German Jews in America: Civil self-awareness and Jewish identity in the fraternal orders B'nai B'rith and True Sisters, 1843-1914a lecture by Dr. Cornelia WilhelmUniversity of Munich / Rutgers University Wednesday, April 305:30pmThe Screening Room, King Juan Carlos Center 53 Washington Square South (between Sullivan and Thompson streets) Cornelia Wilhelm is currently the Visiting Professor at the Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University. She also remains a Privatdozentin at the Historical Seminar of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (LMU). Her research focuses on German, American, and Jewish history in transnational and comparative perspective. Her publications include "Bewegung oder Verein? Nationalsozialistische Volkstumspolitik in den USA", which deals with the impact of Nazi politics on the German-American community in the US from 1923 to 1945 (Transatlantische Historische Studien 9, 1998), and"Deutsche Juden in Amerika: Bürgerliches Selbstbewusstsein und Jüdische Identität in den Orden B'nai B'rith und Treue Schwestern, 1843-1914" (Transatlantische Historische Studien 30, 2007), which explore the history of the Jewish fraternal orders B'nai B'rith and True Sisters. This lecture is free and open to the public, but RSVP is requested. Please call (212) 998-8981 or email gsas.hebrewjudaic@nyu.edu to secure your place.Sponsored by: Deutsches Haus at NYU & The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies |
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