The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue ROOM: C201
What use is history? This perennial question will be explored through the lens of modern Jewish historians who have served as advocates and witnesses, at times in actual courtroom settings and more frequently beyond. In examining this tradition, we will explore the relationship between history and law--and in doing so, gain a clearer understanding of the stakes of history.
David N. Myers is Professor and Robert N. Burr
Chair in the department of History at UCLA. He has written extensively
in the fields of modern Jewish intellectual and cultural history, with a
particular interest in the history of Jewish historiography. He is the
author of Re-Inventing the Jewish Past: European Jewish Intellectuals and the Zionist Return to History (Oxford: 1995), Resisting History: Historicism and its Discontents in German-Jewish Thought (Princeton, 2003), and Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz (Brandeis University Press, 2008). Myers has edited six books, including The Jewish Past Revisited and Enlightenment and Diaspora: The Armenian and Jewish Cases.
CONTACT INFO:
ADMISSION: Free
JoelBest,Hi Francesca,I agree -- should be of interest. Do you have the info in a clean form? I didn't want to just forward your note as it is on to the student lists.--On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Francesca Bregoli <francesca.bregoli@qc.cuny.edu> wrote:Hi Joel,Perhaps this talk may interest some of our students (thinking about the new concentration on legal history)?Best,Francesca---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:27 AM
Subject: Wed. March 25, 6:30 PM: David Myers on "History as Witness: Jewish Historians Take the Stand"
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<>David N. Myers Presents:
History as Witness: Jewish Historians Take the Stand
MAR 25, 2015 | 6:30 PM TO 8:00 PM
The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue/ ROOM: C201
What use is history? This perennial question will be explored through the lens of modern Jewish historians who have served as advocates and witnesses, at times in actual courtroom settings and more frequently beyond. In examining this tradition, we will explore the relationship between history and law--and in doing so, gain a clearer understanding of the stakes of history.
David N. Myers is Professor and Robert N. Burr Chair in the department of History at UCLA. He has written extensively in the fields of modern Jewish intellectual and cultural history, with a particular interest in the history of Jewish historiography. He is the author of Re-Inventing the Jewish Past: European Jewish Intellectuals and the Zionist Return to History (Oxford: 1995), Resisting History: Historicism and its Discontents in German-Jewish Thought (Princeton, 2003), and Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz (Brandeis University Press, 2008). Myers has edited six books, including The Jewish Past Revisited and Enlightenment and Diaspora: The Armenian and Jewish Cases.CONTACT INFO:
ADMISSION: Free
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