The Global Ghetto

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The Global Ghetto In ‘The Global Ghetto,’ a 2024 PIIRS Global Seminar, students visit museums a wailing wall while tracing the history of Jewish ghettos from their origins in 16th-century Italy to the Nazi era.

"The Global Ghetto,” a summer 2024 PIIRS Global Seminar, transported 13 Princeton students to Rome and Warsaw for six weeks of immersive instruction, during which they traced the history of Jewish ghettos from their origins in 16th-century Italy through the Nazi era.

“The students received an in-depth introduction to the history of the idea of the ghetto over five centuries, but they also came away with a greater understanding of how certain concepts, such as diaspora, racism, genocide and exploitation, have helped to shape the modern experience across societies,” said instructor Mitchell Duneier, the Gerhard R. Andlinger ’52 Professor of Social Science, chair of the sociology department and author of the 2016 book "Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea."