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Memorial Day Holiday (Office Closed)
Memorial Day Holiday (Office Closed)
All Day
General
May 30, 2022 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
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A Life Before Auschwitz
A Life Before Auschwitz
11:00am - 12:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 1, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jun 1, 2022 at 12:30pm Leben? Oder Theater? (Life? Or Theater?) asks Berlin-born artist Charlotte Salomon in about 800 sophisticated, complex and haunting artworks that she created between 1940 and 1942. In her lecture, London-based art historian Monica Bohm-Duchen explores the multiple aspects of this sophisticated, complex and haunting work and reflects on its relevance for our own time. Click for more info
Using Photography to Teach the Holocaust
Using Photography to Teach the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 1, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Jun 1, 2022 at 3:00pm Yad Vashem educator, Dr. Rocco Giansante, will guide you on how to examine Holocaust photographs from the lens of the perpetrator versus that of the victim, and how to use them as effective primary sources in the classroom. Click for more info |
Nazi Imagery in East Asia: Hate, Ignorance, or Both?
Nazi Imagery in East Asia: Hate, Ignorance, or Both?
8:00am - 9:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 2, 2022 at 8:00am Ends Jun 2, 2022 at 9:00am The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy (ISGAP) is hosting a talk by Simon K. Li, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre for its Antisemitism in East and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective. Click for more info |
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Examining and Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture and Society - Mini Course
Examining and Responding to Antisemitism in American Culture and Society - Mini Course
All Day
Workshops
Jun 6, 2022 (All Day) Explore Echoes & Reflections resources to support teaching about the historical roots of antisemitism, its unique history in the United States, and gain the tools to help students become agents of change and allyship in their schools and communities. Click for more info |
Timeline of the Holocaust: Other Victim Groups
Timeline of the Holocaust: Other Victim Groups
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 7, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jun 7, 2022 at 4:00pm This Echoes & Reflections webinar will focus on the expanded resources on the timeline, which now includes entries examining the experiences of other victim groups, including the persecution of homosexuals, Sinti-Roma, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and people with disabilities. Click for more info |
Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
1:00pm - 4:00pm
(3h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 8, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 8, 2022 at 4:00pm Through Region 9 ESC, join a DHHRM Museum Educator for Secondary Learning in professional development session geared to social studies and ELAR educators, counselors, and librarians in grades 6-12. Click for more info
A History of Genocide
A History of Genocide
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 8, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 8, 2022 at 7:00pm Join the World Affairs Council and Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio as they dive into the heartbreaking history of genocide throughout the centuries. Click for more info |
Antisemitism with Chinese Characters
Antisemitism with Chinese Characters
8:00am - 9:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 9, 2022 at 8:00am Ends Jun 9, 2022 at 9:00am The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy (ISGAP) is hosting a talk by Tuvia Gering, China Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security in Jerusalem, Israel for its Antisemitism in East and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective. Click for more info
Social Studies: A Day With the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Social Studies: A Day With the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
9:00am - 3:00pm
(6h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 9, 2022 at 9:00am Ends Jun 9, 2022 at 3:00pm Region 8 ESC is proud to bring the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to northeast Texas. Click for more info
Traded to the Enemy: A Conversation with Wes Wesselhoeft
Traded to the Enemy: A Conversation with Wes Wesselhoeft
6:00pm - 8:30pm
(2h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 9, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 9, 2022 at 8:30pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to hear about Wes Wesselhoeft's internment in Crystal City, his life in Germany, and his eventual return to the United States. Click for more info
HMMSA Open House Receptions
HMMSA Open House Receptions
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Exhibits
Starts Jun 9, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 9, 2022 at 7:30pm HMMSA cordially invites you to join them at their upcoming Open House Receptions. Click for more info |
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 10, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 10, 2022 at 2:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on select Friday afternoons this summer to hear the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors. Click for more info |
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ABC's of Antisemitism: Literary Theory, Difference and Jewishness
ABC's of Antisemitism: Literary Theory, Difference and Jewishness
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 13, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jun 13, 2022 at 12:00pm The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy (ISGAP) is hosting a talk by Dr. Chloe Pinto, ISGAP Visiting Scholar in Critical Antisemitism Studies, Discrimination and Human Rights at the Woolf Institute, Cambridge, U.K. Click for more info |
Using Animations to Teach About the Holocaust
Using Animations to Teach About the Holocaust
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 14, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Jun 14, 2022 at 3:00pm In this Echoes & Reflections webinar, Yad Vashem educator Yoni Berrous will guide you through the effective approaches as well as the limitations of using animations in the classroom. Click for more info
