Academic Lectures

Prof. Xu will speak about the arrival of Jewish refugees from Central Europe during the Holocaust to Shanghai, their lives during War time in Shanghai and what caused them to leave when the war ended.

This talk discusses the experiences of Holocaust victims who lived inside the borders of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the German invasion on June 22, 1941, through the Red Army’s victory, and to the divisiveness over the post-war memory of the events of the Holocaust in the former Soviet Union.

A dialogue between Professors Muhamad Ali and Giora Eliraz about Indonesian perceptions of the Middle East and Middle Eastern perceptions of Indonesia. Southeast Asia Center Director Laurie J. Sears will moderate.