Modiano's Ghosts: Family History and the Shoah in Dora Bruder

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A study of autofiction, post-war memory, and representations of history, this talk will explore the 1997 biography of Dora Bruder, a Jewish girl who went missing during the German occupation of Paris, by Nobel Prize laureate in literature Patrick Modiano.

Tuesday, March 28
4:15 p.m. 
Lawrence Hall 105

Co-sponsored by the Division of Arts and Humanities, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Program in Jewish Studies, and the Department of History. Organized by Prof. Katherine A. Brown (kbrown2@colgate.edu).