11/17 TALK | From the Ottoman Empire to Auschwitz and Beyond: Is the Holocaust a “European” Event?
Devin E. Naar asks "is the Holocaust an "European" event in this entry into the ten-lecture series.
11/10 TALK | “A Reply to Screamers”: How Americans Responded to the Holocaust
Susan A. Glenn lectures on how Americans responded to the Holocaust in this entry into the ten-lecture series.
11/3 TALK | Jewish Dogs and the Nazi Beast: Animal Studies and Holocaust Literature
Naomi Sokoloff will provide a lecture diving into animal studies and Holocaust literature.
10/27 TALK | Ideologies of Racial Superiority and Purity: Why Did Germany and Japan Engage in Such Extreme Mass Murder During World War II?
Daniel Chirot will lecture on the ideologies of racial purity and superiority in Japan and Germany in World War II.
10/20 TALK | Racism, Anti-Semitism, and the Lines of Solidarity
Nicolaas P. Barr will discuss antisemitism and racism and the lines of solidarity that arise between them.
10/13 KEYNOTE | The Difficulty of Confronting the Holocaust — Mass Murder in Jedwabne, Poland
Jan Gross lectures on the difficulty of confronting the Holocaust with a focus on the case of Jedwabne murder in Poland in this entry in a ten-lecture series.
10/6 TALK | The History of Jewish Difference and Anti-Judaism as Ideology
Mika Ahuvia will discuss the history of anti-Judaism as an ideology in the introduction to this ten-lecture series.
This year, pianist Renan Koen will lead Seattle’s Sephardic Holocaust memorial from Istanbul’s historic Italian synagogue
Pianist Renan Koen on her family history, her career, and what drew her to music composed during the Holocaust.