Politics, Violence, and Memory: New Insights on the Holocaust from Social Science
Politics, Violence, and Memory: New Insights on the Holocaust from Social Science
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 14, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 14, 2022 at 7:00pm Learn how a new generation of social scientists is using new concepts, methods, and data to answer questions like these and shed new light on the causes and consequences of the Holocaust. Click for more info |
THGAAC June 2022 Quarterly Meeting
THGAAC June 2022 Quarterly Meeting
1:00pm - 4:00pm
(3h)
Commission Meetings
Starts Jun 15, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 15, 2022 at 4:00pm The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) is holding its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 beginning at 1:00 P.M. Click for more info |
Fighting Hate Speech: Global Perspectives
Fighting Hate Speech: Global Perspectives
8:00am - 9:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 16, 2022 at 8:00am Ends Jun 16, 2022 at 9:00am This event will highlight the activities in terms of teaching, research, and community engagement that are carried out in universities and colleges to counter hate speech on campus and beyond, and the contribution of the work of institutions of higher education to create awareness and change policies in this regard. Click for more info
Central European Jewish Refugees in Post-WWII Shangai
Central European Jewish Refugees in Post-WWII Shangai
8:00am - 9:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 16, 2022 at 8:00am Ends Jun 16, 2022 at 9:00am The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy (ISGAP) is hosting a talk by Kimberly Cheng, PhD Student in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, New York, U.S.A. as part of its Antisemitism in East and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective. Click for more info
Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Everyone in between: Examining Complicity and Responsibility
Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Everyone in between: Examining Complicity and Responsibility
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 16, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jun 16, 2022 at 4:00pm Join Echoes & Reflections Program Manager and co-developer of new units, to explore our revised lessons and assets on this topic, which include a focus on perpetrators, bystanders, and social responsibility as well as new testimony, primary sources, and photographs. Click for more info |
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: Teaching the Holocaust
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: Teaching the Holocaust
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 at 9:00am Ends Jun 17, 2022 at 4:00pm Through Region 7 ESC, join the education team at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for their annual Teaching the Holocaust summer workshop series. Click for more info |
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day
11:00am - 2:30pm
(3h 30m)
Commemorations
Starts Jun 18, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jun 18, 2022 at 2:30pm The Bullock Texas State History Museum and Austin Refugee Roundtable will host Austin's annual celebration of the United Nations' World Refugee Day this Saturday, June 18 from 11 am to 2:30 pm. The free event will be held at the Museum and will feature a naturalization ceremony, live music, samples of world cuisine, and family activities. Click for more info
Exploring the Holocaust Through the Arts
Exploring the Holocaust Through the Arts
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 18, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jun 18, 2022 at 12:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a half-day educator workshop on artwork of the Holocaust. Click for more info |
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2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
Emancipation Day (Juneteenth)
Emancipation Day (Juneteenth)
All Day
General
Jun 19, 2022 (All Day) Happy Juneteenth! Click for more info |
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Holocaust & Genocide Studies)
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Holocaust & Genocide Studies)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 20, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history. Click for more info |
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Holocaust & Genocide Studies)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 20, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history. Click for more info
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 21, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a four-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust, genocide and human rights. Click for more info |
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Holocaust & Genocide Studies)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 20, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history. Click for more info
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 21, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a four-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust, genocide and human rights. Click for more info
2022 First Person Series: Louise Lawrence-Israëls
2022 First Person Series: Louise Lawrence-Israëls
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 22, 2022 at 12:00pm Ends Jun 22, 2022 at 1:00pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn how, when Canadian forces liberated Amsterdam in May 1945, Louise Lawrence-Israëls overcame her fear and emerged into a world she didn’t know. Click for more info
Anne Frank: A Virtual Tour of the Secret Annex
Anne Frank: A Virtual Tour of the Secret Annex
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 22, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jun 22, 2022 at 4:00pm This Echoes & Reflections webinar offers a virtual tour of the Anne Frank House and exploration of online resources that can be used to prepare students to read and comprehend The Diary of a Young Girl within the larger historical framework of the Holocaust. Click for more info
HMMSA Open House Receptions
HMMSA Open House Receptions
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Exhibits
Starts Jun 22, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 22, 2022 at 7:30pm HMMSA cordially invites you to join them at their upcoming Open House Receptions. Click for more info |
