Events List
Below is list of upcoming events for your site.
List of Events
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Monday, February 12, 2024
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Workshops
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Interactive modules online
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Description:
Online course for a guided, facilitator-led exploration of Echoes & Reflections resources that support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism in today’s classrooms. Antisemitism did not fade after World War II, but it continues to rise. Course participation will give participants the tools needed to deliver thoughtful, engaging, and historically accurate lessons on contemporary antisemitism for students.
Course Details:
Program includes three interactive modules released over three weeks; approximately 6 hours to complete in total – FREEProceed at your own pace each week, be supported by an instructor, and enjoy interaction with other educatorsComplete all three modules for a 6-hour certificateFinal module includes additional time to complete optional final project for a 10-hour certificateGraduate credit available through the University of the Pacific. Please visit their site for more information.
Course Schedule:
Module I: Opens Monday, February 12thModule II: Opens Monday, February 19thModule III: Opens Monday, February 26thOptional Final Project: Due March 10th
Program Outcomes:
Learn about the comprehensive resources available in Echoes & Reflections to support the teaching of historical and contemporary antisemitism.Be introduced to a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust.Practice instructional strategies designed to help your students learn about the complex history of contemporary antisemitism that persists in their schools, communities, and the world.(Optional) Prepare a final project to take back to the classroom.Become part of a network of educators teaching about the Holocaust and genocide.
Click here to register for this course.
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Friday, March 1, 2024
at 11:00am -
12:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Livestreamed on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSn4kY65_w
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Description:
During World War II, Polish social worker Irena Sendler leveraged her vast network to smuggle food, medicine, and supplies into the Warsaw ghetto in German-occupied Poland—and smuggle Jewish children out. She relied on unconventional and dangerous methods to thwart the Nazis, including orchestrating the escape of infant Elżbieta Kopel (later Ficowska) in a small wooden box.
Nothing stopped Irena. She remained determined to save Jewish lives even after she was arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death. Join us to commemorate Women’s History Month by honoring Irena Sendler’s life and legacy.
GuestDr. Ewa Wampuszyc, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
HostDr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Watch live on YouTube.
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Saturday, March 2, 2024
(all day)
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General
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Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas
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Description:
The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas invites you to join fellow scholars March 2-4, 2024, as we celebrate the 54th anniversary of this important conference and continue the legacy established by Franklin H. Littell and Hubert G. Locke more than fifty years ago. This conference offers the opportunity to address the historical significance of the Holocaust through scholarship that is interfaith, international, and interdisciplinary.
The central theme of the 54th ASC is “There and Then, Here and Now.” This year’s conference invites presentations that look back on not only the history of the Holocaust but the ways in which its memory has been preserved and transmitted. Proposals on related topics from all disciplines are welcome. (Submissions are now closed, but you can see the Call for Papers here.)The below keynotes and other presentations during the conference are open to the public free of charge, but pre-registration is required.Michael and Elaine Jaffe Lecture
“The Legacy of the Holocaust by Bullets in Contemporary Mass Crimes and Genocides”
Sunday, March 3 at 9am
Presented by Marco Gonzalez, director of Yahad-In Unum, who has worked alongside Father Patrick Desbois for more than twenty years collecting evidence and testimonies of the “Holocaust by Bullets.”Mitchell L. and Miriam Lewis Barnett Lecture
“But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust”
Sunday, March 3 at 7pm
Presented by Dr. Charlotte Schallié, Professor of Germanic Studies and Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada).
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Sunday, March 3, 2024
at 9:00am -
10:30am
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
University of Texas at Dallas
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGA)
800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
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Description:
This event is part of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Marco Gonzalez, Executive Director of Yahad-In Unum, presents the Michael and Elaine Jaffe Lecture in conjunction with the 54th Annual Scholars' Conference.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
For more information about the keynotes and conference schedule, visit the ASC homepage. PARKINGParking is available at PS1. Follow the white "Ackerman Center Event" signs from the main entrance of the Univeristy. There will be a parking greeter there to help you.Click here for a map.
UTD strives to create inclusive and accessible events in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact the event coordinator (listed below) at least 10 business days prior to the event. If you have any additional questions, please email ADACoordinator@utdallas.edu and the AccessAbility Resource Center at accessability@utdallas.edu.
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Sunday, March 3, 2024
at 6:30pm -
8:30pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
University of Texas at Dallas
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGA)
800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
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Description:
Dr. Charlotte Schallié presents the Mitchell L. and Miriam Lewis Barnett Lecture in conjunction with the 5th Annual Scholars' Conference. There will be a pre-event reception at 6:30pm with the lecture starting at 7:15 p.m.
