The Rebel Academic: The Life and Work of David Cesarani

Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Symposium:
In Memoriam of David Cesarani

September 25, 2016 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time

A public symposium with remarks by David Silberklang (Yad Vashem), Robert Rozett (Yad Vashem), Todd Endelman (University of Michigan)

Organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research

The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research is hosting this symposium to honor the work of leading Holocaust scholar David Cesarani from Great Britain, who died last year just weeks after being named the inaugural Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence. The symposium will feature international scholars such as David Silberklang and Robert Rozett (both at Yad Vashem) and Todd Endelman (University of Michigan), who will discuss Professor Cesarani’s work, his impact on Holocaust studies, and the connections between their own work and his contributions to the field.

A prolific researcher and author, Professor Cesarani’s books include Eichmann: His Life and Crimes; Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind; Justice Delayed: How Britain Became a Refuge for Nazi War Criminals; Major Farran’s Hat: Murder, Scandal and Britain’s War Against Jewish Terrorism 1945-1948; Disraeli: The Novel Politician (Jewish Lives); and Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933–1949.

In addition to serving as a research professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, Professor Cesarani was an active public intellectual and historical advisor on many film, TV and radio documentaries in the United Kingdom. He was also an early supporter of USC Shoah Foundation.

Read a summary of the symposium here.

Read more about the selection of David Cesarani as the inaugural Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence here.