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Offers Cannot be combined with other offers or previous purchases. 2121770 16 September 8 • 2016 A chemist, writer and argu- ably the most extraordinary and enigmatic voice of the Holocaust, Primo Levi was born in 1919 in Turin, Italy. A survivor of Auschwitz, liberated by the Red Army in 1945, Levi started writing poetry and prose that reflected his urge to bear witness, choos- ing to relate his story with the calm, rea- soned detachment — and gentle humor — of a scientist. His body of work includes essays, fiction and memoir, the most famous of which include Survival in Auschwitz (1947), The Reawakening (1965) and The Periodic Table (1975), named by Royal Institution of Great Britain on the short- list of the best science books ever. “I am a normal man with a good memory who fell into a maelstrom and got out of it more by luck than by virtue, and who from that time on has preserved a certain curiosity about maelstroms large and small, metaphorical and actual.” — Primo Levi, The Mirror Maker, Stories and Essays, 1985. “Primo Levi and the Memory of the Offense” will be the topic of a three-part lecture series from Federation’s FedEd, presented by University of Michigan Professor Emeritus Ralph Williams on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. starting Sept. 21 at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building in Bloomfield Township. Appearing for the first time as a spe- cial guest lecturer for FedEd, Williams is immensely popular among U-M students in the Department of English, Language and Literature. He is well known for his intellect, his showmanship and compelling lectures. A speaker of 15 languages, he specializes in Medieval and Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, literary theory, comparative literature and Biblical studies. Though his courses have covered a wide range of literature, from the Bible and Chaucer, the writing of Primo Levi continues to engage his curiosity and study. Here Williams offers some insights into his abiding interest in Primo Levi and what to expect from his lecture series. What prompted your interest in Primo Levi? Growing up in Canada, a gentile, I simply had not heard of the Shoah (Holocaust). When, after com- ing to the U.S., I did, it seemed to me to contradict everything most basic about us humans that my education had encouraged me to think — that to be human is to be, all things considered, humane; to be of humankind meant, all things considered, that we would and should be kindly. I was shaken to my depths and could not absorb it. I love Italian culture and was referred to Primo Levi’s works. I have found in him a great friend of the mind and spirit. He has one of the most honest, morally cleanest minds I know — a writer of great depth of feeling and lucid- ity of mind. How long have you been teaching the literature of Primo Levi? I have been teaching Levi’s works since the early 1990s. I wanted to discuss with the next generation the events and what those events mean about us as humans. How have your students responded University of Michigan U-M’s well-known Professor Ralph Williams to discuss the life and times of Primo Levi.