Freedom to Read: The Fight Against Banned Books in WWII
An hour on how books became weapons in World War II, as the German government set out to ban and burn any title that threatened Nazi ideology, and how others pushed back.
Talks in Chelsea-Hudson Yards
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Postwar France: Empire, Consumer Culture, & the Politics of Everyday Life
A hybrid session on empire, consumer culture, and everyday life in postwar France, tied to a poster exhibition. The artwork pairs a cartoon bride with a refrigerator and a top hat.
