JULY 16, 2009 ISSUE
Holocaust Symposium Begins July 19
Dr. Ken Waltzer, a professor of history at Michigan State University, is one of the speakers for the 8th annual Holocaust Symposium that runs from Sunday to Thursday, July 19 to 23. Photo submitted
ASU’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies presents the Martin and Doris Rosen “Remembering the Holocaust: A Summer Symposium for Educators and the Community” from Sunday to Thursday, July 19 to 23.
The 8th annual Holocaust Symposium events—which are all open to the public—will take place in Helen Powers room at the Broyhill Inn in Boone and all but the Jewish Meal with Friends are free. The symposium will provide approximately 40 hours of instruction, discussions and public programs for teachers, students and interested members of the community. Teachers who complete all 40 hours will receive four CEU units.
“I’m expecting this symposium to be one of our best yet, [and] many of the presentations could be of value to the public as well,” said Rennie Brantz, co-director of ASU’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies. “[I expect] between 30 and 50 people from the community to show up to hear certain points of the symposium.”
Brantz expects about 35 teachers from around North Carolina and one from Slovakia to attend the symposium.
Eastern European instructors who teach the Holocaust in their countries attend the symposium every year, and this results in “excellent discussion and discoveries,” Brantz said. “They bring a different perspective on things.”
Over the eight years of the symposium, more than 250 middle and high school teachers have networked, and often email new program ideas to each other, Brantz said.
“[The symposium is] making a difference in the way the Holocaust is presented in North Carolina,” he said.
Symposium speakers include Dr. Michael Berenbaum, founding director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.; Harry Reicher, a scholar-in-residence at Touro Law Center at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Dr. Peter Cohen, a professor of philosophy and religion at Clemson University; Dr. John Cox, an assistant professor of modern European history at Florida Gulf Coast University; Lee Holder, chair of the social studies department at North Lenoir High School; Mr. David Klevan, education manager in the division of outreach technology at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; Linda Scher, education coordinator for N.C. Council on the Holocaust; and Dr. Ken Waltzer, a professor of history at Michigan State University.
The 2009 Symposium is made possible by grants from Martin and Doris Rosen, the Leon Levine Foundation and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. - Rabbi Israel Miller Fund for Shoah Research, Documentation and Education.
For more information, click to www.holocaust.appstate.edu.
Schedule of Events
Sunday, July 19
Sessions on Jewish Culture and History, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., hosted by Dr. Peter Cohen, Ruth and Stan Etkin and Ben Fogel
Jewish Meal with the Friends, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., please call for reservations, $20
Monday, July 20
Opening Session/Agenda Overview, 8:30 to 9:15 a.m., hosted by Marilyn Ramo
Historical Overview of the Holocaust, 9:15 to 10:45, hosted by David Klevan
USHMM.org—Online Resources for Learning and Teaching about the Holocaust, 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., hosted by David Klevan
In the Mind of the Perpetrator, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m., hosted by Dr. Michael Berenbaum
Keynote Lecture: How Much More Do We Know About the Holocaust? What Are We Still Likely to Learn?, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., hosted by Dr. Michael Berenbaum
Tuesday, July 21
Film and the Holocaust, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., hosted by Linda Scher
Holocaust Survivor Testimony, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., hosted by Manfred Katz
Keynote Lecture: No One Ever Died Illegally in Auschwitz: The Nazis’ Obsession with Legalizing the Holocaust, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., hosted by Dr. Harry Reicher
Wednesday, July 22
Teacher Workshop, 8:45 to 10:30 a.m., hosted by Lee Holder, Dr. Zohara Boyd, Dr. Rennie Brantz and Dr. Rosemary Horowitz
Elie Wiesel and Night, 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., hosted by Dr. Zohara Boyd, Dr. Rennie Brantz and Dr. Rosemary Horowitz
Literature of the Holocaust, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., hosted by Lee Holder
Keynote Lecture: Children of Buchenwald, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., hosted by Dr. Ken Waltzer
Thursday, July 23
Using Survivor Testimony in the Classroom, 8:45 to 10:30 a.m., hosted by Dr. Rosemary Horowitz
Did They Fight Back? Jewish Resistance, Resilience and Survival Strategies During the Holocaust, 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., hosted by Dr. John Cox
Discussion of Simon Wiesenthal’s Sunflower, 1:00 to 2:15 p.m., hosted by Dr. Zohara Boyd, Dr. Rennie Brantz and Dr. Rosemary Horowitz
Legacy of the Holocaust Today, 2:15 to 3:00 p.m., hosted by Dr. John Cox
Closure, Recognitions, Graduation, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
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