Lois mémorielles : l'indignation sélective de Pierre Nora
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
CLA Announces Search for New CHGS Director
Dear Friends and Supporters-
I will be stepping down as director of CHGS at the end of this academic year, as planned when I accepted the two-year position in June 2010. I am delighted to announce that the College of Liberal Arts has decided to convene a search for a new permanent director.
Being the director of CHGS has been a very rewarding experience for me. I would like to thank the staff of CHGS for all of their hard work in helping me further the mission of the Center. To our campus and community partners, thank you for all your warm support during my tenure.
I am convinced that CHGS will benefit immensely from having a permanent director who can carry forth the vision of founding director Stephen Feinstein. In the meantime, CHGS will continue its work in educating all sectors of society about the Holocaust and other genocides; it is my hope that you will continue to support us and the work we do. Please consult our website for upcoming programming and the latest resources and news.
I look forward to seeing you throughout the rest of the academic school year.
Bruno Chaouat
Posting: Director Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
I will be stepping down as director of CHGS at the end of this academic year, as planned when I accepted the two-year position in June 2010. I am delighted to announce that the College of Liberal Arts has decided to convene a search for a new permanent director.
Being the director of CHGS has been a very rewarding experience for me. I would like to thank the staff of CHGS for all of their hard work in helping me further the mission of the Center. To our campus and community partners, thank you for all your warm support during my tenure.
I am convinced that CHGS will benefit immensely from having a permanent director who can carry forth the vision of founding director Stephen Feinstein. In the meantime, CHGS will continue its work in educating all sectors of society about the Holocaust and other genocides; it is my hope that you will continue to support us and the work we do. Please consult our website for upcoming programming and the latest resources and news.
I look forward to seeing you throughout the rest of the academic school year.
Bruno Chaouat
Posting: Director Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The Leo Baeck Summer University in Jewish Studies Berlin, Humboldt University
The Leo Baeck Summer University in Jewish Studies, based at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, is open to international applications for the 2012 summer session (July 5 to August 17). The application deadline is January 15, 2012.
LBSU is accredited through the ECTS system; upon full completion of the program a student is eligible for 12 credit points.
The demanding academic program is composed of three modules dealing with Jewish history in Germany up to and after the Holocaust, as well as contemporary Jewish life in Germany. Morning lectures are augmented by afternoon excursions as well as meetings with local Jewish leaders and guest speakers from the world of art, media, politics and religion. In addition, LBSU offers the opportunity for students to network, exchange ideas with peers and to learn about modern Germany's confrontation with the Holocaust. In 2011, the program had 24 students with diverse religious and cultural backgrounds, coming from the USA, Canada, Israel, Germany, Poland, Romania and Turkey.
The cost for one student to attend the six-week program, including tuition, lodging and excursions, is 2,500 Euro (currently $3,378). We may have partial scholarships available; please ask.
Applicants must send the following as PDF files to info@lbsu.de by Jan. 15, 2012:
1) A brief curriculum vitae (name, age, citizenship, field of study, home university, description of previous experiences, internships, etc.)
2) A personal statement and letter of purpose
3) For non-native speakers of English, a statement from a professor or instructor attesting to your facility to read, speak and write in English
4) A letter of reference sent directly to LBSU by your academic advisor / professor as an attachment via e-mail
For more information, see our website (we are updating it for 2012). And don't hesitate to contact our academic director, Toby Axelrod, with questions about the program and your application: info@lbsu.de
All applicants will be notified by March 15, 2012.
LBSU is accredited through the ECTS system; upon full completion of the program a student is eligible for 12 credit points.
The demanding academic program is composed of three modules dealing with Jewish history in Germany up to and after the Holocaust, as well as contemporary Jewish life in Germany. Morning lectures are augmented by afternoon excursions as well as meetings with local Jewish leaders and guest speakers from the world of art, media, politics and religion. In addition, LBSU offers the opportunity for students to network, exchange ideas with peers and to learn about modern Germany's confrontation with the Holocaust. In 2011, the program had 24 students with diverse religious and cultural backgrounds, coming from the USA, Canada, Israel, Germany, Poland, Romania and Turkey.
The cost for one student to attend the six-week program, including tuition, lodging and excursions, is 2,500 Euro (currently $3,378). We may have partial scholarships available; please ask.
Applicants must send the following as PDF files to info@lbsu.de by Jan. 15, 2012:
1) A brief curriculum vitae (name, age, citizenship, field of study, home university, description of previous experiences, internships, etc.)
2) A personal statement and letter of purpose
3) For non-native speakers of English, a statement from a professor or instructor attesting to your facility to read, speak and write in English
4) A letter of reference sent directly to LBSU by your academic advisor / professor as an attachment via e-mail
For more information, see our website (we are updating it for 2012). And don't hesitate to contact our academic director, Toby Axelrod, with questions about the program and your application: info@lbsu.de
All applicants will be notified by March 15, 2012.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Commemorating Controversy: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
Speaker Series
January 4,5,10,17,24,26, 2012
4:00-5:30pm
Linnaeus Arboretum, Gustavus Adolphus College campus.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Jan 4
Dr. John Peacock
"War of Words: Writings by Dakota People In Their Own Language and Later in English During and After the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862."
