ghosts of the past: nazi-looted art and its legacies · 22-02-2015 · meike hoffmann freie...
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An International Conference co-organized by Columbia University's Department of Art History and Archaeology & Deutsches Haus in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut New York, and the Jewish Museum, New York
Admission is free for registered participants. Please register online at www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/ghosts.
February 19th, 6:30 – 8:00PMJewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street
February 20th, 9:00-1:00pmColumbia University, 501 Schermerhorn Hall
February 21st, 9:00-6:00pmColumbia University, Deutsches Haus, 420 West 116th Street
February 19 - 21, 2015A keynote lecture byProf. Olaf Peters will open the conference: �ursday, February 19th, 2015, 6:30 pm at the Jewish Museum. For further information please visit the Jewish Museum website.
Photo Credit: American soldiers in front of Manet’s Wintergarten (at present National Gallery in Berlin) April 25, 1945. National Archives Washington
hist ry D E P A R T M E N T O F
Konstantin AkinshaGuest Fellow, Max Weber Kolleg, Erfurt
Gish AmitMandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem
Stephanie BarronLos Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles
Ruth BeeschJewish Museum, New York
Mary Kate ClearyThe Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Christian FuhrmeisterZentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich
Uwe HartmannStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin
Meike HoffmannFreie Universität, Berlin
Meike HoppZentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich
Lawrence M. KayeArt Law Group at Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York
Marc MasurovskyHolocaust Art Restitution Project, Washington
Olaf PetersMartin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Jonathan PetropoulosClaremont McKenna College
Julia VossFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt
Ghosts of the Past: Nazi-Looted Art and Its Legacies
Generous funding has been provided by:The Samuel H. Kress FoundationInstitute for Israel and Jewish StudiesDeutscher Akademischer AustauschdienstNew German Critique
The conference is cosponsored by: The Heyman Center for the HumanitiesDepartment of HistoryThe University Seminar on Cultural MemoryThe Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Organized by:Andreas Huyssen, Columbia UniversityHolger A. Klein, Columbia UniversityAvinoam Shalem, Columbia University