{"id":4053,"date":"2016-09-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr-temp\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:22:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:22:20","slug":"the-rebel-academic-cesarani-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/2016\/09\/25\/the-rebel-academic-cesarani-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rebel Academic: The Life and Work of David Cesarani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #991b00;\"><br \/>\nThe Rebel Academic: The Life and Work of David Cesarani<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #991b00;\">Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar Symposium:<br \/>\nIn Memoriam of David Cesarani<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4054 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr-temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/07\/Cesarani-event-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/07\/Cesarani-event-image.jpg 798w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/07\/Cesarani-event-image-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/07\/Cesarani-event-image-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">September 25, 2016 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A public symposium with remarks by <span style=\"color: #991b1e;\"><strong>David Silberklang (Yad Vashem), Robert Rozett (Yad Vashem), Todd Endelman (University of Michigan)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\">USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s work, his impact on Holocaust studies, and the connections between their own work and his contributions to the field.<\/p>\n<p>A prolific researcher and author, Professor Cesarani\u2019s books include <em>Eichmann: His Life and Crimes<\/em>; <em>Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind<\/em>; <em>Justice Delayed: How Britain Became a Refuge for Nazi War Criminals<\/em>; <em>Major Farran&#8217;s Hat: Murder, Scandal and Britain&#8217;s War Against Jewish Terrorism 1945-1948<\/em>; <em>Disraeli: The Novel Politician (Jewish Lives)<\/em>; and <em>Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933\u20131949<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read a summary of the symposium <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr-temp\/2017\/02\/01\/the-rebel-academic-the-life-and-work-of-david-cesarani-summary\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the selection of David Cesarani as the inaugural Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr-temp\/2020\/02\/03\/peter-hayes-named-the-2019-2020-shapiro-scholar-in-residence\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":4621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-lecture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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