ANN: From H-Announce, 24-31 October 2015
This index comprises relevant entries from H-Net's announcements for H-German subscribers from the indicated dates.
Alon Confino: A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide (Brown University) [announcement]
Brown University's Program in Judaic Studies invites you attend a lecture entitled "A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide", presented by Professor Alon Confino (Ben Gurion University and University of Virginia), on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 7:00 PM, in the Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Free and open to the public.
Gary Anderson presents: "Metaphysics or Morals: The Place of Charity in Second Temple Judaism" (Brown University) [announcement]
Brown University's Program in Judaic Studies invites you attend a lecture entitled "Metaphysics or Morals: The Place of Charity in Second Temple Judaism", presented by Professor Gary Anderson (Ben Gurion University and University of Virginia), on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7:00 PM, in Petteruti Lounge, 2nd floor, Faunce House, 75 Waterman St.
The Holocaust and the Greek Church Lecture - Pantaleymon Anastasakis [announcement]
by Kurt Piehler
Panteleymon Anastasakis is an independent scholar who specializes in twentieth century Balkan history, World War II, collaboration and resistance in times of war, and church-state relations. His recently published book, The Church of Greece under Axis Occupation, represents an intersection of these interests. He earned his BA and MA in history from Florida State University and his PhD in modern European history from the University of Minnesota.
"What's New about World War II: An Illustrated Presentation" John Whiteclay Chambers II[announcement]
by Kurt Piehler
The College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University
The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience Department of History Florida State University
Fordham University Press
Invite you and a guest to a Veterans Day public program
"What's New about World War II:
An Illustrated Presentation"
John Whiteclay Chambers II
The Holocaust and the Struggle for Civil Rights [announcement]
The Holocaust and the Struggle for Civil Rights
International Workshop
Centre for German-Jewish Studies and the Sussex Centre for American Studies
University of Sussex, 14–15 April 2016
Under Surveillance in the Space Between, 1914-1945 [announcement]
The 18th annual conference of the Space Between Society focuses on the concept of surveillance—watching, listening, recording—as i
Call for Papers: European Writers in Exile [announcement]
CFP: European Writers in Exile
We seek essays of 5,000 to 6,000 words for an anthology that explores the work of some of the more popular and/or influential European writers in nineteenth, twentieth- and twenty-first-century exile. The volume will become a part of a popular literary series published by a major press. Abstracts of about 500 words requested by December 1, 2015.
BETWEEN UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA: VISIONS OF GERMANY (Graduate Student Conference) [announcement]
by Sarah Larson
2016 Germanic Graduate Student Association Conference
At The Ohio State University
Coined by Sir Thomas More in 1516, the word "utopia" — an amalgam of the ancient Greek οὐ (not), τόπος (place) and the classical Latin suffix –ia — describes, in its eponymous work, an imaginary island with a perfect social, legal, and political system. Despite the island's perfection, More's work leaves open the question of whether this non-place is truly ideal.
CfP: Lecture Series "Contemporary Trends in European and Post-Soviet Politics", Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Thur. 16:00-17:20, Oct-Dec 2015 [announcement]
Call for Presentations
https://www.facebook.com/events/952975221434670/955669844498541/
CFP: Aftermath - European Reaction to War, Genocide and Catastrophe, Clemson University 1st Annual Conference [announcement]
Clemson's History Graduate Student Association will host its First Annual Conference, February 27, 2016 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. The theme of this year's conference is based on Clemson's own Dr. Michael Meng and his Seminar "Aftermath: European Reactions to War, Genocide, and Catastrophe in the Twentieth Century." The course explores the theme of "aftermath" in modern European history by discussing various ways in which Europeans responded to the tremendous death and carnage of the two world wars.
IHRA Conference "The Holocaust in Public Discourse. Use and Abuse", 6 November 2015, Budapest[announcement]
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is inviting to its upcoming conference entitled "The Holocaust in Public Discourse. Use and Abuse" on November 6, 2015 in Budapest. IHRA encourages politicians, journalists, academics, media experts, educators and others to participate at this conference.
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