Norman J.W. Goda, one of the nation’s foremost Holocaust scholars and the Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Florida, will deliver a public lecture at Youngstown State University at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in DeBartolo Hall, Room 132.

The lecture, titled “Is Israel Committing Genocide? A Skeptical Approach,” is co-sponsored by YSU’s Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies and the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation.

Goda, who received his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializes in modern European history with a focus on the Holocaust, war crimes trials and 20th century diplomacy. He teaches courses on the Holocaust and Nazi Germany from historical and interdisciplinary perspectives.

He is the author of several books, including “Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the Path toward America” (1998), “Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War” (2007) and “The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews” (2013). With Richard Breitman, he co-authored “U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis” (2005) and “Hitler’s Shadow: Nazi War Criminals, U.S. Intelligence, and the Cold War” (2010).

Goda has also edited two volumes of international essays: “Jewish Histories of the Holocaust: New Transnational Perspectives” (2014) and “Rethinking Holocaust Justice: Essays Across Disciplines” (2018). He served as lead editor on “To the Gates of Jerusalem: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1945–1947” (2014) and “Envoy to the Promised Land: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1948–1951” (2017), both published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

His research has been featured in The New York Times, the Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He has also consulted for the U.S. and German governments and for radio, television and film documentaries in the U.S., Europe and Israel.

The lecture is free and open to the public.