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David Kertzer

@davidkertzer

Pulitzer Prize-winning author; anthropologist, historian, prof & former provost @BrownUniversity; @WatsonInstitute; books on politics & religion, Italy, Vatican

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Nice to see Random House this week plugging my recent three books alongside the three books by Pope Francis that Random House published

Nice to see Random House this week plugging my recent three books alongside the three books by Pope Francis that Random House published
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Long and thoughtful review of the recently published Spanish edition of my book, The Pope at War El Papa que se lavó las manos zendalibros.com/el-papa-que-se…

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Looking forward to this conversation with the talented historian Charles Gallagher about my book in this zoom event on April 1 “The Pope at War” Book Talk mjhnyc.org/events/pope-at… via MuseumJewishHeritage

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For those interested, the Museum of Jewish Heritage zoom discussion last night with Prof. Charles Gallagher, S.J. about my book, The Pope at War, is available on youtube at youtube.com/watch?v=9Z4F4R…

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Interesting that new pope chose Leo XIV & surprised that I end up being one of the few historians to have written a book (in part) on his namesake, Leo XIII (Prisoner of the Vatican). I assume 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum is at least part of reason the new pope chose this name.

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Glad to see the Times article on the new pope's namesake Leo XIII cite my various comments and my book Prisoner of the Vatican nytimes.com/2025/05/08/wor…

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NEW EPISODE! With Pius XII's archives finally opened, David Kertzer paints a new, dramatic portrait of what the pope did and did not do as war enveloped Europe from 1939 to 1945. ow.ly/KxXw50VrIqC

NEW EPISODE! With Pius XII's archives finally opened, David Kertzer paints a new, dramatic portrait of what the pope did and did not do as war enveloped Europe from 1939 to 1945. ow.ly/KxXw50VrIqC
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My thoughts on the election of the first American pope. Q&A with David Kertzer: What it means to have an American pope | Brown University brown.edu/news/2025-06-1…

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The Pope at War Part 1 with David Kertzer — On the Someone Talked #podcast, David Kertzer discusses new revelations about what Pope Pius XII did and did not do during World War II, based on newly opened Vatican archives. ow.ly/P4bh50W8y8m