Public Lecture by Béla Bodó

Béla Bodó is associate professor for Eastern European History at the University of Bonn as well as investigator at the BCDSS. His current research revolves around the issue of the dependency of Jews on the state and the political and social elites in Hungary and East-Central Europe after 1848 to achieve full emancipation and defeat antisemitism. In his lecture he explores "The Numerus Clausus Law of 1920, Asymmetrical Dependenc(ies) and the Twisted Road of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz". His lecture is part of the ZERG public lecture series, organized by the Centre for Religion and Society (ZERG) and the BCDSS, Research Area C: "Control, Coercion, and Constraint II. The Role of Religion in Overcoming and Creating Structures of Dependency". The lecture series tackles the role of religion in both overcoming existing and creating new forms and types of dependencies. This is a hybrid event. The lectures will also be streamed via youtube.