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The Dreyfus Affair: Antisemitism and Jewish Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Sun, Jan 12

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In this talk, drawn from his recent biography of Alfred Dreyfus, Maurice Samuels delves into the Jewish dimension of the Affair, focusing on Dreyfus’s own Jewish identity, the role of antisemitism in the case, and its profound effect on Jews around the world.

The Dreyfus Affair:  Antisemitism and Jewish Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
The Dreyfus Affair:  Antisemitism and Jewish Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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Jan 12, 2025, 2:00 PM CST

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About the Event

Maurice Samuels is the Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French at Yale University, where he also chairs the Department of French. In 2011, he became the inaugural director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, one of the only academic programs in the United States dedicated to studying both historical and contemporary forms of antisemitism.   A specialist of the literature and culture of nineteenth-century France, he has written five books: Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair (Yale University Press, 2024), The Betrayal of the Duchess (Basic Books, 2020), The Right to Difference (University of Chicago Press, 2016), Inventing the Israelite (Stanford University Press, 2010), and The Spectacular Past (Cornell University Press, 2004). He has also edited anthologies of Jewish literature in both French and English. He is the recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the MLA's Scaglione Prize for the best book in French studies (for both Inventing the Israelite and The Right to Difference) and the Cullman…

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