Dr. John Peacock is Rinehart Critic-in-Residence and Professor of Language, Literature, and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. He is a former Wesleyan University Mellon Fellow, University of Antwerp Fulbright Lecturer, and grantee of the American Philosophical Society and the Montgomery Council Maryland Arts and Humanities Council. An enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation in Fort Totten, North Dakota, his writing in English and the endangered Dakota language has been exhibited at the Minnesota History Center and published in American Indian Quarterly and in Studies in American Indian Literatures.
Jan. 5
Glenn Wasicuna
"A Dakota Way of Life"
Glen Wasicuna is the Director of Dakota Studies, Tiospa Zina Tribal School for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Glenn has taught the Dakota language at tribal colleges, Gustavus Adolphus College, and served as a consultant to the University of Minnesota on the Dakota language. He was the Editor/Publisher of The Dakota Times, a Canadian newspaper, for more than a dozen years. He will discuss every day Dakota culture, customs, and world view.
Jan. 10
Dr. Gary Clayton Anderson
"The Dakota War Trials: Travesty of Justice or Reasonable Retribution."
Gary Clayton Anderson is George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma. He is considered the foremost historian on the US-Dakota War. His books include The Indian Southwest 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Reinvention, Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood , Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862, and Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862. Professor Anderson is currently working on a book on Indians and the Great Plains Wars, 1830-1890.
Jan.17
Thomas Maltman
"Based on a True Story: Researching a Controversial History to Create Fiction"
Thomas Maltman's essays, poetry, and fiction have recently been published in Georgetown Review, Great River Review, and Main Channel Voices, among other journals. He has a BA from Eastern Washington University and an MFA from Minnesota State University/Mankato. His debut novel, The Night Birds, was released by Soho Press in August of 2008 and won an Alex Award from the American Library Association. He is currently the Visiting Artist in Creative Writing at Normandale Community College. Thomas Maltman's forthcoming second novel, Little Wolves, is a contemporary mystery that takes place in the same prairie country as The Night Birds.
Jan. 24
Corinne Marz
"From the Acton Incident to the Internment Camp:Examining the aftermath in light of the war and its beginnings"
Researcher and author Corinne Monjeau-Marz has devoted her latest efforts to exploring the extraordinarily challenging and culturally catastrophic transition the Dakota people experienced during the time of early European settlement in Minnesota. Marz will share her recent research and discuss her work on "Alexander Ramsey's Words of War" from the first issue of Minnesota's Heritage magazine. She will also discuss her book, The Dakota Indian Internment at Fort Snelling, 1862-1864, as well as her contributions to Trail of Tears: Minnesota's Dakota Indian Exile Begins.
Jan. 26
Dr. Gwen Westerman-Wasicuna
"We Are Still Here"
Dr. Westerman serves as the Director of the Native American Literature Symposium, is the recipient of several prestigious grants, and has published widely on contemporary American Indian literature. She is a poet and artist and has published her poetry in "Yellow Medicine Review," "Water-Stone Review," and other journals; she has also displayed her quilts in many venues. Gwen Westerman-Wasicuna is an English professor at Minnesota State University-Mankato specializing in multi-cultural and Native American literature. Her lecture will focus on the lives of modern Dakota and their special place in Minnesota today.
For more information visit the Commemorating Controversy: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Speaker Series web page.
For documents, photos and other resources about the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 please visit the CHGS web page.
January 4,5,10,17,24,26, 2012
4:00-5:30pm
Linnaeus Arboretum, Gustavus Adolphus College campus.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Jan 4
Dr. John Peacock
"War of Words: Writings by Dakota People In Their Own Language and Later in English During and After the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862."
Dr. John Peacock is Rinehart Critic-in-Residence and Professor of Language, Literature, and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. He is a former Wesleyan University Mellon Fellow, University of Antwerp Fulbright Lecturer, and grantee of the American Philosophical Society and the Montgomery Council Maryland Arts and Humanities Council. An enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation in Fort Totten, North Dakota, his writing in English and the endangered Dakota language has been exhibited at the Minnesota History Center and published in American Indian Quarterly and in Studies in American Indian Literatures.
Jan. 5
Glenn Wasicuna
"A Dakota Way of Life"
Glen Wasicuna is the Director of Dakota Studies, Tiospa Zina Tribal School for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. Glenn has taught the Dakota language at tribal colleges, Gustavus Adolphus College, and served as a consultant to the University of Minnesota on the Dakota language. He was the Editor/Publisher of The Dakota Times, a Canadian newspaper, for more than a dozen years. He will discuss every day Dakota culture, customs, and world view.
Jan. 10
Dr. Gary Clayton Anderson
"The Dakota War Trials: Travesty of Justice or Reasonable Retribution."
Gary Clayton Anderson is George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma. He is considered the foremost historian on the US-Dakota War. His books include The Indian Southwest 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Reinvention, Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood , Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862, and Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862. Professor Anderson is currently working on a book on Indians and the Great Plains Wars, 1830-1890.
