Susan Rubin Suleiman: “To Be or Not to Be Jewish and Hungarian: Dilemmas of Identity in the Films of István Szabó”

The “Jewish question,” which raises the issue of Jews’ relation to mainstream society, entered public discourse in Europe in the mid-19^th century and is most often associated with antisemitism; but the question of assimilation and belonging has also been one that Jews have struggled with up to today, in Europe and elsewhere. Join the Jews in Modern Europe Seminar to discuss the dilemmas of identity in the films of the world-renowned Hungarian filmmaker István Szabó.

Susan Rubin Suleiman is C. Douglas Dillon Research Professor of the Civilization of France, Emerita, and Research Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University