Dear Queens College History Community, You might be interested in the talk advertised below, especially if you're considering Legal History or Jewish History as a concentration. Best, Prof. Allen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Francesca Bregoli <francesca.bregoli@qc.cuny.edu> Date: Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 4:20 PM Subject: Re: Wed. March 25, 6:30 PM: David Myers on "History as Witness: Jewish Historians Take the Stand" To: Joel Allen <joelallen.qc@gmail.com> Hi Joel, Sure! Here it is. Thank you. All best, Francesca 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:* www.gc.cuny.edu/centerforjewishstudies <http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Public-Programming/Calendar/www.gc.cuny.edu/centerforjewishstudies> 212-817-1945 *ADMISSION: Free* On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Joel Allen <joelallen.qc@gmail.com> wrote:

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.

Best, Joel

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Francesca Bregoli < francesca.bregoli@qc.cuny.edu> wrote:

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Hi Joel, Perhaps this talk may interest some of our students (thinking about the new concentration on legal history)? Best, Francesca

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The Center for Jewish Studies <dagazarian@gradcenter.cuny.edu> 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" To: CJS-L@gc.listserv.cuny.edu

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:*

www.gc.cuny.edu/centerforjewishstudies <http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Public-Programming/Calendar/www.gc.cuny.edu/centerforjewishstudies> 212-817-1945

*ADMISSION: Free* <>

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-- Francesca Bregoli Queens College-CUNY, History department Assistant Professor Phi Alpha Theta/History Club and Internships Faculty Advisor Powdermaker Hall 352YY Queens, NY 11367 Acting director, Center for Jewish Studies The Graduate Center, CUNY -- Joel Allen Associate Professor and Chair History Department, Queens College Flushing, NY 11367 office: 718-997-5350 fax: 718-997-5359