In 2011, to honor a father who stoked their love of history and respect for civil rights, 葫芦娃视频 sisters and 葫芦娃视频 alumnae Midge Korczak and Leslie Singer Lomas听donated $2 million to endow the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at the 葫芦娃视频. Held by Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (Jewish Studies and听History), this听chair supports a distinguished senior faculty position in perpetuity, and adds substantially to the momentum and presence of the Jewish Studies Program.听
2023-2024 Programs by the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair
October 17, 2023
Osi听Sladek, a Holocaust child survivor from Slovakia, gave testimony about his and his parent's suffering and survival in the Holocaust in the Slovak-Hungarian-Polish borderlands.听
鈥淐risis or Transformation? From Good-old Democracy to Rough Democracy, ca. 1970-2020鈥�
February 13, 2024
A research colloquium with Dr. Paul Nolte.
February 13, 2024
Special talk by Dr. Paul Nolte, organized by the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History and the Pacific Office of the German Historical Institute Washington, in cooperation with the Gerda Henkel Foundation.听
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Considering Jews, African Americans, and Africa in photography, television, and film
February 27, 2024
Singer Chair Scholar Colloquium with Michael Berkowitz
February 27, 2024
A public talk by special guest scholar of the Louis P. Singer Chair in Jewish History, Dr. Michael Berkowitz听
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Collecting Testimonies, Facing War and Genocide in Ukraine
April 1, 2024
A听presentation by Centropa founder Edward Serotta (Vienna, Austria).
April 15, 2024
A discussion of the path-breaking work on the German Jewish experience in the Third Reich by听Professor Guy Miron听about听his study of the significance of space and time in German Jewish life and responses to persecution in Nazi Germany.
May 1, 2024
A听Testimony by Holocaust Survivor Otto Verdoner, hosted by the Louis P. Singer Chair in Jewish History and the Program in Jewish Studies
Yom HaShoah with Public Readings
May 6, 2024
A public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the Germans and their allies during the Holocaust
2022-2023 Programs by the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair
October听6, 2022
A Day of Testimony by Holocaust Survivor Zev Harel, Hosted by the Louis P. Singer Chair in Jewish History and the Program in Jewish Studies
Renowned Historian Prof. Helmut Walser Smith in Conversation Antisemitism in German Empire
October 13, 2022
A public program revisiting听the analysis in his award-winning 2002 book The Butcher's Tale, which details the blood libel charges against the Jewish community in Konitz in 1900.听
February 15, 2023
Public Lecture by Prof. Kimmy Caplan
Religious Zionism is divided into several sub-groups which have very little in common, if at all. Prof. Caplan offers an overview to understanding contemporary Israeli society.
February 28, 2023
A presentation by Judith Winkel, who gave testimony about her struggles for survival at Mauthausen.
鈥楢 Vanished World鈥�: Cultural genocide and the destruction of Central and Eastern European Jewish Heritage during the Holocaust
April 17, 2023
Yom HaShoah Lecture听
Dr. Dorota Glowack
Yom HaShoah with Public Readings
April 18, 2023
A public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the Germans and their allies during the Holocaust