Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. Her academic career spans 40 years of research and writing. An accomplished author, Dr. Lipstadt’s book, “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier,” recounts the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving, who sued her in 1996 for calling him a Holocaust denier and right-wing extremist. The book was recently adapted into the blockbuster film, “Denial,” starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, and Timothy Spall.