Wednesday, 5 December 2018 at 5:30 pm – Wednesday, 5 December 2018 at 6:45 pm

Professor Bryan Cheyette - The Ghetto and Antisemitism

Date: Wednesday 5 December 2018

Time: 5.30pm – 6.45pm

Location: LT3 Geoffrey Manton

Tickets: Free – available on Eventbrite: https://the-ghetto-and-antisemitism.eventbrite.com

Bryan Cheyette is Professor in English Literature at the University of Reading. He has teaching and research interests in late-nineteenth and twentieth century English literature, modernism and politics, new literatures in English, postcolonial literature, British-Jewish literature, theories of "race" and modernity, and Holocaust literature. Before joining the University of Reading in 2005, he was Chair in Twentieth Century Literature, University of Southampton (1999-2005) and Reader in English & Judaic Studies at Queen Mary College, University of London (1992-1999).

This seminar is the annual Sam Johnson Memorial Seminar. Sam was a valued lecturer and researcher in History at Manchester Metropolitan University until her death in December 2015. Sam’s research focused on anti-Semitism, Jewish life in Central and East Europe, and the history of Jewish/non-Jewish relations.

This lecture is part of the History Research Seminar Series at Manchester Metropolitan University. There will be a wine reception after the lecture.