Challenges of Reckoning: The University in Nazi-Occupied Norway.” Review article of The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich, edited by Bernard Levinson and Robert P. Ericksen

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Levinson and Erickson’s Betrayal of the Humanities represents a current trend in scholarship to critically reevaluate the history of the Nazi era. The editors have framed the essays concerning specific fields of study, institutions, and individual scholars within a meta-discussion about the values of the humanities in higher education.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by scholars during the Third Reich. Topics include the impact of Nazi policies on academic institutions like universities; the role of scholars in supporting or resisting Nazi ideology; the challenges faced by academics during Nazi occupation; the impact on scholarly disciplines like German Assyriology; and the ongoing societal debate on acknowledging and memorializing victims while navigating the complexities of past ideologies.

Thelle, Rannfrid I. Lasine. “Challenges of Reckoning: The University in Nazi-Occupied Norway.” Review article of The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich, edited by Bernard Levinson and Robert P. Ericksen. Review of Biblical Literature 25 (2023): 29–40.