13-4, 15:00, Joods Museum Amsterdam: presentatie bundel ‘Zes essays over hedendaags antisemitisme’ aan Eddo Verdoner, en disussie over ‘de vele gezichten van het hedendaags antisemitismedebat’
22-3-2022 20:00-21:30 in Aula UvA, Singel 411, Amsterdam (hosted by Spui25)
During this event, a collective team of Dutch historians presents a bilingual Dutch-English report in which they critically review the main arguments of The Betrayal of Anne Frank.(in English)
with:
Bart Wallet (University of Amsterdam)
Raymund Schütz (Haags Gemeentearchief)
Laurien Vastenhout (NIOD)
Aaldrik Hermans (independent historian)
Bart van der Boom (Leiden University)
Hanco Jürgens (DIA)
Just out, Reappraising the History of the Jews in the Netherlands
The 15th Symposium on the History and Culture of the Jews in the Netherlands will be held 4-5 October in Amsterdam. registration is now open
Bart Wallet appointed professor of Jewish Studies
Dr Bart Wallet has been appointed professor of Jewish Studies: Early Modern and Modern Jewish History, with a special focus on Amsterdam, at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Humanities. The chair was established in collaboration with, and with support from, the Menasseh ben Israel Institute Foundation.
The 15th International Symposium on Dutch Jewish History and Culture, ‘The Imperial Turn in Dutch Jewish History’, has been postponed until 4-5 October 2021. As compensation and appetizer, we are organizing an online round table on the topic: Do we need to decolonize Dutch-Jewish history, and if so, how? Participants:Monique Alberts, Head Librarian/archivist
Jesscia Roitman was appointed Professor of Jewish Studies at the Free University of Amsterdam (VU). This appointment has been made possible through the new collaboration between the MbII and the VU.
online conference: THE POLITICS OF JEWISH LITERATURE AND THE MAKING OF POSTWAR EUROPE Jewish literature — by which we understand all literature that is perceived or labeled as Jewish by critics, readers, publishers and/or authors — has struck a powerful chord in postwar European culture. Its unprecedented popularity can be discerned in the