Appalachian State University will host a public lecture with Prof. Till van Rahden, a renowned specialist in the history of German Jewry on Monday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Ballroom (201 AB) in the Plemmons Student Union. Prof. van Rahden, who holds the Canada Research Chair in German and European Studies at the Université de Montréal, will speak about “History in the House of the Hangman: How Postwar Germany Became a Key Site for the Study of Jewish History.” His lecture is also part of the programming for the "Jewish Life in Germany Today" exhibition that is currently on display in the Plemmons Student Union (first floor).
Prof. Till van Rahden works on European history, including Jewish history, since the Enlightenment and is interested in the tension between the elusive promise of democratic equality and the recurrent presence of diversity and moral conflicts. He holds an M.A. in American history from Johns Hopkins University and PhD in history from the University of Bielefeld, Germany. As of 2017, he has served as “Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften” in Bad Homburg, Germany, as a senior research fellow. Van Rahden is the author of the award-winning "Juden und andere Breslauer" published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in 2000. Van Rahden has also co-edited "Juden, Bürger, Deutsche: Zur Geschichte von Vielfalt und Differenz 1800-1933 "(Tübingen, 2001), "Demokratie im Schatten der Gewalt: Geschichten des Privaten im deutschen Nachkrieg" (Göttingen, 2010) and "Autorität: Krise, Konstruktion und Konjunktur " (Paderborn, 2016). His most recent publications include the monograph "Jews and other Germans: Civil Society, Religious Diversity and Urban Politics in Breslau, 1860-1925 "(Madison, 2008) as well as essays in "German History "and the renowned "Historische Zeitschrift."
For more information, contact the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at holocaust@appstate.edu or call 828.262.2311. Organized by the Center, the exhibit's and program's co-sponsors include Appalachian's Departments of History, Department of Philosophy and Religion, and Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, as well as the German Studies Program, the Office of International Education and Development, the Temple of the High Country, the local chapter of Hillel and the German Consulate General in Atlanta, GA.
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About the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies was founded in 2002 to develop new educational opportunities for students, teachers, and the community. Located administratively within the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding, and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust, and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement and the prevention of further genocides. The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies is an associate institutional member of the Association of Jewish Studies, a member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations and of the North Carolina Consortium of Jewish Studies.
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Prof. Till van Rahden, a renowned specialist in the history of German Jewry
Prof. Till van Rahden, a renowned specialist in the history of German Jewry