What History Teaches: Universities, Education, and the Role of Intellectuals
About the Event
When Adolf Hitler was appointed Germany’s Chancellor in 1933, that country was home to the world’s greatest universities and scientific research institutes. In his presentation, Professor Steven Remy will describe what happened next: how German universities were “nazified” and what that meant for the Nazi regime, the war in Europe, and the Holocaust.
12:00 pm Eastern Time (11:00 am Central Time, 10:00 am Mountain Time, 9:00 am Pacific Time)
About the Speakers
Steven Remy
Steven Remy is a Professor of History at The City University of New York, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, where he has taught modern German and European history since 2002. An award-winning teacher, he is currently the Chair of the Brooklyn College History Department. He is the author of The Heidelberg Myth: The Nazification and Denazification of a German University (Harvard, 2003), The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Trial Controversy (Harvard, 2017), Adolf Hitler: A Reference Guide to His Life and Work (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), and War Crimes: Law, Politics, & Armed Conflict in the Modern World (Routledge, 2022). He has appeared as a commentator on numerous television series, documentary films, and podcasts, most recently in Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra (MSNBC podcasts) and Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics (dir. Andre Gaines, Springhill Entertainment, 2024). His current research and writing interests include the emergence of the postwar West German far right, Atlantic Ocean islands in World War II, and global colonial wars.