Event
The History Department and Penn Libraries Present: Kathy Peiss
Kathy Peiss, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History
Author of "Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in WWII Europe
PENN LIBRARIES PRESENT
Kathy Peiss, author of Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe
In conversation with Roger Chartier and Arthur Kiron
For more information: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/kathy-peiss-author-information-hunters
Wednesday, February 19, 5:30 pm
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, sixth floor
This event is co-sponsored by the Penn Department of History
Kathy Peiss on Why the U.S. Sent Librarians Undercover to Gather Intelligence During World War II. Excerpt from Information Hunters published in Time Magazine, https://time.com/5752115/world-war-ii-librarians/
Kathy Peiss on “The Denazified Library. Banning books in occupied Germany”. Excerpt from Information Hunters, published in Lapham’s Quarterly, Jan. 2020 - https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/denazified-library