Book Discussion of Susan Niemann’s Learning from Germany: Race and the Memory of Evil

As part of the Learning from History Series, Professor Mark Karau (History and Humanities at UWGB) will lead a discussion of Susan Niemann’s book Learning from Germany: Race and the Memory of Evil.

In the wake of white nationalist attacks, the ongoing debate over reparations, and the controversy surrounding Confederate monuments and the contested memories they evoke, Susan Neiman’s Learning from the Germans delivers an urgently needed perspective on how a country can come to terms with its historical wrongdoings. Neiman is a white woman who came of age in the civil rights–era South and a Jewish woman who has spent much of her adult life in Berlin. Working from this unique perspective, she combines philosophical reflection, personal stories, and interviews with both Americans and Germans who are grappling with the evils of their own national histories.

This is both a virtual and in-person event being held in the Cofrin Library 304 on the UW Green Bay Campus.

Several copies of Neiman’s book are available for loan at the Cofrin Library.

Sponsored by the Department of History and the Cofrin Library.

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