“Was Modern Art Jewish: Jewish Art Collectors and Nazi Looters” - Charles Dellheim, PhD

Born and raised in New York City, Charles Dellheim, PhD, author of Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern (2021), Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Boston University. earned his doctorate in modern European cultural history at Yale University. He is currently Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Boston University, He previously served as founding director of the Kilachand Honors College and as the inaugural Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Professor at BU. His work has explored varied areas of cultural, social, political, and business history and he has written on subjects ranging from architecture, painting, and company cultures to baseball.

His recent book, Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern, was named as one of the best books of the year by the Times Literary Supplement (London)t, Kirkus review, and Artnet. He is also the author of The Face of the Past: The Preservation of the Medieval Inheritance in Victorian England The Disenchanted Isle: Mrs. Thatcher’s Capitalist Revolution. Dellheim has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Harvard Business School, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

Co-sponsored by the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and Congregation B’nai Israel of Bridgeport.