Year: 2021

Professor Gregory Herman (Architecture) talks about the concept of Jewish space, architecture and aesthetics, and how architecture was (or was not!) affected by the Holocaust. He concludes with an examination of Holocaust memorials….Continue Reading Architecture and the Holocaust

Pieter Kohnstam tells his story of fleeing Nazi Germany, living in the same building as Anne Frank, and eventually landing in South America….Continue Reading Holocaust Survivor Pieter Kohnstam

PhD candidate Toby Klein (Public Policy) talks about her activism, her research, and current issues related to Holocaust education….Continue Reading Activism, Public Policy, and Combatting Antisemitism Today

Professor Ryan Calabretta-Sajder (Italian) discusses the history of Jewish culture in Italy and Sicily, touching on Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi’s books, and shows Ettore Scola’s short film ” ’43-’97”….Continue Reading Italian Jewish History and the Holocaust

Professor Daniel Kennefick (Physics) talks about physics and physicists during the Holocaust, from scientific developments to political activism in Europe and in the United States….Continue Reading Physics, Physicists, and the Holocaust

Dr. Matthew H. Lee talks about how the Holocaust shapes and has shaped current discourse on education, as well as the recent call for more mandated Holocaust education….Continue Reading The Holocaust and US American Education Policy

Professor Nadja Berkovich (Russian) discusses the ethnography of the Russian empire, how that informs Russian Jewish identity as well as antisemitism in Russia, Jewish antifascist activism, and the legacy of Soviet national memory….Continue Reading Ethnography of the Russian Empire, Russian Jewish identity, Jewish antifascist work, Soviet memory

Professor Richard Sonn (History) discusses the history of the Holocaust, beginning with the concept of Judeophobia and ending with the relevance of the topic in current events….Continue Reading Holocaust History Overview