The Passport as Life Story: Identity Papers in Exile Literature


Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 02:48 PM PDT

Public lecture by Doerte Bischoff (University of Hamburg)

Co-sponsored by USC Libraries, the USC Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture, the Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Los Angeles, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa PhiVilla Aurora and the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research.

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