Gregory S. Brown

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Professor of History
Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Expertise: French History, Culture and Politics, European Enlightenment and Political Culture, Paris and Urban History
Languages: French

Biography

Gregory S Brown is an historian of European culture from the age of Enlightenment and democratic revolutions to the present day. He has published numerous books and articles on political and cultural institutions in France and Europe. He teaches courses on European and World History, focusing on political culture, urban history, and democratic ideals. He has formerly been a research associate of the Ecole normale superieure in Paris is currently general editor of Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, published by the Voltaire Foundation of the University of Oxford, where he is a Senior Research Fellow.

Education

  • Ph. D. Columbia University, 1997
  • B. A. University of Pennsylvania, 1990

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Award-winning journalist shares powerful message at UNLV on Jewish history, antisemitism
Las Vegas Sun
A line of people wound toward the doors of UNLV’s Greenspun Hall on Wednesday night, clutching in their hands copies of “Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” the thick novel of award-winning journalist Yardena Schwartz.
UNLV partners with Hillel to promote Jewish inclusion
Las Vegas Sun
UNLV will participate in a program to find ways to create a more inclusive environment for Jewish students, the university announced this week. UNLV will join 18 other colleges and universities taking part in Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative.
Holocaust Remembrance Day observed at UNLV by community leaders
K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now
Monday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp. To honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day, UNLV hosted an educational event on-campus featuring community leaders like Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley and Commissioner Michael Naft among others. This year’s event also centered on a discussion to consider the significance of the Holocaust and Genocide today.
Learning from the past: Holocaust exhibit showcases both evil, resilience
Las Vegas Review Journal
To know who will protect the marginalized today, one must look at the empathy exhibited in the past, according to Heidi Straus. Straus is the head of a nonprofit called Nevada Center for Humanity, which aims to educate the community about the Holocaust. Last year, she partnered with UNLV’s history department to curate an exhibit with the organization’s collection of artifacts from the Holocaust.
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