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Holocaust & Genocide Studies)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 20, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history. Click for more info
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 21, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a four-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust, genocide and human rights. Click for more info
Book Talk: "The Ravine" by Dr. Wendy Lower
Book Talk: "The Ravine" by Dr. Wendy Lower
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 23, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 23, 2022 at 7:30pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the 2022 Gerald S. Kaplan Public Lecture featuring Dr. Wendy Lower. The author and historian will discuss her latest book, National Jewish Book award recipient "The Ravine: A Family, A Photograph, A Holocaust Massacre Revealed." Click for more info |
2022 Annual Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust
All Day
(8 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 17, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The 2022 Annual Faculty Seminar on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust will examine the multifaceted encounters between Black American Christians and Jews in both the United States and Europe from the 1920s to the present. Click for more info
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Holocaust & Genocide Studies)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 20, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 Join a community of history lovers in the 2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony. In this week-long program, participants will uncover the past and realize the importance of testimony in shaping our understanding of history. Click for more info
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jun 21, 2022 Ends Jun 24, 2022 The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a four-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust, genocide and human rights. Click for more info
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 24, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 24, 2022 at 2:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum on select Friday afternoons this summer to hear the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and hidden children, as well as second generation survivors. Click for more info |
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Teaching the Holocaust in Your Classroom
Teaching the Holocaust in Your Classroom
9:30am - 4:00pm
(6h 30m)
Workshops
Starts Jun 28, 2022 at 9:30am Ends Jun 28, 2022 at 4:00pm This Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) educational conference will focus on the history of the Holocaust and Holocaust pedagogy. Click for more info
Teaching with Testimony: Stories of Black American Liberators
Teaching with Testimony: Stories of Black American Liberators
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 28, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jun 28, 2022 at 4:00pm This Echoes & Reflections webinar examines the stories of Black GI’s featured in USC Shoah Foundation’s iWitness platform and Echoes & Reflections who liberated concentration camps, including Leon Bass and Paul Parks. Click for more info
A Symposium on Antisemitism
A Symposium on Antisemitism
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 28, 2022 at 7:00pm Ends Jun 28, 2022 at 9:00pm Join the Jewish Community Relations Council and Jewish Federation of San Antonio for a timely discussion about the recent wave of antisemitism in our community and across the country. Click for more info |
"Antisemitism and Critical Race Theory in America" with Eric K. Ward
"Antisemitism and Critical Race Theory in America" with Eric K. Ward
6:30pm - 7:30pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 29, 2022 at 6:30pm Ends Jun 29, 2022 at 7:30pm Eric K. Ward is a nationally-recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy. Click for more info
Religion and Genocide
Religion and Genocide
7:00pm - 8:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 29, 2022 at 7:00pm Ends Jun 29, 2022 at 8:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a panel discussion with Dr. Steven L. Jacobs, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama; Dr. Timothy Longman, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Boston University; and Dr. Kate E. Temoney, Assistant Professor of Religion at Montclair State University on the impact on and influence of religion in genocide. Click for more info |
Inspiring Upstanders with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Inspiring Upstanders with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
9:00am - 12:00pm
(3h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 30, 2022 at 9:00am Ends Jun 30, 2022 at 12:00pm Through Region 11 ESC, join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Educator for Elementary Learning in a professional development session geared to K-5 educators, counselors, and librarians. Click for more info
Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Teaching the Holocaust with the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
1:00pm - 4:00pm
(3h)
Workshops
Starts Jun 30, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Jun 30, 2022 at 4:00pm Through Region 11 ESC, join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum's Educator for Secondary Learning in a professional development session geared to social studies and ELAR educators, counselors, and librarians in grades 6-12. Click for more info
Navigating Documentary and Atrocity Photographs: A Conversation with Wendy Lower about "The Ravine"
Navigating Documentary and Atrocity Photographs: A Conversation with Wendy Lower about "The Ravine"
1:55pm - 2:55pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 30, 2022 at 1:55pm Ends Jun 30, 2022 at 2:55pm The event will be moderated by Beth Griech-Polelle. Click for more info
Managing Misinformation, Distortion, Denial and Free Speech in the Media and on College Campuses
Managing Misinformation, Distortion, Denial and Free Speech in the Media and on College Campuses
6:00pm - 7:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jun 30, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jun 30, 2022 at 7:00pm Nadine Strossen is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, emerita, at New York Law School and the author of Hate: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship. She is the former president of the American Civil Liberties Union. Click for more info |
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