Philanthropy, Jewishness, and Cultural Heritage, 1850-1950: Introducing the Jewish Country Houses Project
28 February 2023, 5:00 pm CET
Jaclyn Granick (Cardiff University) and Tom Stammers (Durham University) Co-investigators of the Jewish Country Houses Project (funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council), Granick and Stammers will introduce...
Where Foxes Say Good Night. Christian Nationalism and the Making of the Holocaust in Slovakia
25 April 2023, 5:00 pm CET
Hana Kubátová (Charles University) This presentation exposes the critical role of Christian nationalism in cultivating complicity and collaboration in the Holocaust in Slovakia. Building on existing topographies of...
Czechoslovakia and the Brichah
9 May 2023, 5:00 pm CET
Anna Kroupová (Charles University) The talk will focus on the activities of the illegal Zionist movement Brichah in the context of the history of Central and Eastern Europe. As a case study for my research on the Brichah...
The Yiddish PEN Club’s Early Years. Formation and Self-Perception
28 March 2023, 5:00 pm CET
Carolin Piorun (The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture - Simon Dubnow) In 1927, the Yiddish PEN Club was admitted to the international writers' organization PEN. Thereby, the stateless Yiddish language and...
