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1 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO Richard S Levy DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY (M/C 198) 913 UNIVERSITY HALL/601 S MORGAN CHICAGO, IL 60607-7109 PHONE: (312) 413-9356 (voice mail) (773) 248-3791 (HOME) (773 )525-8740 (FAX) EMAIL: [email protected] September 22, 2017 Degrees: Yale University Ph.D. 1969 M.A. 1964 U. of Chicago B.A. 1962 University Appointments: Adjunct Professor of German Studies in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature at Duke University 2011-- U. of Ill./Chicago Full Prof. 2005-- U. of Ill./Chicago Assistant/Associate Prof. 1971--2005 U. Mass./Amherst Instructor/Assistant Prof. 1967-71 Honors: Silver Circle Award 2004 [Outstanding UIC Teacher ] Shirley Bill Award for Outstanding History Teacher 1999, 2009 Humanities Institute Fellow 1992-93 Phi Beta Kappa 1961 Grants/Fellowships: Humanities Laboratory Seed Money Grant (May 2003) Fulbright Senior Professor Sant’Anna Scuola Superiore de Studi Universitari de Perfezionamento, Pisa Italy February-May 2001 Seminar for Professors of College-Level Holocaust Courses sponsored by the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, June 1-June 18,1999 Fulbright-Kommission German Studies Seminar: Germany and Jewish Studies Today, June 18- July 10, 1996 American Philosophical Society (1977) 2 UIC Research Board (1976) Yale Research fellowship 1965, 1966 Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1962 Scholarship: Books: THE DOWNFALL OF THE ANTI-SEMITIC POLITICAL PARTIES IN IMPERIAL GERMANY (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1975), pp. 335 + ix. Edited Books: ANTISEMITISM: A HISTORY (London: Oxford University Press, 2010) with Albert S. Lindemann. pp. 288 + xii ANTISEMITISM: HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTION. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005) pp. 828 + xxxiv A LIE AND A LIBEL: THE HISTORY OF THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION (U. of Nebraska Press, 1995), pp. 148 + xv ANTISEMITISM IN THE MODERN WORLD. ANTHOLOGY OF TEXTS (Lexington, MA.: D.C. Heath, 1990), pp. 260 + vi Articles in refereed journals/chapters in books: “Anti-Semitism in Germany, 1890-1933: How Popular Was It?” in Alan Steinweis and Susan Schraftstetter (eds.), The Germans and the Holocaust: Popular Responses to the Persecution and Murder of the Jews (Berghahn Books, 2015), pp. 17-39 “Antisemitism in Germany, 1890-1933: How Popular Was It?” in Anderseits: Yearbook of Transatlantic German Studies, 4 (June 2015), pp. 99-118. [Revised version of above] Available at: <http://andererseits.library.duke.edu/article/view/15429/6655>. Date accessed: 14 Jun. 2015. “Setting the Record Straight Regarding The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: A Fool’s Errand?” Nexus: Essays in German Jewish Studies (Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2014), 2:43-61 “Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hostility,” in Alan Levenson (ed.), Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), 441-57. “Die Protokolle der Weisen von Zion und ihre Entlarvung: Ein vergebliches Unterfangen?” in Eva Horn and Michael Hagemeister (eds.), Die Fiktion von der jüdischen Weltverschwörung 3 (Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2012), 208-30. “Antisemitism,” in Peter Hayes and John K. Roth, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 23-38. “Political Antisemitism in Germany and Austria, 1848-1914,” in Albert S. Lindemann and Richard S. Levy (eds.), Antisemitism: A History (London: Oxford University Press, 2010), 121- 35. “Conclusion: Not the Last Word,” in Albert S. Lindemann and Richard S. Levy (eds.), Antisemitism: A History (London: Oxford University Press, 2010), 250-63. “The Migration of Discredited Myths: The Wandering Protocols,” in Michael Berenbaum (ed.), Not Your Father’s Antisemitism: Hatred of the Jews in the 21st Century (St. Paul, MN: Paragon House, 2008), 169-81 “Continuities and Discontinuities of Anti-Jewish Violence in Modern Germany, 1819-1938,” in Christhard Hoffmann, et al. (eds.), Exclusionary Violence: Antisemitic Riots in Modern German History (U. Michigan, Press, 2002), pp. 185-202. Review at: http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/reviewstr64.htm http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=50951077492130 “A Lie and a Libel: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Recent History," in L. J. Greenspoon (ed.), Representations of Jews Through the Ages (Omaha: Creighton U. Press, 1996), pp. 231-43. "Wien 1910," Film & History, XV, no. 3 (Sep 1986), pp. 65-68 "1848 and the Discovery of Political Anti-Semitism in Germany," Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 11 (1982): 255-64. "Hajo Holborn's Theory and Practice of History," Journal of Thought, 1970: 141-56 Miscellany: “Forget Webster,” German Studies Review 29/1(Feb 2006), 145-46. [Hard to know where to place this. It is what the Germans call a Miszelle, what we would call, perhaps, an op-ed piece. I was invited to write it by the editor and his board of editors.] Encyclopedia Articles (29): “Ahlwardt, Hermann (1846-1914),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:7-8 “Antisemites’ Petition (1880-1881),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:20-21 4 “Antisemitic