Jan.17
Thomas Maltman
"Based on a True Story: Researching a Controversial History to Create Fiction"
Thomas Maltman's essays, poetry, and fiction have recently been published in Georgetown Review, Great River Review, and Main Channel Voices, among other journals. He has a BA from Eastern Washington University and an MFA from Minnesota State University/Mankato. His debut novel, The Night Birds, was released by Soho Press in August of 2008 and won an Alex Award from the American Library Association. He is currently the Visiting Artist in Creative Writing at Normandale Community College. Thomas Maltman's forthcoming second novel, Little Wolves, is a contemporary mystery that takes place in the same prairie country as The Night Birds.
Jan. 24
Corinne Marz
"From the Acton Incident to the Internment Camp:Examining the aftermath in light of the war and its beginnings"
Researcher and author Corinne Monjeau-Marz has devoted her latest efforts to exploring the extraordinarily challenging and culturally catastrophic transition the Dakota people experienced during the time of early European settlement in Minnesota. Marz will share her recent research and discuss her work on "Alexander Ramsey's Words of War" from the first issue of Minnesota's Heritage magazine. She will also discuss her book, The Dakota Indian Internment at Fort Snelling, 1862-1864, as well as her contributions to Trail of Tears: Minnesota's Dakota Indian Exile Begins.
Jan. 26
Dr. Gwen Westerman-Wasicuna
"We Are Still Here"
Dr. Westerman serves as the Director of the Native American Literature Symposium, is the recipient of several prestigious grants, and has published widely on contemporary American Indian literature. She is a poet and artist and has published her poetry in "Yellow Medicine Review," "Water-Stone Review," and other journals; she has also displayed her quilts in many venues. Gwen Westerman-Wasicuna is an English professor at Minnesota State University-Mankato specializing in multi-cultural and Native American literature. Her lecture will focus on the lives of modern Dakota and their special place in Minnesota today.
For more information visit the Commemorating Controversy: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Speaker Series web page.
For documents, photos and other resources about the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 please visit the CHGS web page.
Deborah Lipstadt Lecture now available on CHGS Youtube Channel
Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University and author of internationally acclaimed books related to the Holocaust spoke on campus on Wednesday night, October 26 about Holocaust Denial: A New Form of Anti-Semitism and her recent critically acclaimed book The Eichmann Trial.
You can view the lecture by clicking here.
An audio interview with Dr. Lipstadt about Holocaust Denial and the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann Trial on Access Minnesota.
You can view the lecture by clicking here.
An audio interview with Dr. Lipstadt about Holocaust Denial and the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann Trial on Access Minnesota.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Dispute between Watenpaugh and Turkish-American group
As reported by Inside Higher Ed, Dr. Keith Watenpaugh, associate professor of religious studies at the University of California at Davis, has angered a Turkish-American group who reacted to an article about the historian's research that was published in the Davis alumni magazine by writing letters to university officials.
Dr. Watenpaugh gave a lecture sponsored by CHGS in April 2011. To watch a video of his talk, click here.
Dr. Watenpaugh gave a lecture sponsored by CHGS in April 2011. To watch a video of his talk, click here.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Special Film Screening- "As Seen Through These Eyes"
Sunday, December 4, 2:00 pm
Sabes Jewish Community Center
Directed by Hilary Helstein and narrated by Maya Angelou, As Seen Through These Eyes is a window into the surviving art and artists of the Holocaust. The film offers an incredible look at humanity's survival mechanism, regardless of race or religion. The eyes of the witnesses reveal the profound need to communicate at any cost
As Seen Through These Eyes features interviews with survivors who have given us something that history couldn't: a journal of the Holocaust as witnessed by those who through the very act of creating, risked their lives by doing what they were forbidden to do.
Introductory remarks by Jodi Elowitz,CHGS. Following the film, please join us for a gallery tour of the companion exhibition Art Survives: Expressions From the Holocaust.
Tickets: $10 ($8 Sabes JCC Premium and Community Members, Students)
To reserve tickets, contact 952-381-3499 or email at tickets@sabesjcc.org.
For more on Holocaust art visit CHGS Virtual Museum.
Sabes Jewish Community Center
Directed by Hilary Helstein and narrated by Maya Angelou, As Seen Through These Eyes is a window into the surviving art and artists of the Holocaust. The film offers an incredible look at humanity's survival mechanism, regardless of race or religion. The eyes of the witnesses reveal the profound need to communicate at any cost
As Seen Through These Eyes features interviews with survivors who have given us something that history couldn't: a journal of the Holocaust as witnessed by those who through the very act of creating, risked their lives by doing what they were forbidden to do.
Introductory remarks by Jodi Elowitz,CHGS. Following the film, please join us for a gallery tour of the companion exhibition Art Survives: Expressions From the Holocaust.
Tickets: $10 ($8 Sabes JCC Premium and Community Members, Students)
To reserve tickets, contact 952-381-3499 or email at tickets@sabesjcc.org.
