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Department of History

By pushing the boundaries of the human story across time, space, cultures, and media, we reveal the interconnected narrative threads and patterns of our individual and collective lives.

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Upcoming Events

In-Person

December 12, 2023

Too Much Too Soon: Holocaust Memory in Zionist Propaganda and Foreign Aid Fundraising in the Post-World War Two Moment

Join us on December 12, 2023 as we welcome Ryken Farr, a University of Minnesota undergraduate student, to present his Holocaust memory research!

In-Person

February 14, 2024

Voicing Propaganda to Nazi Germany: Annemarie Hase, a German-Jewish Refugee at the BBC

This lecture will tell the story of Hase’s life as a refugee in London, focusing especially on her work at the BBC. It will explore what made Hase’s propaganda broadcasts so…

In-Person

March 27, 2024

Feeling Jewish: Nostalgia and American Jewish Religion

In her book Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice, religious studies professor Rachel B. Gross examines the longing of many American Jews for Eastern…

Department of History

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Upcoming Events

Too Much Too Soon: Holocaust Memory in Zionist Propaganda and Foreign Aid Fundraising in the Post-World War Two Moment

Voicing Propaganda to Nazi Germany: Annemarie Hase, a German-Jewish Refugee at the BBC

Feeling Jewish: Nostalgia and American Jewish Religion