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February 4, 2013

Program Locations:

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Wachenheim Trustees Room
BEING JEWISH, BECOMING JEWISH
a conversation with CARLO GINZBURG

THE JOY GOTTESMAN UNGERLEIDER LECTURE
 
Carlo Ginzburg, son of Leone and Natalia Ginzburg, is a historian. In his latest book, Threads and Traces: True False Fictive, Ginzburg offers a collection of essays weaving autobiography with scholarship and critical commentary on the problematic conventions of historical study.
 
Carlo Ginzburg will discuss the Jewish and literary heritage passed down by his mother, the writer Natalia Ginzburg, author of an autobiography of a kind,Family Sayings
 
In conversation with Paul Holdengräber, Carlo Ginzburg will discuss his ever-evolving relationship between Jewish, becoming Jewish, and his work.
The annual Joy Gottesman Ungerleider Lecture explores themes represented in the holdings of The New York Public Library's Dorot Jewish Division. This series has been made possible by a generous grant from the Dorot Foundation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
FRIENDS of the NYPL receive discounted tickets and special pre-sales to LIVE events

LIVE from the NYPL is made possible with generous support from Celeste Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos, and the Margaret and Herman Sokol Public Education Endowment Fund. 

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