New Works Wednesdays with Lars Fischer
The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents:
New Works Wednesdays with Lars Fischer
Join us for New Works Wednesdays with Lars Fischer as he discusses his book “Jews in Old Postcards and Prints”.
Wednesday, 30 March
@ 8AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 4PM London ◊ 6PM Jerusalem ◊ 7PM Dubai
About the book:
“Jews in Old Postcards and Prints”, a collection of vintage postcards and antique prints annotated by Lars Fischer. The book sheds a thoughtful light on the history of Jews in Europe and around the Mediterranean, mainly in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and invites readers to reflect on the ways in which both Jews and non-Jews used postcards and prints to portray Jews, their communities, culture and institutions. Above all, the book celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of Jewish life and culture in the “golden age” of the postcard, of a world largely extinguished by the Shoah and the expulsion of Jews from Northern Africa.
About the author:
Lars Fischer’s scholarship and publications focus on the history and conceptualization of antisemitism, Jewish/non-Jewish relations, and Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Fischer has taught at UCL, King’s College London and the University of Cambridge and served as Secretary of the British Association for Jewish Studies and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society.
For more about the book: “Jews in Old Postcards and Prints“
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