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Susan Neiman in Conversation with Mary Fulbrook

03/02/2025
59 min
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What is it like to be an American Jew living in modern Germany? Philosopher and writer Susan Neiman brings four decades of experience to this compelling discussion with UCL Professor of German History Mary Fulbrook. Offering unique personal and historical insights, Neiman vividly recounts life in Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. A former academic at Yale and Tel Aviv University, she is the author of Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil and currently serves as director of the Einstein Forum in Berlin.

An event from Jewish Book Week 2025

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Susan Neiman

Susan Neiman is an American philosopher and writer. She has written extensively on the Enlightenment, moral philosophy, metaphysics, and politics. Her work shows that philosophy is a living force for contemporary thinking and action. She is the director of the Einstein Forum in Germany. Image © James Startt
Mary Fulbrook

Professor Mary Fulbrook, FBA, is Professor of German History at University College London (UCL). Her current research is on experiences of Holocaust survival in different societies across Europe under Nazi domination. She has served as Dean of the UCL Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, and Chair of the Modern History Section of the British […]

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Susan Neiman in Conversation with Mary Fulbrook

03/02/2025
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59 min

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Susan Neiman

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Susan Neiman is an American philosopher and writer. She has written extensively on the Enlightenment, moral philosophy, metaphysics, and politics. Her work shows that...

Mary Fulbrook

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Professor Mary Fulbrook, FBA, is Professor of German History at University College London (UCL). Her current research is on experiences of Holocaust survival in...