Albert Einstein: Refugee, Activist and Humanitarian

Schedule

Tue Oct 28 2025 at 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

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Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College | Queens, NY

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Come learn about Albert Einstein's experiences as a refugee and his political and humanitarian activism.
About this Event

In 1933, with almost twenty years of service as professor at the Prussian Academy of Sciences and researcher at Humbolt University of Berlin, and under targerted threat from the Nazi regime, Albert Einstein fled Germany. With the aid of the Academic Assistance Council, he and his family took refuge first in Belgium, then England, before his appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. In this presentation, Michael Shara, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) professor and curator of the 2002 landmark AMNH exhibit, "Einstein," will discuss Eintsetin's experiences as a refugee and his political and humanitarian activism.


**To attend in person: The event is free and open to all, but registration ahead of time is required and visitors must show ID upon entering the campus at Queensborough Community College (QCC). For directions to QCC’s campus, please visit https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/about/index.html#gettingHere. For elevator access, enter the QCC Administration building and follow signs for the Kupferberg Holocaust Center.

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Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Queens, United States

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