From Berlin to Omaha Beach and Back: A Survivor's Metaphors, featuring Professor Victor Brombert (A virtual event)
On November 14 at 3 p.m., the Friends of Princeton University Library will be honored to welcome Professor Victor Brombert, Henry Putnam University Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University as part of our Small Talk series. A renowned scholar of 19th and 20th century European literature, Professor Brombert is the author of 15 books, including a memoir, “Trains of Thought” (Norton, 2002).
Perhaps less well known is Professor Brombert’s participation in a secret American intelligence unit in World War II called The Ritchie Boys, a group largely responsible for most of the combat intelligence gathered on the Western Front. Professor Brombert was recently interviewed on CBS's 60 Minutes. He will talk with us about this experience and the broader topic of the "metaphors of survival."
We are grateful that Professor Brombert will talk to us about his experiences and remarkable life. Landon Jones, a longtime member of the Friends, an author, and a former editor at People, Life, Time, and Money magazines, will moderate the program.
Register here: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/92590809981
- Date:
- Sunday, November 14, 2021
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Audience:
- First-Year Graduate Students Friends of Princeton University Library Independent Scholar / Outside Researcher Member of the Public Princeton Alumni Princeton Faculty/Researcher Princeton Staff Princeton Student Student Friends of Princeton University Library
- Categories:
- Friends of the Princeton University Library Event
Professor Brombert earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees on the GI Bill at Yale, where he taught and served as chairman of the Department of Romance Languages from 1964 to 1975. He came to Princeton in 1975 as Chair of the Council of the Humanities and was affiliated with both the Departments of Romance Literature and Comparative Literature until 1999. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Chicago and University of Toronto and is a former president of the Modern Languages Association. In 2009, Professor Brombert was named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government in recognition of his services during World War II and in advancing French culture.
This event is part of the Friends of the Princeton University Library Small Talks Series held each month on a Sunday at 3 p.m.
View recordings of previous events.
To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact pulcomm@princeton.edu at least three (3) working days in advance.