Announcing Lecture Series: Many Promised Lands

Building on the success of the 2025 anniversary lunchtime lectures, Many Promised Lands is a new series of online talks in 2026 that will explore the migrations of German-Jewish refugees after 1946.

After World War II, many Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors could already look back on over a decade of persecution, flight, and multiple migrations. The arrival of peace and a new global order led many to continue their journeys. This lecture series will explore the diverse destinations chosen by German-speaking Jewish refugees who left before 1941, as well as by those who survived the Holocaust in Europe.

May 13: Robert Weltsch: German Zionism and Nationalism in Retrospect with Kobi Kabalek (Penn State)

May 27: Jewish Refugees in Shanghai with Meng Yang (Peking University)

September 9: Displaced Persons camps with Michael Brenner (American University)

October 14: Emigration to Palestine with Ori Yehudai (Ohio State University)

November 18: Emigration to the United States with Beth Cohen (USHMM)

December 2: South America and the Dominican Republic with Marion Kaplan (New York University).

This programming is made possible through the generous support of the Levi-Thalheimer Fund for Research and Public History.