Jewish Studies
Events and Programs
Dr. Gordon Horwitz
FALL 2009
Thursday, October 29, 7 p.m., Emerson A
Holocaust Lecture: Jewish Studies' annual lecture will feature Gordon Horwitz, Associate Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University, speaking on "Ghettostadt: Łódź and the Making of a Nazi City."
Thursday, November 5, 12:10 p.m., Handwerker Gallery
A reading by Marjorie Agosin, Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College, on her work about her Chilean Jewish identity. Agosin is a well known spokesperson for the plight and priorities of women in Third World countries. She has also written extensively on her family's experiences as Jews in Chile and on struggles for human rights in South America.