Lecture
David Herman
Thursday 20.11.2025
David Herman
Joseph Roth and ‘The Radetzky March’
Thursday 20.11.2025
How to watch
This lecture starts on 20 November at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
Joseph Roth (1894-1939) was one of the great Jewish writers of the interwar period and his most famous novel was The Radetzky March, a fascinating account of the decline and fall of the Habsburg Empire from the mid-19th century to the end of the First World War. Roth was always fascinated by the Habsburg Empire and most of his novels are about empires and borders in central and east Europe.
David Herman
David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.