"People Without History are Dust: Queer Desire and the Holocaust" - Lecture with Dr. Anna Hájková

The Human Rights Program at Purdue, in co-sponsorship with the GLHRC, the LGBTQ Center, the Department of History, and the Jewish Studies Program are thrilled to present Professor Anna Hájková (History, Warwick, UK), who will be speaking to us about her newly published book People Without History are Dust: Queer Desire and the Holocaust (Toronto UP, 2025) in conversation with Professor Christopher Ewing (HIST).

Prof. Hájková’s work stands at the forefront of queer Holocaust history, a story which has been excluded and marginalized. She argues that bringing this history into focus can offer an inclusive and feminist history of this genocide. Based on on original and extensive archival research, her book offers a consice insight into the queer history of the Holocaust for beginners and advanced alike.