Past Events
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Dec 42025: Anna-Bettina Kaiser, “Staatsstreich, Ausnahmezustand, Regression”
Anna-Bettina Kaiser
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Anna-Bettina Kaiser (Berlin, Germany), “Staatsstreich, Ausnahmezustand, Regression” Senatssaal of Humboldt University December 4, 2025 19:00 CET Moderator: Lothar Müller (Humboldt University) The lecture will be held in German. Der Staatsstreich als Form des Verfassungsumbruchs hat ausgedient, heute sterben Demokratien einen langsamen Tod – so lautet derzeit eine gängige Annahme. Doch …
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Nov 202025: Irina Scherbakowa: “Der lange Schatten des Stalinismus. Putins Russland 2025” / “The Long Shadow of Stalinism: Russia 2025”
Irina Scherbakowa
Volkstheater: Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Wien, Österreich
Donnerstag, 20. November 2025, 19 Uhr Irina Scherbakowa (Memorial): “Der lange Schatten des Stalinismus. Putins Russland 2025”
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Oct 92025: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Washburn Auditorium, Lesley University
Doris Kearns Goodwin 9 October 2025, 16:00 Lesley University Washburn Auditorium 10 Phillips Place Cambridge, MA 02138 Lesley University event announcement RSVP: giving@lesley.edu Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker, Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author, and a partner in Pastimes Productions. Goodwin is often called upon by the …
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Oct 22025: Eliot Higgins, “Demanufacturing Consent: How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy”
Eliot Higgins
Volkstheater: Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Wien, Österreich
Donnerstag, 2. Oktober 2025, 20 Uhr Eliot Higgins (Bellingcat): “Demanufacturing Consent: How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy” Anschließendes Gespräch mit Barbara Tóth (Reporter ohne Grenzen, Falter)
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Sep 152025: Kathryn Brackney, “Surreal Geographies: A New History of Holocaust Consciousness”
Kathryn Brackney
College of Charleston Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/charleston Kathryn Brackney (Universiteit Leiden), Surreal Geographies: A New History of Holocaust Consciousness Comment: Sheer Ganor (University of Minnesota) Chair: Chad S.A. Gibbs (College of Charleston) Surreal Geographies recovers a forgotten archive of Holocaust representation. Examining art, literature, and film produced from the immediate postwar period up to the present moment, …
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Jul 102025: Shaul Magid, “On the Obsession with Defining Antisemitism: Why Do Jews Find It So Difficult to Talk about Antisemitism Today?”
Shaul Magid
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Magid Shaul (Cambridge, MA), “On the Obsession with Defining Antisemitism: Why Do Jews Find It So Difficult to Talk about Antisemitism Today? Senatssaal of Humboldt University July 10, 2025 19:00 CET Respondent: Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (TU Berlin) Lecture Description: Whereas Jews have often disagreed on almost all matters of their history …
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Jun 192025: Bashir Bashir, “The Holocaust and the Nakba: On the Ethics of Egalitarian Binationalism”
Bashir Bashir
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Bashir Bashir (R’anana/Berlin), “The Holocaust and the Nakba: On the Ethics of Egalitarian Binationalism” Senatssaal of Humboldt University (Unter den Linden 6) June 19, 2025 19:00 CET Respondent: Thomas Meyer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Lecture Description: This talk demonstrates the connections and entanglements between the memories and traumas of the Holocaust and …
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May 232025: Marc David Baer, “Children of Abraham: The Story of Muslim-Jewish Relations”
Marc David Baer
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Marc David Baer (London School of Economics), “Children of Abraham: The Story of Muslim-Jewish Relations” Senatssaal of Humboldt University May 23, 2025 19:00 CET Respondent: Ulrike Freitag (Freie Universität Berlin) The talk presents the book, The Children of Abraham: The Story of Muslim-Jewish Relations, which explores the historical relationship between …
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May 152025: Steven E. Aschheim, “Reflections on Liberal and Humanist Nationalism in Times of War: George Mosse and the Contradictions of Jewishness, Zionism and Israel”
Steven Ascheim
Senatssaal of Humboldt University, Berlin
Humboldt University Mosse Lecture mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin Steven E. Aschheim (Hebrew University, emeritus), “Reflections on Liberal and Humanist Nationalism in Times of War: George Mosse and the Contradictions of Jewishness, Zionism and Israel” Senatssaal of Humboldt University May 15, 2025 19:00 CET With Ethel Matala de Mazza Im Sommersemesters 2025 widmen sich die Mosse Lectures dem derzeit …
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Apr 162025: Pinar Öğrenci, “On Tracing Histories of Displacement in Constellation”
Pinar Öğrenci
The Avalanche (Aşît) Pinar Öğrenci Germany, Turkey, 2022 Free for UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty Get tickets here Mosse Lecture by Pinar Öğrenci, “On Tracing Histories of Displacement in Constellation” In cooperation with the symposium Media and Migration in a Digital Age In Conversation For her film, presented as an installation at documenta fifteen, …