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THGAAC March 2026 Quarterly Meeting   View Event

  • Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 8:30am - 1:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commission Meetings
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 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 attending the meeting in person. An electronic copy of the agenda will be available here . A recording of the meeting will be available after March 4, 2026. 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. 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.

AJC in Conversation Featuring Political Analyst Van Jones   View Event

  • Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  N/A
  • Description:  Please join AJC in Conversation featuring Emmy Award Winning Political Analyst, Van Jones, in support of the critical work of American Jewish Committee in Dallas and around the globe. Contact: Leah Fradkin, fradkinl@ajc.org For more information, click here. 

UTD | Jaffe Lecture by Mark Celinscak: “Series of Concentric Circles: The Holocaust in Global Context”   View Event

  • Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 9:00am - 10:30am
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGA) 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
  • Description:  Dr. Mark Celinscak is the Louis and Frances Blumkin Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Executive Director of the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the author of the award-winning books, Kingdom of Night: Witnesses to the Holocaust and Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration Camp. He is also the co-editor of the recent volume, Global Approaches to the Holocaust: Memory, History, and Representation. He currently serves as co-chair of the Consortium of Higher Education Centers for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. For more information about the keynotes and conference schedule, visit the ASC homepage.

UTD | Barnett Lecture by Tali Nates: “Carrying the Story Forward: Intergenerational Witnessing from Schindler’s List to the 21st Century”   View Event

  • Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGA) 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
  • Description:  Please join UTD as Tali Nates presents the Mitchell L. and Miriam Lewis Barnett Lecture, entitled "Finding Hope Underground" in conjunction with the 56th Annual Scholars' Conference. There will be a pre-event reception at 6:30pm with the lecture starting at 7:15 p.m. Tali is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights. She has published many articles and contributed chapters to several books, among them God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015), Remembering the Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018), Conceptualizing Mass Violence, Representations, Recollections, and Reinterpretations (2021) and The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (2023). Tali has won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa, 2015), the Gratias Agit Award (2020, Czech Republic), the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (2021), the Goethe Medal (2022, Germany) and the Secretary of State International Religious Freedom Award (2023, USA). She serves on many Advisory Boards including that of the Interdisciplinary Academic Journal of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences, Monash University (IIEMSA), South Africa. Tali was one of the founders of the Holocaust and Tutsi Genocide Survivors groups in Johannesburg. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered. This event is being presented free of charge, but registration is requested via this link.