For more on Holocaust art visit CHGS Virtual Museum.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Applications Being Taken for Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellow: A Bridge To History
The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program is a three week study trip
for students who are matriculated in graduate programs or are completing
undergraduate degrees in 2012 in Holocaust studies and related fields.
The Fellows Program will take place from July 1 through July 24, 2012.
The Application:
Applications can be found at:https://mjhnyc.wufoo.com/forms/auschwitz-jewish-center-fellows-program/
Completed applications must be received by January 17, 2012. Candidates will be informed of their status by February 29, 2012. For further information, please contact Shiri Sandler at AJC@mjhnyc.org.
For full details please visit the Jewish Museum web site.
for students who are matriculated in graduate programs or are completing
undergraduate degrees in 2012 in Holocaust studies and related fields.
The Fellows Program will take place from July 1 through July 24, 2012.
The Application:
Applications can be found at:https://mjhnyc.wufoo.com/forms/auschwitz-jewish-center-fellows-program/
Completed applications must be received by January 17, 2012. Candidates will be informed of their status by February 29, 2012. For further information, please contact Shiri Sandler at AJC@mjhnyc.org.
For full details please visit the Jewish Museum web site.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Jungle Theater Presents I Am My Own Wife
I Am My Own Wife
By Doug Wright
Directed by Joel Sass
Starring Bradley Greenwald
Now through December 18, 2011
The Jungle Theater
"Museum. Furniture. Men. This is the order in which I have lived my life." - Charlotte
The Jungle reunites actor Bradley Greenwald and director Joel Sass to tell the astounding true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. Collector of antiques, non-conformist, and guardian of the past, Charlotte survived the Nazi terror and the communist oppression of East Germany. What makes her story so extraordinary is that Charlotte von Mahlsdorf was a man, and lived her defiant, distinctive life adamantly on her own terms. One of the most popular shows the Jungle has produced, and winner of a 2006 IVEY Award for Performance. Not to be missed!
For tickets and information please click here.
Group rates for 10+, including student rates. Call Group Sales Manager Deb Sand at 612-278-0147.
By Doug Wright
Directed by Joel Sass
Starring Bradley Greenwald
Now through December 18, 2011
The Jungle Theater
"Museum. Furniture. Men. This is the order in which I have lived my life." - Charlotte
The Jungle reunites actor Bradley Greenwald and director Joel Sass to tell the astounding true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. Collector of antiques, non-conformist, and guardian of the past, Charlotte survived the Nazi terror and the communist oppression of East Germany. What makes her story so extraordinary is that Charlotte von Mahlsdorf was a man, and lived her defiant, distinctive life adamantly on her own terms. One of the most popular shows the Jungle has produced, and winner of a 2006 IVEY Award for Performance. Not to be missed!
For tickets and information please click here.
Group rates for 10+, including student rates. Call Group Sales Manager Deb Sand at 612-278-0147.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
"The Responsibility to Protect" The Hon. Lloyd Axworthy President of the University of Winnipeg
Tuesday, November 22, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Room 25, Law School, Mondale Hall, West Bank, University of Minnesota
Dr. Axworthy, a former Canadian Minister of External Affairs and Ambassador to the UN, served twice as President of the UN Security Council. He is know for his advocacy of an International Criminal Court, as a Champion of the "Responsibility to Protect" principle, and for his work on the abolition of land mines, for which he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
The rights of States traditionally trumped the rights of people. But in 2005 the United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved a fundamentally new concept of what sovereignty meant, declaring that it not only gave States certain rights, but also entailed the responsibility of States to protect their own citizens.
Further, the new doctrine stipulated that when States failed to uphold this responsibility, the international community, acting through the UN, had not only a right, but an obligation, to act in the interest of endangered populations and could even use force to do so, though only as a last resort, when all other means of peaceful intervention had been exhausted.
Laudable though the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine appears, it must be admitted that the international resolve to apply it has been wanting on multiple occasions. Why this is so and what can be done about the problem will be addressed by Dr. Axworthy during the course of his presentation.
Sponsoring organizations: Minnesota Chapter, Citizens for Global Solutions; United Nations Association of Minnesota; Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, Advocates for Human Rights; Canadian Consulate General, Minneapolis; Advocates for Human Rights; World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law; the Minnesota International Center; and the following units of the University of Minnesota: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights Center of the Law School, Human Rights Program of the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Political Science, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change.
Room 25, Law School, Mondale Hall, West Bank, University of Minnesota
Dr. Axworthy, a former Canadian Minister of External Affairs and Ambassador to the UN, served twice as President of the UN Security Council. He is know for his advocacy of an International Criminal Court, as a Champion of the "Responsibility to Protect" principle, and for his work on the abolition of land mines, for which he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
The rights of States traditionally trumped the rights of people. But in 2005 the United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved a fundamentally new concept of what sovereignty meant, declaring that it not only gave States certain rights, but also entailed the responsibility of States to protect their own citizens.