“But I Live”: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust (New Jewish Press, 2022), a collection of three graphic novellas, renders oral testimonies into distinct visual narratives. For each of the three novellas, a Holocaust survivor was paired with a comics artist to co-create a graphic narrative drawing on the survivors’ lived experience before, during, and after the Holocaust. In this presentation, Dr. Charlotte Schallié will provide insights into the process of co-creation, the notion of relational memory, and the importance of honoring reciprocity in survivor-led testimony sharing practices.
Charlotte Schallié is a Professor of Germanic Studies and Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada). Her teaching and research interests include memory studies, visual culture studies & graphic narratives, teaching and learning about the Holocaust, genocide and human rights education, community-engaged participatory research and arts-based action research. Together with Dr. Andrea Webb (UBC), she is the project co-director of a 7-year SSHRC-funded Partnership Grant entitled “Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education.”
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
For more information about the keynotes and conference schedule, visit the ASC homepage.
PARKINGParking is available at PS1. Follow the white "Ackerman Center Event" signs from the main entrance of the Univeristy. There will be a parking greeter there to help you.Click here for a map.
UTD strives to create inclusive and accessible events in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact the event coordinator (listed below) at least 10 business days prior to the event. If you have any additional questions, please email ADACoordinator@utdallas.edu and the AccessAbility Resource Center at accessability@utdallas.edu.
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Monday, March 4, 2024
(all day)
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General
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N/A
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Description:
HMMSA Reads: The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
The astonishing true story of Rudolf Vrba, the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world of a truth too few were willing to hear.
This is the story of a brilliant yet troubled man—a gifted “escape artist” who, even as a teenager, understood that the difference between truth and lies can be the difference between life and death. Rudolf Vrba deserves to take his place alongside Anne Frank, Oskar Schindler, and Primo Levi as one of the handful of individuals whose stories define our understanding of the Holocaust.
To register, click here.
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Monday, March 4, 2024
at 10:00am -
11:00am
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Speaking Engagements
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Zoom Webinar
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Description:
“Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust”
Professor Alexandra Zapruder, National Jewish Book Awardee; Author, “Salvaged Pages,” Monday 4 March 2024
To register click here.
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Monday, March 4, 2024
at 2:00pm -
3:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online webinar
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Description:
Have you heard the story of resistance by women prisoners at Auschwitz – a story still shrouded in mystery? In commemoration of Women's History Month please join Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director of Echoes from Yad Vashem, to hear the incredible story of the women who smuggled dynamite out of the factory where they were forced to work in order to stage armed resistance. This webinar connects with the Final Solution and Resistance lesson plans on the Echoes & Reflections website, and is the subject of a new Echoes podcast for students.
To register for this webinar, click here.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Zoom
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Description:
Join us on Zoom for our discussion of Beneath the Scarlet Sky.
Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager―obsessed with music, food, and girls―but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier―a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
Register here.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
at 9:00am -
1:00pm
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Commission Meetings
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Location:
RIDA Development Corp. office
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Description:
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission
(THGAAC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, March 6,
2024 beginning at 8:30AM. Every quarter the
THGAAC holds a meeting, open to
the public, in order to review its current projects and initiatives.
The Commission invites any member of the public who might be interested
in its mission to this meeting.
Members of the public will have access and a means to participate in
this meeting, by two-way audio/video, by connecting to the video access
number identified below, by attending the meeting in person, or by clicking on the link contained on the agency
website's event calendar. The video access number contained in this
notice is subject to change by the conference provider at any time.
Members of the public are encouraged to confirm the correct conference
access number/link 24 hours before the meeting by going to the agency
website. An electronic copy of the agenda is available here. A recording of the meeting will be available after March 6, 2024. To obtain a recording, please contact Joy Nathan, at 512.463.8815 or via e-mail.
For public participants, after the meeting convenes, the presiding
officer will call roll of board members and then of public attendees.
Please identify yourself by name and state whether you would like to
provide public comment. You may also e-mail Joy Nathan
in advance of the meeting if you would like to provide public comment.
When the Commission reaches the public comment portion of the meeting,
the presiding officer will recognize you by name and give you an
opportunity to speak. All public comments will be limited to three (3)
minutes. All virtual participants are asked to keep their microphones muted when they are not providing public comment.
Zoom Video Conference Meeting ID: 872 6955 2000
Registration can be completed here.
The Commission may discuss and/or take action on any of the items listed in the agenda.
