Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair

Before the lecture, visit at the Grey Art Museum, NYU (18 Cooper Square) during special open hours on Monday, Oct. 21 from 5–6:15pm.

When Jewish art dealer Berthe Weill opened her gallery in 1901, the infamous Dreyfus affair was calling attention to an alarming growth of antisemitism in France, dividing the nation and the Parisian art world alike into two opposing camps. This lecture, by Dr. Maurice Samuels, Professor of French at Yale University and the author of Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair (2024), explores Dreyfus’s complex relationship to Judaism and to antisemitism over the course of his life, and the profound effect of the Dreyfus Affair on the lives of Jews around the world.

All guests are required to register in advance and have a valid ID upon check-in.

Co-presented by the

Host or Publisher NYU Center for the Study of Antisemitism