Further, the new doctrine stipulated that when States failed to uphold this responsibility, the international community, acting through the UN, had not only a right, but an obligation, to act in the interest of endangered populations and could even use force to do so, though only as a last resort, when all other means of peaceful intervention had been exhausted.
Laudable though the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine appears, it must be admitted that the international resolve to apply it has been wanting on multiple occasions. Why this is so and what can be done about the problem will be addressed by Dr. Axworthy during the course of his presentation.
Sponsoring organizations: Minnesota Chapter, Citizens for Global Solutions; United Nations Association of Minnesota; Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers, Advocates for Human Rights; Canadian Consulate General, Minneapolis; Advocates for Human Rights; World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law; the Minnesota International Center; and the following units of the University of Minnesota: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights Center of the Law School, Human Rights Program of the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Political Science, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Holocaust Survivor, Doctor Robert Fisch's "Metamorphosis to Freedom" Exhibition Now on Display
Now through December 5
Normandale Community College
9700 France Ave S
Bloomington, MN
"Metamorphosis to Freedom, " is an exhibition including paintings and prose by Dr. Robert O. Fisch, is a narrative of his personal journey from suppression to freedom and underscores the importance and privilege of being free.
For more information on the Normandale Community College showing please click here.
For more on Dr. Fisch please visit his CHGS web page.
Normandale Community College
9700 France Ave S
Bloomington, MN
"Metamorphosis to Freedom, " is an exhibition including paintings and prose by Dr. Robert O. Fisch, is a narrative of his personal journey from suppression to freedom and underscores the importance and privilege of being free.
For more information on the Normandale Community College showing please click here.
For more on Dr. Fisch please visit his CHGS web page.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Premiere theatrical production looks at life between friends in Nazi occupied Poland
Our Class
By Tadeusz Slobodzianek
October 29 - November 20, 2011
Minnesota Jewish Theater Company
It's Poland in 1925, and 10 young Jewish and Catholic children, all class mates, share their dreams of what they would like to be when they grow up. As the friends grow older, things in their small town change. Poland is first invaded by the Soviets and then the Nazis. A fervent nationalism develops and bitterness ensues. In a series of events, friends betray each other and violence escalates to an unimaginable end. Based on true events, Our Class explores human behavior with a captivating boldness.
Our Class
By Tadeusz Slobodzianek
In a version by Ryan Craig
Directed by Miriam Monasch
For tickets and more information click here.
By Tadeusz Slobodzianek
October 29 - November 20, 2011
Minnesota Jewish Theater Company
It's Poland in 1925, and 10 young Jewish and Catholic children, all class mates, share their dreams of what they would like to be when they grow up. As the friends grow older, things in their small town change. Poland is first invaded by the Soviets and then the Nazis. A fervent nationalism develops and bitterness ensues. In a series of events, friends betray each other and violence escalates to an unimaginable end. Based on true events, Our Class explores human behavior with a captivating boldness.
Our Class
By Tadeusz Slobodzianek
In a version by Ryan Craig
Directed by Miriam Monasch
For tickets and more information click here.
The Post Holocaust Golem: A Jewish Legend Returns
Dr. Elizabeth Baer
Wednesday, November 9
4:00p.m.
Room 710
Social Sciences Building
The Jewish legend of the golem tells of a clay man brought to life to serve as a heroic figure in the Jewish community of 16th century Prague. His story has been recounted in many texts yet the golem has also gone through long periods of dormancy in his history, only to be brought back to life in key moments within the Jewish experience.
Dr. Baer argues that contemporary Jewish-American writers have created golem stories as a re-imagining of text-centered Jewish traditions by appropriating, adapting, revising and riffing on older golem legends. Such appropriation, deploying the imagination to seek a better understanding of human nature, is crucial in light of the Holocaust experience under the Nazis. This presentation includes golems from novels, comic books, graphic narratives, and the X-Files.
Dr. Elizabeth Baer, Professor of English and Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her new book The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction from Wayne State University Press will appear in Spring 2012.
Event flier: Ebaerfin.pdf
Wednesday, November 9
4:00p.m.
Room 710
Social Sciences Building
The Jewish legend of the golem tells of a clay man brought to life to serve as a heroic figure in the Jewish community of 16th century Prague. His story has been recounted in many texts yet the golem has also gone through long periods of dormancy in his history, only to be brought back to life in key moments within the Jewish experience.
Dr. Baer argues that contemporary Jewish-American writers have created golem stories as a re-imagining of text-centered Jewish traditions by appropriating, adapting, revising and riffing on older golem legends. Such appropriation, deploying the imagination to seek a better understanding of human nature, is crucial in light of the Holocaust experience under the Nazis. This presentation includes golems from novels, comic books, graphic narratives, and the X-Files.
Dr. Elizabeth Baer, Professor of English and Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her new book The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction from Wayne State University Press will appear in Spring 2012.
Event flier: Ebaerfin.pdf
Monday, November 7, 2011
Ghost Stories: Five Writers Read Works on Historical Trauma
Tuesday, Nov 8, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis 55411
African- American, Hmong, Japanese-American, Jewish and White Earth Anishinabe writers explore how the stories of their parents, grandparents and historical communities impact the writers' own lives. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the writers examine the legacies of the Holocaust, war, racism and genocide.
