Ukranian Jews in Early 20th Century

Lowe Family Lecture – in-person or online via ZOOM

Ukranian Jews in Early 20th Century: Contested Visions of Diaspora and Nation

In Jewish writing of the 19th and 20th centuries, we find widly opposite descriptions of Ukraine. One Ukraine is bright, sunny, optimistic, a haven, a new start, freedom. The other is marked by anti-Jewish violence, the proverbial pogrom, and worse. This is the tale of an inhospitable Ukraine, murder and suffering. In this talk, Professor Brian Horowitz, Sizeler Family Chair of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, will unpack how and why such opposing images were used to characterize the expanse of land and manifold peoples among whom Jews lived and thrived for over a millennium.

This event is funded by the Lowe Family Holocaust and Genocide Education Endowment and co-sponsored by the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies.

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