18 October 2006, , 7 p.m.,London
At the heart of the lecture is the hidden current of German Jewish culture in France between 1789 and 1914. This current symbolizes the cultural transfer of ideas from Germany to France. The most prominent example is Salomon Munk, who became Ernest Renan’s successor at the College de France, reaching the peak of his French intellectual career. But is the history of cultural transfer really a success story?
Dominique Bourel Born in 1952. Directeur de recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifi que (Paris). 1996–2004 Director, Centre de Recherche Français de Jérusalem, Docteur ès lettres (Sorbonne). Teaches German Jewish history at the Sorbonne. Translated Mendelssohn, Rosenzweig and Buber into French. Publications include Nietzsche et les Juifs (1991), Max Nordau (1996), Moses Mendelssohn et la naissance du judaisme moderne (2004).
