Jewish Life in Rome in Three Chapters

1101 Milford St,Houston TX 77006

20 January, 2023

Description

Each year on January 27, the United Nations remembers the many people of Jewish origin affected by the Holocaust and this day is officially called the "International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust" (Il Giorno della Memoria). To remember the victims of the Holocaust, the ICCC, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Houston, will host Marla Stone at the Milford House on Friday, January 20. She will present a lecture about Jewish life in Rome. This lecture presents the history of Jewish life in Rome and the Roman Ghetto from its inception in 1555 through the current iteration as a fashionable neighborhood in the city’s historic center. We will look at the evolution of the Jewish Ghetto, its creation under Papal edict, the conditions of life in the Ghetto in the early modern period, its dissolution under the Kingdom of Italy in the late 19th century, and the persecution and deportation of Roman Jews during the Nazi occupation of Italy during World War II. We will pay special attention to the cycle of persecution, emancipation, and de-emancipation that the Jews of Rome experienced between the 16th century and the 20th century. About the presenter: Marla Stone is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at the American Academy in Rome (2021-2024) and professor of History at Occidental College. Her books include The Patron State: Culture and Politics in Fascist Italy and The Fascist Revolution. In addition to the edited collections Fascism in America (2022), Als die Demkratie starb (2022), Fears Past (2012), Totalitarian Art and Modernity(2020) and The Legacy of Primo Levi (2002), Professor Stone’s work has appeared in The Journal of Modern Italian Studies, The Journal of Contemporary History, Constellations, Memoria e ricerca, The New England Journal of History, and The Journal of Hate Studies. The recipient of numerous national and international fellowships, including to the American Academy in Rome (1995/1996), the Wolfsonian Foundation (1995), the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University (2007), the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2011/2012) and the European University Institute (2017). She is currently completing a book entitled The Enemy: The Politics and Propaganda of Italian Anti-Communism. Date: Friday, January 20, 2023 Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM Price: Free event This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. - Click here to become a member of the Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston. For more information, please email Erika Myers at [email protected].