The Readers: Carolyn Holbrook, Mai Neng Moua, Margie Newman, Marcie Rendon, Joan Maeda Trygg.
Admission: Five dollars includes a chapbook containing work by the five writers. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
This project was made possible, in part, with the support of Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, an initiative of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, and with the support of the St. Paul JCC.
This project is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
For further information contact: Mai Neng Moua, mainengmoua@comcast.net, 612 226 6046.
7:00 p.m.
Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis 55411
African- American, Hmong, Japanese-American, Jewish and White Earth Anishinabe writers explore how the stories of their parents, grandparents and historical communities impact the writers' own lives. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the writers examine the legacies of the Holocaust, war, racism and genocide.
The Readers: Carolyn Holbrook, Mai Neng Moua, Margie Newman, Marcie Rendon, Joan Maeda Trygg.
Admission: Five dollars includes a chapbook containing work by the five writers. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
This project was made possible, in part, with the support of Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, an initiative of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, and with the support of the St. Paul JCC.
This project is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
For further information contact: Mai Neng Moua, mainengmoua@comcast.net, 612 226 6046.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Harbin's Death Factory & Germ Warfare in the Asian Pacific
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Sunday Nov 6, 2011
Weyerhaeuser Hall
Macalester College
"Unit 731" or the "Death Factory" of the Imperial Japanese Army, located in Harbin in WWII, is little known to the general public today. In what was the world's largest research lab on germ and/or bio-chemical warfare, the Japanese carried out experiments on live human subjects, including Chinese civilians and American and Chinese POWs. In addition, some of the "germ bombs" were flown into the US by hot air balloons toward the end of the war. After the war, the US government took the majority of the "Unit 731" scientists to the US without prosecution for war crimes. This bio-chemical warare has been kept secret for many years, but American scholars are becoming interested in this "forbidden" topic.
Contact: Yue-Him Tam, tam@macalester.edu or 651-696-6262
This event is for: Alumni, Students, Staff, Faculty, Parents and Families and Public
Admission: free
Sunday Nov 6, 2011
Weyerhaeuser Hall
Macalester College
"Unit 731" or the "Death Factory" of the Imperial Japanese Army, located in Harbin in WWII, is little known to the general public today. In what was the world's largest research lab on germ and/or bio-chemical warfare, the Japanese carried out experiments on live human subjects, including Chinese civilians and American and Chinese POWs. In addition, some of the "germ bombs" were flown into the US by hot air balloons toward the end of the war. After the war, the US government took the majority of the "Unit 731" scientists to the US without prosecution for war crimes. This bio-chemical warare has been kept secret for many years, but American scholars are becoming interested in this "forbidden" topic.
Contact: Yue-Him Tam, tam@macalester.edu or 651-696-6262
This event is for: Alumni, Students, Staff, Faculty, Parents and Families and Public
Admission: free
Workshop Explores Childhood Memory as part of the Art Survives: Expressions from the Holocaust Exhibition
Seeing The World Through Art: Creating a Symbol from Your Childhood Memory
Workshop with David Feinberg
Sunday, October 30, 1-4:00 p.m.
Tychman Shapiro Gallery
Sabes JCC
Art is a way to investigate the world. During this workshop, create an artistic symbol from your childhood, using inspiration from the exhibit. Your symbol becomes your story and is expanded when shared and explored in a larger context. No artistic experience necessary, just an open mind!
For more information visit the Sabes JCC website.
Art Survives: Expressions from the Holocaust is on display through December 22, 2011.
This extraordinary exhibit showcases the work of five Holocaust survivors who use art as a means to approach all they witnessed. These artists created work during and following the Holocaust, and some still create art today. The colorful artwork created on the walls of the barracks and shreds of paper using coal and pieces of colored pencils are a testament to the human spirit, enduring against insurmountable odds.
Artist Biographies (PDF)
In loving memory of Stephen Feinstein by Susan Feinstein
For Artistic Responses to the Holocaust visit the CHGS Virtual Museum.
Art Survives Expressions from the Holocaust by Jodi Elowitz. Article TCJewfolk.com
Workshop with David Feinberg
Sunday, October 30, 1-4:00 p.m.
Tychman Shapiro Gallery
Sabes JCC
Art is a way to investigate the world. During this workshop, create an artistic symbol from your childhood, using inspiration from the exhibit. Your symbol becomes your story and is expanded when shared and explored in a larger context. No artistic experience necessary, just an open mind!
For more information visit the Sabes JCC website.
Art Survives: Expressions from the Holocaust is on display through December 22, 2011.
This extraordinary exhibit showcases the work of five Holocaust survivors who use art as a means to approach all they witnessed. These artists created work during and following the Holocaust, and some still create art today. The colorful artwork created on the walls of the barracks and shreds of paper using coal and pieces of colored pencils are a testament to the human spirit, enduring against insurmountable odds.
