Deborah E. Lipstadt, professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, a State Department position with the rank of ambassador.

From research breakthroughs to a Rhodes Scholar, faculty, students and staff found many ways to flourish in 2021. Take a look back at 10 of the biggest stories, with more headlines so you can delve deeper into this year of impact and achievement.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, has been nominated by the White House to serve as the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, a position with the rank of ambassador.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, has been nominated by the White House to serve as the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, a position with the rank of ambassador.

Deborah Lipstadt quoted

Deborah Lipstadt quoted

Deborah Lipstadt interviewed

Deborah Lipstadt quoted

Dorot professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, Deborah Lipstadt, writes about Trump's family-separation policy and how equating it with genocide is both historically and strategically misguided.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, writes that inaccurate comparisons to Nazis are becoming more frequent and could be dangerous.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, is quoted about White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer¿s recent comments about Hitler and chemical weapons.

Traveling from London to Seattle, Emory historian Deborah Lipstadt was surprised to discover she was part of the in-flight entertainment, so she introduced herself to passengers watching "Denial," the film about her battle with a Holocaust denier.

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Established in 1976, Emory's Jewish studies program is a model for interdisciplinary scholarship. Known as the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies since 1999, the program marks its 40th anniversary with a series of events Dec. 4.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory, was interviewed about the ¿alt-right¿ movement.

Emory students welcomed parents and other family members to campus Oct. 21-23 for Family Weekend. The favorite annual tradition included a full slate of activities, from Halloween-themed events to information sessions.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory, was interviewed about the movie, ¿Denial,¿ based on her book about her British libel trial with a Holocaust denier.

Deborah Lipstadt and Emory President Claire E. Sterk offered insights after a special Oct. 5 screening of "Denial," a film based on the Emory professor's legal battle against a Holocaust denier. Atlanta moviegoers may attend a discussion with Lipstadt after the film on Saturday.

With the release of the new feature film "Denial," Emory professor Deborah Lipstadt--portrayed in the film by actress Rachel Weisz--reflects upon her landmark legal battle against a Holocaust denier.

Holocaust Denial on Trial, a website founded by Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt, has been relaunched to coincide with the release of "Denial," a movie based on her court battle against the misleading claims of a Holocaust denier.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, was featured in interviews coinciding with the opening of the feature film, ¿Denial,¿ which is based on her 2000 victory over a Holocaust denier as chronicled in her 2005 book, ¿History on Trial.¿

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, and actor Rachel Weisz, who plays Lipstadt in the upcoming film, "Denial," are interviewed.

Emory has steadily courted the television and film industry, encouraging location scouts to choose the University as a set for their projects. For students, the chance to observe filmmaking firsthand provides a critical form of research.

Due out this fall, "Denial" recounts Emory professor Deborah Lipstadt's internationally publicized legal battle against a Holocaust denier. Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz portrays Lipstadt.

"I don't agree with everything in `Black Earth,'" said Deborah Lipstadt, a historian of the Holocaust at Emory University who also wrote a blurb for Mr. Snyder's book. "But he's such a bold and serious and incisive thinker and writer, he makes me go back and reassess what I think I'm sure of."

Emory historian Deborah Lipstadt's acclaimed 2005 book, "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," which chronicles her exoneration by a British court in a sensational libel trial, is being made into a feature film.

Comey might not have been wrong in the literal sense, but his comments were "inartful," said Deborah Lipstadt, professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University and author of the landmark 1993 book, "Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory." "His heart was in the right place, but it was a very clumsy way of saying things," Lipstadt said. "Poland did not have its own government that it could be an ally or collaborator of Germany. If I were an advisor to Comey, I would have told him not to use Poland as an example."

Deborah Lipstadt, professor of modern Jewish history at Emory University, writes a letter to the editor about Obama's remarks at a recent prayer breakfast.

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, was a panelist for a three-part discussion on the Islamic State, religious violence and President Obama's remarks at the National Prayer breakfast.

David Ellenson, chancellor of Hebrew Union College, and Deborah Lipstadt, professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, co-authored this column on the Israeli Jewish identity bill, writing that the proposed bill may inflame Israel's Arab citizens and provide fodder for its critics.

Deborah Lipstadt, a professor and Holocaust historian at Emory University, was interviewed about the post-war legacy of Alois Brunner, the world's most wanted Nazi, who is thought to have died four years ago in Syria: "Brunner ended up in Syria, a regime in a place with less than friendly relations towards Jews, with a human rights record that is pretty despicable, and he participated," Lipstadt [said]. "He didn't just go fishing for the next 30 years. He participated and apparently advised [former Syrian dictator Hafez] Assad."

Professor Deborah Lipstadt was appointed to a presidential delegation attending an international conference in Berlin focused on anti-Semitism in Europe.

If previous researchers have seriously dented Arendt's case, Ms. Stangneth "shatters" it, said Deborah E. Lipstadt, a historian at Emory University and the author of a 2011 book about the Eichmann trial.

Deborah E. Lipstadt, professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory University, writes: "The telegram has arrived. Jews are worrying. It is time for those who value a free, democratic, open, multicultural and enlightened society to do so, too. This is not another Holocaust, but it's bad enough."

Deborah Lipstadt, Emory's Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, continues to campaign against Holocaust denial, and what she now perceives as the new anti-Israelism.

Holocaust historian and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt agrees that there is no time limit. "Just because they did this a long time ago doesn't mean they should be exonerated."

"I think what this guy has found could be a blockbuster," said Deborah Lipstadt, a Holocaust historian at Emory University. "I'm very anxious to see this book. I found it breathtaking in the audacity of the story it seems to be trying to tell."

Holocaust historian and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt agrees that there is no time limit. "Just because they did this a long time ago doesn't mean they should be exonerated," said Lipstadt.

Award-winning historian Deborah E. Lipstadt's 2011 book, "The Eichmann Trial," examines not only the trial but also the dramatic effect that Holocaust survivors' courtroom testimony had on a world that until then had commemorated the Holocaust without fully understanding what the victims and survivors actually had experienced. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University.

Deborah Lipstadt on NPR

Deborah Lipstadt on New York Times

Deborah Lipstadt on Charlie Rose

Deborah Lipstadt on Irish Times

Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt has been appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. President Barack Obama announced June 7 his intent to appoint her and other individuals to key posts in his administration.

Deborah Lipstadt on Los Angeles Times

Deborah Lipstadt on NPR

Deborah Lipstadt on New York Times

This trial would be important even if it weren¿t the 50th anniversary.

Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt's new book, The Eichmann Trial, is being released just prior to the 50th anniversary of the opening of the world's first internationally televised trial