Former ACLS Burkhardt Fellow Laura Gotkowitz to Discuss Nazi Refugees in Bolivia, Sept. 26—Dispatch September 23, 2013
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Laura Gotkowitz discusses European refugees from Nazism in Bolivia and Latin America on Thursday, September 26 at 12 p.m. in the Woodrow Wilson room (LJ-113) at the Library of Congress. The event is co-sponsored by the Library’s John W. Kluge Center and the Hispanic Division.
Gotkowitz was a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center from September 2012 to May 2013 through the American Council of Learned Societies Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship. Her research investigated political violence and democracy in Bolivia after World War II. She is currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh.
What: “The Politics of Exile: Latin America, Bolivia, and European Refugees from Nazism,” a lecture by Laura Gotkowitz, 2012-2013 ACLS Burkhardt Fellow at The John W. Kluge Center.
When: Thursday, September 26 at 12:00 p.m.
Where: Woodrow Wilson Room (LJ-113), Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed.
Directions and maps: http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions/
The John W. Kluge Center was established at the Library of Congress in 2000 to foster a mutually enriching relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action, between scholars and political leaders. The Center attracts outstanding scholarly figures to Washington, D.C., facilitates their access to the Library’s remarkable collections, and helps them engage in conversation with policymakers and the public. Learn more at: http://www.loc.gov/kluge.
Gotkowitz was a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center from September 2012 to May 2013 through the American Council of Learned Societies Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship. Her research investigated political violence and democracy in Bolivia after World War II. She is currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh.
What: “The Politics of Exile: Latin America, Bolivia, and European Refugees from Nazism,” a lecture by Laura Gotkowitz, 2012-2013 ACLS Burkhardt Fellow at The John W. Kluge Center.
When: Thursday, September 26 at 12:00 p.m.
Where: Woodrow Wilson Room (LJ-113), Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed.
Directions and maps: http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions/
The John W. Kluge Center was established at the Library of Congress in 2000 to foster a mutually enriching relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action, between scholars and political leaders. The Center attracts outstanding scholarly figures to Washington, D.C., facilitates their access to the Library’s remarkable collections, and helps them engage in conversation with policymakers and the public. Learn more at: http://www.loc.gov/kluge.
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