universityy, American University
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The House of Fragile Things Jews in Modern Europe Seminar  — The House of Fragile Things
April 22, 2021
12:30pm - 1:45pm
  • James McAuley – Global Opinions Columnist, The Washington Post
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Rise and Fall of Jewish International Politics, 1919-1949 Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — The Rise and Fall of Jewish International Politics, 1919-1949
March 11, 2021
12:30pm - 1:45pm
  • Rotem Giladi – Associate Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture, Simon Dubnow in Leipzig; Adjunct Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Law Faculty
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Jewish Eighteenth Century and the Transformative Year 1782 Jews in Modern Europe Seminar — The Jewish Eighteenth Century and the Transformative Year 1782
December 3, 2020
1:00pm - 2:15pm
  • Shmuel Feiner – Professor of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University; Chair, The Historical Society of Israel
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-1944 Jews in Modern Europe Seminar & European Union Seminar — The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-1944
October 17, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Jacques Sémelin – Professor in Modern History and Political Science, Science Po; Senior Researcher Emeritus, Center for International Studies (CERI-CNRS)
  • Chair Derek J. Penslar – William Lee Frost Professor of Modern Jewish History; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Harvard University
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