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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:CES: Variations on Simone Weil: European and North American Receptions of Her Antisemitica
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SUMMARY:CES: Variations on Simone Weil: European and North American Receptions of Her Antisemitica
DESCRIPTION:<p><em>Speaker(s): </em><a href="http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/history/faculty/alphabetical/braude_benjamin.html"><strong>Benjamin Braude</strong></a>, Professor of History, Boston College<br> <br> <em>Sponsor(s):  Jews in Modern Europe; Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History; Contemporary Europe</em><br> <br> Paradoxically Simone Weil was both one of the most polarizing thinkers in the twentieth century and an important unifying figure for both left and right in post-war France. Some called her a pacifist saint and others as bad as Hitler. This talk will argue that Weil's expressions of antisemitism, often eliminated in translation, were more tolerated in France because, having worked for both Petainists and Gaullistes, she became a vehicle for post-war reconciliation.<br> <br> <em>Contact(s): </em>Phyllis Albert, <a href="mailto:phyllisalbert@gmail.com">phyllisalbert@gmail.com</a></p>
LOCATION:Center for European Studies, Cabot Room, Busch Hall
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20141022T201500Z
DTEND:20141022T220000Z
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