August 13, 2008
Holocaust and Genocide Studies fall events
Below is a list of Fall 2008 events sponsored by the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. All events are free and open to the public and are followed by public receptions. Call 508-793-8897 for further information on any of these events.
Lecture
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
"In Search of an Arab Schindler"
Robert Satloff
Executive Director, The Washington Institute of Near East Policy
Tilton Hall, 2nd floor, Higgins University Center, 950 Main St., Worcester
7:30 p.m.
Lecture
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
"Jewish 'Headships' (Judenräte and Judenvereininungen): The Emergence and Application of an Administrative Concept in Nazi Anti-Jewish Policies
Dan Michman
Professor of Modern Jewish History and Chair, Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, Bar-Ilan University; Chief Historian, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
Rose Library, Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne Street, Clark University Campus
4 p.m.
Lecture
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
"Integrating the Holocaust into a European History of Violence
Donald Bloxam
Professor of Modern History, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Rose Library, Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne Street, Clark University Campus
4 p.m.
Lecture
Thursday, October 23, 2008
"Death and the Maydl: Jewish Femininity and the Denial of Beauty in the Art of Marc Chagall"
Olga Litvak, The Michael and Lisa Leffell Chair in Modern Jewish History, Clark University
Tilton Hall, 2nd floor, Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street, Worcester
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
A New Book: The Holocaust on German-Occupied Soviet Territory and the Response by Soviet Jewish Intellectuals
Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International; Associate, Davis Center for Eurasia and Russian Studies, Harvard University
Rose Library, Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne Street, Clark University campus
4 p.m.
The Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University is an exciting forum for education about the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and other genocides around the globe. Dedicated to teaching, research, and public service, the Center trains the Holocaust historians and genocide studies scholars of the future. The mission of the Center reaches beyond the boundaries of the University: to provide a lecture series free of charge and open to the public; to educate professionals of many fields about genocide and the Holocaust; to use scholarship to address current problems stemming from the murderous past; and to engage the world in which we live by providing an educated voice in the public arena.