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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 |
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"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 |
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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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Independence Day (Office Closed)
Independence Day (Office Closed)
All Day
General
Jul 4, 2022 (All Day) The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed. Click for more info |
El Holocausto: El Abismo de la Humanidad
El Holocausto: El Abismo de la Humanidad
3:30pm - 4:30pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 5, 2022 at 3:30pm Ends Jul 5, 2022 at 4:30pm Curso online masivo y abierto para educadores sobre la historia del Holocausto Click for more info |
Judith and Gerson Leiber. A Life of Beauty, Love and Inspiration Lecture by Ann Fristoe Stewart
Judith and Gerson Leiber. A Life of Beauty, Love and Inspiration Lecture by Ann Fristoe Stewart
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 6, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jul 6, 2022 at 12:00pm Join the Fritz Ascher Society as Ann Fristoe Stewart gives a unique insight into the astonishing story of famed handbag designer Judith Leiber, a survivor of Hitler’s Europe who came to America and took the fashion accessory industry by storm, and of highly accomplished and creative artist Gerson Leiber, and speaks about the creativity, humanity, the love and the genius of Judith and Gerson Leiber. Click for more info
Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust
Justice, Life, and Memory After the Holocaust
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 6, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jul 6, 2022 at 4:00pm Join Echoes & Reflections Program Manager, Jesse Tannetta to examine their new unit which discusses the justice at Nuremberg, Eichmann’s trial, the advent of the term genocide, crimes against humanity, and Holocaust memorialization today. Click for more info |
Inspire Upstanders: Elementary Educators Professional Development
Inspire Upstanders: Elementary Educators Professional Development
9:00am - 3:00pm
(6h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 8, 2022 at 9:00am Ends Jul 8, 2022 at 3:00pm Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in their annual professional development for K-5 educators, counselors, and librarians. Click for more info |
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2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022 Ends Jul 15, 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
The Genocide Against the Tutsis and the Shoah
The Genocide Against the Tutsis and the Shoah
10:00am - 11:00am
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 11, 2022 at 10:00am Ends Jul 11, 2022 at 11:00am Join the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) for The Genocide Against the Tutsis and the Shoah: Exploring Genocide, Contemporary Genocide Denial, Hate Speech, Racism, and Antisemitism. Click for more info |
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022 Ends Jul 15, 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
Revealing the Stories behind the Artifacts
Revealing the Stories behind the Artifacts
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 12, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Jul 12, 2022 at 3:00pm The Artifacts Collection of Yad Vashem’s Museum is home to more than 27,000 items donated over the years by Holocaust survivors, their families, and various organizations. Sara Shor, Manager of the Artifacts Collection at Yad Vashem, will share the stories behind some of these precious items. Click for more info |
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022 Ends Jul 15, 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
Teaching about the Holocaust Using Student-Centered Approaches from the DHHRM
Teaching about the Holocaust Using Student-Centered Approaches from the DHHRM
8:30am - 3:30pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 13, 2022 at 8:30am Ends Jul 13, 2022 at 3:30pm Wondering how to incorporate Holocaust Remembrance Week into your classroom in age appropriate ways? Curious about best practices for teaching about the Holocaust? Join educators from the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a day of learning about the Holocaust. Click for more info |
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022 Ends Jul 15, 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
The Hidden Map
The Hidden Map
8:30pm - 10:00pm
(1h 30m)
Films
Starts Jul 14, 2022 at 8:30pm Ends Jul 14, 2022 at 10:00pm "The Hidden Map," an important documentary film by Ani Hovannisian, an American-Armenian granddaughter of exiled genocide survivors, is airing on PBS this July 14th & 16th. Click for more info |
2022 Upstander Institute: The Power of Testimony (Human & Civil Rights History)
All Day
(5 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 11, 2022 Ends Jul 15, 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
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 15, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Jul 15, 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 |
The Hidden Map
The Hidden Map
4:30pm - 6:00pm
(1h 30m)
Films
Starts Jul 16, 2022 at 4:30pm Ends Jul 16, 2022 at 6:00pm "The Hidden Map," an important documentary film by Ani Hovannisian, an American-Armenian granddaughter of exiled genocide survivors, is airing on PBS this July. Click for more info |
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Holocaust Remembrance Around the World: Czech Republic (Czechia)
Holocaust Remembrance Around the World: Czech Republic (Czechia)
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jul 17, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jul 17, 2022 at 12:00pm Join the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies as they tour the globe to meet and highlight those who promise to Never Forget, wherever they are in the world. Click for more info |
Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference
Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022 Ends Jul 21, 2022 Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics. Click for more info
Pre-War Jewish Life
Pre-War Jewish Life
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jul 18, 2022 at 4:00pm This webinar uses Echoes & Reflections' Prewar Jewish Life Unit I resources with a focus on testimonies from the USC-Shoah Foundation’s iWitness platform to examine primary sources like diary entries and photographs intended to paint a picture of the breadth and diversity of Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust. Click for more info |
Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022 Ends Jul 21, 2022 Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics. Click for more info
HMMSA Open House Receptions
HMMSA Open House Receptions
6:00pm - 7:30pm
(1h 30m)
Exhibits
Starts Jul 19, 2022 at 6:00pm Ends Jul 19, 2022 at 7:30pm HMMSA cordially invites you to join them at their upcoming Open House Receptions. Click for more info |
Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022 Ends Jul 21, 2022 Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics. Click for more info
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 20, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jul 20, 2022 at 12:00pm This event features a conversation between Rachel Stern and David de Jong, author of the landmark work of investigative journalism, which reveals the true story of how Germany’s wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich – and how America knowingly allowed these horrors to happen. Click for more info
2022 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen
2022 First Person Series: Rose-Helene Spreiregen
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 20, 2022 at 12:00pm Ends Jul 20, 2022 at 1:00pm Join the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to hear how Rose-Helene’s maturity and determination saved her grandmother’s life, and her own. Click for more info
Commemorating the Deportation Process
Commemorating the Deportation Process
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 20, 2022 at 2:00pm Ends Jul 20, 2022 at 3:00pm Echoes & Reflections will use this anniversary to discuss the deportation process using short films and primary sources including letters, testimonies and artwork. Liz Elsby, Yad Vashem educator, will guide you through this session. Click for more info |
Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference
All Day
(4 days)
Workshops
Starts Jul 18, 2022 Ends Jul 21, 2022 Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for the annual Candy Brown Holocaust and Human Rights Educator Conference with multiple teacher workshops and keynote speakers on the Holocaust and human rights related topics. Click for more info
Education after Genocide: Museums & Historically Marginalized Communities
Education after Genocide: Museums & Historically Marginalized Communities
12:00pm - 1:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 21, 2022 at 12:00pm Ends Jul 21, 2022 at 1:00pm The Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota will be hosting an exciting international conference featuring scholars and practitioners from around the world at "Education after Genocide: Shifting Approaches to Conflict, Prevention and Redress." Click for more info |
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Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 1
Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 1
8:30am - 3:30pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 26, 2022 at 8:30am Ends Jul 26, 2022 at 3:30pm ESC Regions 10 & 11 invite you to attend a two-day conference hosted on-site by the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. Click for more info
Hans von Trotha and "Pollak's Arm"
Hans von Trotha and "Pollak's Arm"
11:00am - 12:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 26, 2022 at 11:00am Ends Jul 26, 2022 at 12:00pm Join the Fritz Ascher Society to hear a lively presentation by Hans von Trotha, author of “Pollak’s Arm,” and a penetrating conversation between him and Georgetown University Professor Ori Z Soltes. Click for more info
The Holocaust in Film: "Three Minutes: A Lengthening"
The Holocaust in Film: "Three Minutes: A Lengthening"
3:00pm - 4:00pm
(1h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 26, 2022 at 3:00pm Ends Jul 26, 2022 at 4:00pm Explore the use of historical context as a key Echoes & Reflections pedagogical principle of effective Holocaust education by joining Program Manager Jen Goss and the director and collaborators of the new film, Three Minutes; A Lengthening Click for more info |
Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 2
Embedding Ethnic Studies - Day 2
8:30am - 3:30pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 27, 2022 at 8:30am Ends Jul 27, 2022 at 3:30pm ESC Regions 10 & 11 invite you to attend a two-day conference hosted on-site by the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. Click for more info
Engines of Change™ Teacher Training
Engines of Change™ Teacher Training
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 27, 2022 at 9:00am Ends Jul 27, 2022 at 4:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston’s Education Team for an empowering and inspiring teacher training! Click for more info |
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
Summer Survivor Speaker Series 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
(1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jul 29, 2022 at 1:00pm Ends Jul 29, 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 |
Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators
Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators
9:00am - 4:00pm
(7h)
Workshops
Starts Jul 30, 2022 at 9:00am Ends Jul 30, 2022 at 4:00pm Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust. Click for more info |
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