Correspondence [Antisemitische-Korrespondenz],” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:21-22 “Antisemitic Political Parties (Germany, 1879-1914),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:22-23 “Antisemitism, Etymology of,” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:24-25 “Antizionism,” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:25-26 “Böckel, Otto (1859-1923),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:75-76 “Fritsch, Theodor (1852-1933),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:249-50 “Glagau, Otto (1834-1892),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:276 “Introduction,” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1: xxix-xxxiv “Judaism as an Alien Phenomenon (1862-1863),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 1:385-86 “Liebermann von Sonnenberg, Max Hugo (1848-1911),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 2:422 “Marr, Wilhelm (1819-1904),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 2:445-46 “Mirror to the Jews, A (Der Judenspiegel),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 2:466-67 “Our Demands on Modern Jewry,” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 2:525-26 “Victory of Jewry over Germandom, The,” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 2:741-42 5 “Word about Our Jews, A (1880),” Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution. 2 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 2005), 2:774-75 “De Lagarde, Paul,” Encyclopedia Judaica. (2nd ed., 2006), 12:436 [250 words] “Marr, Wilhelm,” Encyclopedia Judaica. (2nd ed., 2006), 13:558 [400 words] Review Articles: "Conspiracy Theorist," review of Moshe Zimmermann, Wilhelm Marr: the Patriarch of Antisemitism (New York, 1986) in COMMENTARY (April 1987): 71-74 "Redemption from Without," review of H. I. Bach, The German Jew (1984) in COMMENTARY (Jan 1986): 72-74; (April 1986): 12. "Abandoned" review of Wyman, The Abandonment of the Jews (l984); Penkower, The Jews Were Expendable (1984); Shepherd, A Refuge from Darkness (1984) in COMMENTARY (Apr 1985): 70-75 "Dealing with the Devil" review of Edwin Black, The Transfer Agreement (1984) in COMMENTARY (Sep. 1984): 68-71. "Germans, Poles, and Jews" with John Kulczycki in EAST EUROPEAN QUARTERLY (Sep 1984): 365-74 Translations and Edited Texts: Thomas W. Gaehtgens, "The Galerie des Batailles in the Historical Museum at Versailles as a Lieu-Souvenir [Place of Remembrance]," Trans. by Richard S. Levy in David Jordan (ed.), Les Lieux de Mémoire. 3 vols. (Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 2001ff) G-Text. A Project of the Electronic Discussion Forum, H-German. 1995, 2002 (consisting of translated, annotated, and edited texts to be used for college and high school instructional purposes): http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/index.html Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung Opinion Poll (1899) Bismarck and the Polish Question (1886) Bismarck's Fall (1890) Heinrich Class, If I Were the Kaiser (1912) Die Internationale (1888) General Friedrich von Bernhardi, The Next War (1914) General Ludendorff, On Overcoming the Consequences of the Lost War (1922) 6 Hitler, on Antisemitism in Vienna, from Mein Kampf (1925) Hitler's First Antisemitic Writing (1919) Helmuth von Moltke (the Elder) on War (1880) Ludwig Windthorst Speaks in the Prussian Parliament (1873) (Kulturkampf) Rosa Luxemburg, the Junius Pamphlet
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    PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION Understanding the meanings and origins of prejudice and discrimination is essential to recognize and correct discriminatory policies and practices. "All people are prejudiced." - Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feelings formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. We regularly make judgments or form opinions without examining all the information. This information, whether correct and incorrect, comes to us through books, news media, television, direct communication and other sources. We may hold preconceived opinions about people or groups of people. We base our opinions on the ideas communicated by others or exposure to some members of a group. It is important to remember that individuals within a group have their own unique characteristics and abilities. For example: If you hold an opinion that women do not like to travel in their jobs and, for this reason, you do not select a woman for a job requiring travel. You have committed a discriminatory act (based on your prejudice); this is unlawful. The "categories" or "groups" protected from discrimination under the laws are: Race and Color -- any race or color. National Origin -- any national origin. Religion -- any religion. (Reasonable accommodations for employee's religious preferences may include changing tours of duty, granting annual leave, etc.) Sex -- female or male. Sexual Harassment (sex discrimination) -- is deliberate or repeated unsolicited verbal comments, gestures or physical sexual contact that are unwelcome. Age -- must be 40 years of age or older. Physical or Mental Handicap -- a disabled person is an individual who has a physical or mental impairment substantially limiting one or more major life activities, has a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment.