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Lecture

David Herman
TS Eliot, Ezra Pound and Anti-Semitism

Thursday 22.01.2026

How to watch

This lecture starts on 22 January at 7:00pm (UK).

Summary

T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound were two of the greatest modernist poets of the early and mid-20th century. But there is a catch: both were terrible antisemites. How do we reconcile their great poetry with their antisemitism?

David Herman

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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.