Artist Biographies (PDF)
In loving memory of Stephen Feinstein by Susan Feinstein
For Artistic Responses to the Holocaust visit the CHGS Virtual Museum.
Art Survives Expressions from the Holocaust by Jodi Elowitz. Article TCJewfolk.com
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Deborah Lipstadt Lecture Tonight at 7:00p.m. Coffman Theater
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) proudly presents the Bernard and Fern Badzin Lecture featuring Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University and author of internationally acclaimed books related to the Holocaust.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Coffman Theater, Coffman Memorial Union, on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Lipstadt will speak on Holocaust Denial: A New Form of Anti-Semitism and her recent critically acclaimed book The Eichmann Trial.
The event is free and open to the public; however, reservations are required. To reserve your tickets please click here or call the reservation line at 612-626-2587.
For parking and travel info please click here.
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at St. Cloud State University is the initiating sponsor of Deborah Lipstadt's visit to Minnesota.
University of Minnesota Sponsors: Institute for Global Studies, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, Program in Health and Human rights, Center for Jewish Studies, Human Rights Program, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch, and the Institute for Advanced Study
Community Sponsors: Jewish Community Relations Council, CHAIM Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota, St. Paul JCC, and the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
Dr. Lipstadt's new book, The Eichmann Trial, published by Schocken/Nextbook Series in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann trial, has been called by Publisher's Weekly, "a penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and its after effects." David Gergen of the Kennedy School has described it as "a powerfully written testimony to our ongoing fascination with the proceedings, the resonance of survivor tales, and how both changed our understanding of justice after atrocity."
Her book History On Trial: My Day in Court With a Holocaust Denier (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2005) is the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right wing extremist. The book won the 2006 National Jewish Book Award and was first runner up for the Koret Award. Her book Denying the Holocaust: the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (Free Press/Macmillan, 1993) is the first full length study of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust.
At Emory she created the Institute for Jewish Studies and was its first director from 1998-2008. She directs the website known as Holocaust Denial on Trial (HDOT) which contains answers to frequent claims made by deniers.
Lipstadt was a historical consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and helped design the section of the Museum dedicated to the American Response to the Holocaust. She was appointed by President Clinton to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council on which she served two terms. She was a member of its Executive Committee of the Council and chaired the Educational Committee and Academic Committee of the Holocaust Museum. On July 7, 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Lipstadt to the Council again.
She has taught at UCLA and Occidental College in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from City College of New York (1969) and her M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1976) from Brandeis University. Professor Lipstadt is frequently called upon by the media to comment on a variety of matters.
Tune in this weekend to Minnesota Access Radio for an interview with Deborah Lipstadt.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Coffman Theater, Coffman Memorial Union, on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Lipstadt will speak on Holocaust Denial: A New Form of Anti-Semitism and her recent critically acclaimed book The Eichmann Trial.
The event is free and open to the public; however, reservations are required. To reserve your tickets please click here or call the reservation line at 612-626-2587.
For parking and travel info please click here.
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at St. Cloud State University is the initiating sponsor of Deborah Lipstadt's visit to Minnesota.
University of Minnesota Sponsors: Institute for Global Studies, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, Program in Health and Human rights, Center for Jewish Studies, Human Rights Program, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch, and the Institute for Advanced Study
Community Sponsors: Jewish Community Relations Council, CHAIM Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnesota, St. Paul JCC, and the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
Dr. Lipstadt's new book, The Eichmann Trial, published by Schocken/Nextbook Series in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann trial, has been called by Publisher's Weekly, "a penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and its after effects." David Gergen of the Kennedy School has described it as "a powerfully written testimony to our ongoing fascination with the proceedings, the resonance of survivor tales, and how both changed our understanding of justice after atrocity."Her book History On Trial: My Day in Court With a Holocaust Denier (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2005) is the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right wing extremist. The book won the 2006 National Jewish Book Award and was first runner up for the Koret Award. Her book Denying the Holocaust: the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (Free Press/Macmillan, 1993) is the first full length study of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust.
At Emory she created the Institute for Jewish Studies and was its first director from 1998-2008. She directs the website known as Holocaust Denial on Trial (HDOT) which contains answers to frequent claims made by deniers.
Lipstadt was a historical consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and helped design the section of the Museum dedicated to the American Response to the Holocaust. She was appointed by President Clinton to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council on which she served two terms. She was a member of its Executive Committee of the Council and chaired the Educational Committee and Academic Committee of the Holocaust Museum. On July 7, 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Lipstadt to the Council again.
She has taught at UCLA and Occidental College in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from City College of New York (1969) and her M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1976) from Brandeis University. Professor Lipstadt is frequently called upon by the media to comment on a variety of matters.
Tune in this weekend to Minnesota Access Radio for an interview with Deborah Lipstadt.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Meet Eric Irivuzumugabe, author and Rwandan genocide survivor
Friday, October 28, 4:00 p.m.
University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.
Eric Irivuzumugabe, author and founder of Humura Ministries, will discuss his book My Father, Maker of The Trees: How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide, on Friday, October 28 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.
