The “Jewish question,” which raises the issue of Jews’ relation to mainstream society, entered public discourse in Europe in the mid-19th century and is most often associated with antisemitism; but the question of assimilation and belonging has also been one that Jews have struggled with up to today, in Europe and elsewhere. Join the Jews in Modern Europe Seminar to discuss the dilemmas of identity in the films of the world-renowned Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó.
Susan Rubin Suleiman is C. Douglas Dillon Research Professor of the Civilization of France, Emerita, and Research Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Co- sponsored by the Leon I. Mirell Lecture Fund, Center for Jewish Studies, and the Jews in Modern Europe Seminar, Center for European Studies
Founded as a graduate program in 1904 and joining with the undergraduate Literature Concentration in 2007, Harvard’s Department of Comparative Literature operates at the crossroads of multilingualism, literary study, and media history.
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