Dr. Monda Halpern: Secret, Scandal, or Scholarship?

Fanshawe College Social Science Speaker's Series Presents
Dr. Monda Halpern
Department of History, University of Western Ontario
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Secret, Scandal, or Scholarship?
Ethical Dilemmas in Exploring the Edelson/Horwitz Murder Case

Monda Halpern is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at The University of Western Ontario. She specializes in nineteenth and twentieth-century North American women's history and Jewish history. The Edelson/Horwitz Murder Case took place in the Ottawa Jewish community in 1931. Although this shooting by a jealous husband occurred eighty years ago, researching the truth behind the story was made difficult by a close ethnic community who sought to silence the case, and act like it didn't exist. This talk will explore the reasons behind this silencing, and will consider the question: What happens when the illusions of the community and the goals of the historian are at odds?

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Legal Case
• Jewish History
• Murder
• Historiography
• Ottawa