Lorraine Beitler Collection of the Dreyfus Affair: Distinguished Lectures and Scholar Interviews

Lecture presented 22 April 2010 in the Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Co-sponsored by the Penn Libraries and the American Jewish Committee (Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey office), in collaboration with the Alliance Francaise of Philadelphia. Novelist and lawyer Louis Begley, author of Wartime Lies, About Schmidt, and Matters of Honor, presents his book Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters (Yale University Press, 2009). Begley investigates the abuses of judicial and military power that led to the persecution of Dreyfus for treason in 1894 and caused bitter divisions in French society for years afterward. His study sheds new light on the Affair and makes clear its continuing significance for contemporary American legal and political debates.

Lectures presented on 19 April 2009 in the Cohen Auditorium, Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th Street, University of Pennsylvania. Karen J. Greenberg and Clemens Nathan are two of the leading contemporary voices on international human rights and international justice. Their discussion looks back at events of the previous century and forward to consider national and international challenges and priorities in the new century. Part 3: Questions and answers; concluding remarks Karen J. Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security, based at New York University. She is the author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days (Oxford University Press, 2009). She has edited The Enemy Combatant Papers (2008); The Torture Papers (2005); The Torture Debate in America (2005); and Al Quaeda Now (2005). Clemens Nathan worked with René Cassin at the Alliance Israelite Universelle and has carried on his tradition of working for human rights at the Clemens Nathan Research Centre, an organization devoted to the promotion of international human rights. Germaine Ingram (moderator) is Director of Site Development at The Benefit Bank, a program of Solutions for Progress, Philadelphia.

Lectures presented on 19 April 2009 in the Cohen Auditorium, Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th Street, University of Pennsylvania. Karen J. Greenberg and Clemens Nathan are two of the leading contemporary voices on international human rights and international justice. Their discussion looks back at events of the previous century and forward to consider national and international challenges and priorities in the new century. Part 2: Germaine Ingram, Moderator; Karen J. Greenberg, presentation Karen J. Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security, based at New York University. She is the author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days (Oxford University Press, 2009). She has edited The Enemy Combatant Papers (2008); The Torture Papers (2005); The Torture Debate in America (2005); and Al Quaeda Now (2005). Clemens Nathan worked with René Cassin at the Alliance Israelite Universelle and has carried on his tradition of working for human rights at the Clemens Nathan Research Centre, an organization devoted to the promotion of international human rights. Germaine Ingram (moderator) is Director of Site Development at The Benefit Bank, a program of Solutions for Progress, Philadelphia.

Lectures presented on 19 April 2009 in the Cohen Auditorium, Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th Street, University of Pennsylvania. Karen J. Greenberg and Clemens Nathan are two of the leading contemporary voices on international human rights and international justice. Their discussion looks back at events of the previous century and forward to consider national and international challenges and priorities in the new century. Part 1: Lance Donaldson-Evans, Opening remarks; Germaine Ingram, Moderator; Clemens Nathan, presentation Karen J. Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security, based at New York University. She is the author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days (Oxford University Press, 2009). She has edited The Enemy Combatant Papers (2008); The Torture Papers (2005); The Torture Debate in America (2005); and Al Quaeda Now (2005). Clemens Nathan worked with René Cassin at the Alliance Israelite Universelle and has carried on his tradition of working for human rights at the Clemens Nathan Research Centre, an organization devoted to the promotion of international human rights. Germaine Ingram (moderator) is Director of Site Development at The Benefit Bank, a program of Solutions for Progress, Philadelphia.

Lectures and discussion presented 3 April 2008 in the Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, University of Pennsylvania. Introductions: Lance Donaldson-Evans, University of Pennsylvania; David McKnight, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Forum: Germaine Ingram, Esq. (moderator); Jean-Max Guieu, Professor of French, Georgetown University; Jeffrey Mehlman, Professor of French, Boston University. Closing remarks; Marj Dugan, Beitler Family Foundation.

Lecture presented 19 April 2007 in the Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, University of Pennsylvania. Welcome and opening remarks: Lance Donaldson-Evans, H. Carton Rogers, Yael Perl Ruiz, Lorraine Beitler. Lecture Paula E. Hyman, Yale University. Questions and answers; closing remarks by Lance Donaldson-Evans.