Leo
Baeck |
The Leo Baeck Institute,
named
after Leo Baeck, the last public representative of the Jewish community
in Nazi Germany, was founded in 1955 by the Council of Jews from
Germany. It is the aim of the Institute to put on record the history
and culture of German-speaking Jewry.
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New Lecture
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Film
Talk, the new Lecture Series organised by the Leo Baeck Institute,
London and the Wiener Library, looks at mainstream feature films,
television productions and art house films from the perspective
of contemporary Jewish history.
What do topics such as 'Jewish identity' or 'Jewish masculinity'
in Body and Soul or Meet the Fockers say about the
position of Jews in the USA? How did Louis Malle come to terms with
France's past during the German occupation in Au revoir les enfants?
Film Talk places much emphasis on 'film' as on 'talk'.
Lectures are restricted to 25 minutes and are followed by 20 - 25
minute excerpt from the film under review with a question and answer
session concluding the proceedings.
You
can download the leaflet here.
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Next
Lecture: 04 June 2008, 7.00pm
DR MICHELE AARON (University
of Birmingham)
From Yidl to Yentl
to Ben Still(h)er: 'Meet the Fockers' and the long history of the effeminate
Jew
The lecture will be
held at the Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London W1W 5BH
Underground: Regent's Park, Great Portland Street
Bus: C2, 18, 27, 30, 88, 135
Admission is free. Lectures will begin promptly at 7.00 pm.
Latecomers may not be admitted
Places are strictly limited and must be reserved in advance by contacting
the Leo Baeck Institute London
(t: +44 (0)20 7580 3493 or emailing)
For more information
click here.
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European
Lecture Series London
2007 marks
the beginning of a new Lecture Series organised by the LBI
London and Jewish Museum Frankfurt/Main in cooperation with the
Centre for German Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex.
You
can download the leaflet here.
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New
Conference
Antisemitism
in Theory and Practice: Legacies in Cultural and Political Thought
London,
28 and 29 April 2008, at the Wiener Library
An
international conference organised by the LBI London and the Wiener
Library as a contribution to the European Network for Research into
Historical and Current Antisemitism
The
conference will look at theories of antisemitism and antisemitic
legacies in modern cultural and political theories. We will assess
the state of the art in modern theories of antisemitism and examine
problematic legacies that partly fostered these theories; we will
also discuss praxis oriented approaches of dealing with antisemitism
in a number of European countries.
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