2024 Lazaroff Lecture to consider ‘Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust’
91̽’s History Department will host the annual Lazaroff Lecture in Jewish history on , from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Baker Theater in Baker University Center. This year’s lecture, titled “Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust” is presented by , Chair of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University.
Joskowicz is a historian of modern Jewish and European history. He is especially interested in the interplay between Jewish history and transnational minority politics since the Enlightenment. His book (Stanford University Press, 2014) explores how German and French Jews in the 19th century defined their own modernity and national belonging by criticizing the anti-modern politics of the Catholic Church.
The Lazaroff Memorial Lecture in Jewish history is made possible through funding by .
This event is free and open to the public.