Pell Lecture Series: Back “Home”? The Return of Jewish Intellectuals to Germany after the Holocaust

Morrison Library, University of California, Berkeley

Pell Lecture Series Presented by the Jewish Studies Program Sponsored by The Joseph and Eda Pell Endowed Fund for Holocaust Studies Michael Brenner , Professor of Jewish History and Culture, University of Munich Michael Brenner taught previously at Indiana and Brandeis University and was visiting professor at the universities of Budapest, Haifa, Paris, Stanford, Berkeley, Luzern, and […]

Pell Lecture Series: When the Music Stopped: The Spoliation of Europe’s Musical Property, 1933-1945, and 21st Century Concerns presented by Carla Shapreau

Heyns Room, Faculty Club, UC Berkeley

Pell Lecture Series Presented by the Jewish Studies Program Sponsored by The Joseph and Eda Pell Endowed Fund for Holocaust Studies Carla Shapreau, Adjunct Professor, Boalt Law School Carla Shapreau will discuss her research in the Institute of European Studies at U.C. Berkeley regarding the looting and displacement of musical manuscripts, printed music, and musical instruments during […]

Daniel C. Kurtzer, former U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Israel

223 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley, CA

Revolution and Change in the Middle East: Policy Challenges for the U.S.     Hon. Daniel C. Kurtzer S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle East Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University Former United States Ambassador to Egypt Former United State Ambassador to Israel Revolutions, counter-revolutions and peace-process stagnation are […]

Pell Lecture: From the Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust

Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Aron Rodrigue Charles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, Stanford University.   The small Sephardi Jewish community of the island of Rhodes lived under Ottoman rule for centuries. The island was conquered by Italy in 1912, and the community underwent a complete  political and economic transformation as a  result of the new circumstances that […]