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The Monuments Men have been justly celebrated for their rescue of art treasures in World War II. The focus on individual heroism, however, obscures the larger impact of the war on modern policies and practices toward information, knowledge, and culture. Kathy Peiss explores the role of librarians, collectors, and intelligence agents to explain why and how books mattered in a time of conflict and devastation.

Kathy Peiss is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a specialist in modern U.S. cultural history and gender history. She received her B.A. from Carleton College and Ph.D. from Brown University. Her books include Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style.


Monday, January 26, 2015
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th Floor Moynihan Boardroom

Speaker
Kathy Peiss
University of Pennsylvania

The seminar is sponsored jointly by the National History Center of the American Historical Association and the Wilson Center. It meets weekly during the academic year. See www.nationalhistorycenter.org<http://go.wilsoncenter.org/Y0V4Z0q8i00Rd000DVM0wUe> for the schedule, speakers, topics, and dates as well as webcasts and podcasts. The seminar thanks the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations for its support.


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