Latest Research and Publications
Displacement and Compensation in Germany after the First and Second World Wars / Iris Nachum and Cristiano La Lumia
The article offers a unique comparative insight into the functioning of two compensation mechanisms, examining six cases of applicants (or their heirs) who lost their homes twice in their lives and applied for compensation twice: first after the end of the First World War and then following the Second World War. The diachronic comparison reveals the complex nature of German national belonging, the persistence of the term Volksgemeinschaft in modern German history, and the role of class status in the context of compensation after both wars.
A Lingering Legacy: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818-1938 / Aya Elyada
This book explores a unique and under-researched chapter in German-Jewish cultural history: the engagement of German-speaking Jewish authors, scholars, and intellectuals with their Yiddish literary heritage. From the late eighteenth century onwards, as growing circles of the German-Jewish population shifted from speaking Yiddish to German, the once-popular early modern corpus of Old Yiddish literature ceased to be published in the German-speaking lands. But this rich literary corpus did not entirely disappear from the cultural landscape of modern German Jews.
Department Seminar
It's the last week of the semester, and we are pleased and excited to invite you to the final departmental seminar of this semester, in which our M.A. research students will present their work:
Hava Frankel: On the Genocide in Namibia
Tamar Shefran: On the Image of Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the Argentine Press, 1967–70
Yaron Abramovitz: On The Sudeten Expellees in Austrian Public Discourse after 1945
Wednesday, January 21, 14:30 Mandel Building, Room 521