Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading and talk by Angelika Bammer, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Emory University, on the issues raised in her memoir "Born After: Reckoning with the German Past" (Bloomsbury, 2019). The book grapples with the legacies of German and Nazi history, and reflects on the relationship between history and memory through Angelika Bammer's personal…
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Louise DeSalvo A Celebration of the Life and Work of Louise DeSalvo (1942-2018) On the occasion of the publication of the paperback edition of Personal Effects Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo (2019, Fordham University Press) Panelists: Moderator: Edvige Giunta, New Jersey City University Emily Bernard,…
In his autobiography The Odyssey of An Apple Thief, Moishe Rozenbaumas takes us through his fascinating life, starting with his boyhood in pre-war Lithuania, with a focus on the most impoverished part of the Jewish population, rarely accounted for in the books written by survivors after the war. Join us for an event celebrating the release of a new English…