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Jan 29 Marion Kaplan to Lecture on Jewish Refugees in Portugal (Storrs)1:45pm

Marion Kaplan to Lecture on Jewish Refugees in Portugal (Storrs)

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

01:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Class of '47 Room, Babbidge Library

Please join us for a talk with NYU historian Dr. Marion Kaplan who will present the UConn Center for Judaic Studies Gene and Georgia Mittelman Lecture in Judaic Studies on "Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal."

Exhibition opening “Beyond Duty” and reception will follow the lecture at 3:00 pm in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center (across the courtyard from the Class of'47 Room, Babbidge Library).

The exhibition, brought by the Consulate General of Israel to New England and timed for the United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, is co-sponsored by UConn Global Affairs and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

About the Talk: Portugal’s dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, admitted tens of thousands of Jews fleeing westward from Nazi Europe but set his secret police on those who did not move on quickly. Yet Portugal’s people left a lasting impression on refugees as caring and generous. Life in limbo has at its core anxiety and fear, but also courage and resilience. Most refugees in Portugal showed strength and stamina as they faced unimagined challenges. For them, Lisbon emerged as a site of temporality and transition, a "no-man’s-land" between a painful past and a hopeful future. Paying careful attention to the words of refugees in Portugal may help us to understand Jewish heartbreak and perseverance in the 1940s and also to listen compassionately to refugees’ stories in our own times.

About the Speaker: Marion Kaplan is the Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at NYU. She is a three-time National Jewish Book Award winner as well as a finalist for Dominican Haven: The Jewish Refugee Settlement in Sosua (2008).

Contact Information: The lecture is free and open to the public. If you require an accommodation to participate, please contact Pamela Weathers at pamela.weathers@uconn.edu or 860-486-2271.
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Jan 29 "Beyond Duty" Exhibition Opening and Reception3:00pm

"Beyond Duty" Exhibition Opening and Reception

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center

In connection with the observance of United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27, the Consulate General of Israel to New England will display a series of posters produced by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs showcasing the history of diplomats from around the world who defied the direct orders of their governments during World War II to save the lives of countless Jews from the Nazis.

The exhibit will open in the Dodd Center on January 29th at 3:00PM, with introductory remarks by Avinoam Patt, Doris & Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies & Contemporary Jewish Life. Reception to follow.

Contact Information: Matthew Larson, matthew.2.larson@uconn.edu, 860-486-4406
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Jan 29 Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Emma Amador4:00pm

Humanities Fellow Research Talk: Emma Amador

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library 4th Floor

Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on “Contesting Colonialism: Puerto Ricans and the Politics of Welfare in the 20th Century” followed by a light reception. For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/current-and-previous-fellows/. If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event.

Contact Information: uchi@uconn.edu
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