Lipstadt Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lipstadt currently serves as the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.
Deborah Lipstadt has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. Lipstadt, who is on leave from Emory University, is currently serving as the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism in the State Department, where she serves as an ambassador.
Prior to her move to Washington in 2023, she served as Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies in Emory’s Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and the Department of Religion in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
She is the author of the first full-length study of those who attempt to deny that the Holocaust occurred. That book is entitled, “Denying The Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory.” The work subsequently became the basis of a libel suit that resulted in a landmark trial in which she was sued by David Irving, British Holocaust denier. The trial was in the British courts for six years and the trial lasted 10 weeks.
It later became the basis for the Hollywood production, “Denial.” in 2016. Her latest book, “Anti-Semitism Here and Now,” was written in 2019. It won a National Jewish Book Award.
Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people last year. She launched the U.S. National Strategy To Counter Antisemitism on May 25, 2023. In her election to the American Academy, she joins Laura Otis, retired professor of English at Emory, and Emory Law professor John Witte, Jr.
Emory provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, Ravi Bellamkonda, commented that “election to the Academy is a high honor that speaks to the powerful role academics can play in raising important questions, generating novel ideas and shining a light on challenges that face us all.”
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- Deborah Lipstadt
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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- Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies
- Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Denying The Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory
- David Irving
- Anti-Semitism: Here and Now
- National Jewish Book Award
- TIME magazine
- Laura Otis
- Ravi Bellamkonda
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