Robert Deam Tobin was the inaugural Henry J. Leir Professor of Language, Literature, and Culture and a Strassler Center contributing faculty member. A remarkable teacher and scholar, he was an expert in the fields of gay and lesbian studies, queer theory, gender studies, human rights, and German and European cultural studies. A symposium examining sexuality, […]
Set in the Vienna-like city of Utopia, H. K. Breslauer’s 1924 silent film “The City Without Jews (Die Stadt ohne Juden),” based on Hugo Bettauer’s 1922 satirical novel, follows the political and personal consequences of an anti-Semitic law expelling the city’s Jews. The film’s stinging critique of the politics of anti-Semitism led to its banning by the Nazis. Featuring […]
Elżbieta Goździak will discuss the plights of Ukrainian migrants and Middle Eastern asylum-seekers in Poland.
This Integration and Belonging Hub webinar will feature Gaisu Yari, project director of Afghan Voices of Hope, which collects the personal narratives of displaced Afghans who escaped their country in 2021.
Professor Chris Davey and guest Espoir Nindeba will discuss "Exploring/Recording Stories of Survival: Gatumba Survivors Project."
Mingle with friends and enjoy a cup of coffee or cider while listening to lightning talk presentations from international faculty.
The inaugural Albert M. Tapper Lecture in commemoration of Kristallnacht will look at the relationship between early Holocaust memoirs and testimony, and what we can learn about what could and could not be said in 1944.
To celebrate the publication of "The Confessions of Matthew Strong," the debut novel by Professor Ousmane Power-Greene, a faculty panel will examine how the history of racial violence is depicted in fiction.
How do fictional representations relate to the truth historians have established about the past? Focusing on the Holocaust and Holocaust perpetrators, this conversation will examine the chasm between fiction and scholarship.
An interdisciplinary panel of Clark faculty will discuss “Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation,” the common text in this semester’s Common Academic Experience for first-year students.
Education, Remembrance, Prevention: Careers in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Speakers: Morgan Blum Schneider, Sara Brown, Mikal Eckstrom, Jonathan Edelman, Josh Franklin, and Anna Voremberg Ellement Clark undergraduates trained in Holocaust history, genocide studies, and human rights are prepared for rewarding careers in education, remembrance and prevention. Through coursework, research projects, and internships, they gain […]
Frances Tanzer, Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish History and Culture, will propose an intimate transnational cultural history of the Holocaust and modern Jewish experience by focusing on her own family.
