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Paul J. Schrag Lecture: James Q Whitman (Yale)
February 11, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The UW-Madison Department of History & the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies Present:
The 2021 Paul J. Schrag Lecture
“The American Influence on Nazi Race Law: Assessing U.S. Responsibility”
James Q. Whitman (Yale)
Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes.
James Q. Whitman is Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale University, where he teaches criminal law among other subjects. He is the author of numerous books and articles on American and foreign law.
February 11 at 4pm Central/5pm Eastern
To be held virtually, via Zoom.
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Co-sponsored by the Department of Afro-American Studies, the Global Legal Studies Center, and the UW Law School.