Note: The Commission may go into executive session (close its meeting
to the public) on any agenda item if appropriate and authorized by the
Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
at 11:00am -
1:00pm
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Workshops
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Location:
Zoom
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Description:
Traces of a Jewish Artist:The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit (1888–1942)A Book Talk by Kerry Wallach, Gettysburg College
March 6, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
FREE
In this presentation, Gettysburg College professor and author Kerry Wallach will explore the life and work of Rahel Szalit (1888–1942; also: Szalit-Marcus). Szalit was a sought-after illustrator and painter who was active in 1920s Berlin and 1930s Paris.
Image above: Rahel Szalit-Marcus, The Drive to the Rabbi, in Milgroym, 1922. Lithograph.
Register for the event, here.
Rahel Szalit was among the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Berlin. She painted and drew landscapes, Berlin city scenes, animals, and portraits of women, children, and public figures. She produced numerous lithographs and worked in pen and ink, pencil, pastel, chalk, oil paint, and watercolors. Women figured prominently in many scenes, from small-town Jewish life to snapshots of the metropolis. Szalit’s fascinating life demonstrates how women artists gained access to Jewish and avant-garde movements (Expressionism, New Objectivity) by experimenting with different media and genres. This presentation situates Szalit with respect to her contemporaries and offers a close look at her art.
Born Rahel Markus into a traditional Jewish world in Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire), she came of age in Lodz, Poland. She moved to Munich in 1910 to study art. From 1916 until soon after the Nazis took power, Szalit lived in Berlin, where she became acquainted with Jakob Steinhardt and Ludwig Meidner. She made a name for herself with soulful, sometimes humorous illustrations of Jewish and world literature and published her work in the mainstream German and Jewish press. Around 1927, she became active in the Association of Women Artists in Berlin and exhibited alongside such artists as Käthe Kollwitz, Julie Wolfthorn, and Lotte Laserstein. Forced to start again in Paris as a refugee from Nazi Germany, she was fortunate to find a modest amount of success, though this, too, was soon cut short. After she was murdered in the Holocaust, Szalit was all but lost to history, and most of her paintings have been destroyed or gone missing.
Kerry Wallach is Associate Professor and Chair of German Studies and an affiliate of the Jewish Studies Program at Gettysburg College. She is the author of Traces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit (Penn State University Press, 2024) and Passing Illusions: Jewish Visibility in Weimar Germany (2017), and co-editor (with Aya Elyada) of German-Jewish Studies: Next Generations. She is also a co-editor of “German Jewish Cultures,” a book series published by Indiana University Press.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
at 7:00pm -
9:00pm
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Films
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Location:
LOOK Theater Dallas
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Description:
2023, 109 mins, In English & Czech
Directed by James Hawes
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
To order tickets, click here.
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Thursday, March 7, 2024
at 6:00pm -
7:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Virtually
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Description:
During World War II, approximately 1,000 Christian chaplains served the German military. What role did these Catholic priests and Protestant pastors play in the Holocaust? Drawing on a wide array of sources—chaplains' letters, military reports, Jewish testimonies, photographs, and popular culture—this lecture offers insight into how some Christian clergy advanced the cause of genocide in Nazi Germany.
View the live program virtually on YouTube.
Opening RemarksDr. Lisa Leff, Director, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
SpeakerDr. Doris Bergen, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies in the Department of History and the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto
ModeratorDr. Rebecca Carter-Chand, Director, Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Register here to receive a link to view the program.
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Monday, March 11, 2024
at 1:00pm -
2:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum
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Description:
This program is available virtually or in person.
Join DHHRM every afternoon during Spring Break to hear the testimonies of Holocaust Survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation Survivors.
About the Speaker
Rosian Zerner was born in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. When Germany invaded in 1941, Rosian and her family were confined to the Kovno Ghetto. When she was six, her parents helped her escape through a hole they dug under the ghetto fence. She was met by her father’s secretary and hidden by several rescuers before being liberated by Soviet troops in 1944.
There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. To register, click the "buy" button. If you would like to tour the Museum, normal admission fees apply.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
at 1:00pm -
3:00pm
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Speaking Engagements
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Location:
Online
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Description:
Izabella Tabarovsky is the Kennan Institute Senior Advisor on Regional Partnerships and Programming. She oversees the Institute’s regional partnerships and programming, its independent journalism initiatives, and its Historical Memory initiative. She manages the Kennan Institute’s Russia File, Focus Ukraine, and In Other Words blogs, and co-hosts its Russia File podcast. She has coordinated Kennan’s U.S.-Israel working group on Russia in the Middle East, Kennan’s alumni conferences, and other initiatives and events. Her research expertise includes politics of historical memory, Russia's independent media, the Holocaust, Stalin’s repressions, and Soviet and contemporary left antisemitism.
Further details are found here.
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