About the book: My Father, Maker of The Trees is Irivuzumugabe's story of physical survival and spiritual rebirth as he recounts his experiences during the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. Forced to spend fifteen days hiding in a cypress tree with little food or water to survive the worst of the attacks. Irivuzumugabe emerged determined to start a new life for himself and his two surviving brothers.
Irivuzumugabe is the founder of Humura Ministries, an organization that supports the orphans of genocide, through which he ministers to hundreds of fatherless children in need of hope.
Irivuzumugabe will sign copies of his book following the discussion.
University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.
Eric Irivuzumugabe, author and founder of Humura Ministries, will discuss his book My Father, Maker of The Trees: How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide, on Friday, October 28 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.
About the book: My Father, Maker of The Trees is Irivuzumugabe's story of physical survival and spiritual rebirth as he recounts his experiences during the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. Forced to spend fifteen days hiding in a cypress tree with little food or water to survive the worst of the attacks. Irivuzumugabe emerged determined to start a new life for himself and his two surviving brothers.
Irivuzumugabe is the founder of Humura Ministries, an organization that supports the orphans of genocide, through which he ministers to hundreds of fatherless children in need of hope.
Irivuzumugabe will sign copies of his book following the discussion.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Art Survives: Expressions from the Holocaust
October 10-December 22, 2011
Reception: Sunday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
Tychman Shapiro Gallery
Sabes JCC
This extraordinary exhibit showcases the work of five Holocaust survivors who use art as a means to approach all they witnessed. These artists created work during and following the Holocaust, and some still create art today. The colorful artwork created on the walls of the barracks and shreds of paper using coal and pieces of colored pencils are a testament to the human spirit, enduring against insurmountable odds.
This exhibit offers a rare opportunity to view the art of Samuel Bak, Alfred Kantor, Dina Gottliebova Babbitt and Ela Weissberger on loan from the Gotthelf Art Gallery San Diego Center in La Jolla, California. Additionally, this exhibit includes work from local survivor Lucy Smith.
Artist Biographies (PDF) art-survives-bios.pdf
In loving memory of Stephen Feinstein by Susan Feinstein
Related Events:
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
Remarks by Jodi Elowitz, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, U of M followed by a reception and gallery tour.
Seeing The World Through Art: Creating a Symbol from Your Childhood Memory
Workshop with David Feinberg
Sunday, October 30, 1-4:00 p.m.
Art is a way to investigate the world. During this workshop, create an artistic symbol from your childhood, using inspiration from the exhibit. Your symbol becomes your story and is expanded when shared and explored in a larger context. No artistic experience necessary, just an open mind!
For more information visit the Sabes JCC website.
For Artistic Responses to the Holocaust visit the CHGS Virtual Museum.
Art Survives Expressions from the Holocaust. Article TCJewfolk.com
Reception: Sunday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
Tychman Shapiro Gallery
Sabes JCC
This extraordinary exhibit showcases the work of five Holocaust survivors who use art as a means to approach all they witnessed. These artists created work during and following the Holocaust, and some still create art today. The colorful artwork created on the walls of the barracks and shreds of paper using coal and pieces of colored pencils are a testament to the human spirit, enduring against insurmountable odds.
This exhibit offers a rare opportunity to view the art of Samuel Bak, Alfred Kantor, Dina Gottliebova Babbitt and Ela Weissberger on loan from the Gotthelf Art Gallery San Diego Center in La Jolla, California. Additionally, this exhibit includes work from local survivor Lucy Smith.
Artist Biographies (PDF) art-survives-bios.pdf
In loving memory of Stephen Feinstein by Susan Feinstein
Related Events:
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
Remarks by Jodi Elowitz, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, U of M followed by a reception and gallery tour.
Seeing The World Through Art: Creating a Symbol from Your Childhood Memory
Workshop with David Feinberg
Sunday, October 30, 1-4:00 p.m.
Art is a way to investigate the world. During this workshop, create an artistic symbol from your childhood, using inspiration from the exhibit. Your symbol becomes your story and is expanded when shared and explored in a larger context. No artistic experience necessary, just an open mind!
For more information visit the Sabes JCC website.
For Artistic Responses to the Holocaust visit the CHGS Virtual Museum.
Art Survives Expressions from the Holocaust. Article TCJewfolk.com
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
CHGS Photo Exhibit: Maxine Rude Displaced Europe 1945-1946 on display at the Holocaust Memorial and Resource Education Center of Florida
November 1- January 12, 2012
The Holocaust Memorial and Resource Education Center of Florida are displaying the work of photographer Maxine Rude. Rude was a photographer for the United States Army and then for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). The organization was formed to help the approximately 21 million people displaced throughout war-torn Europe.
The CHGS owned exhibit consists of Rude's 69 Original photographs of the DP-Displaced Persons camps for Jews and other nationalities established in Germany and Austria at the end of World War II.
The center is located in Maitland Florida and is dedicated to combating anti-Semitism, racism and prejudice with the ultimate goal of developing a moral and just community through its extensive outreach of educational and cultural programs. Using the lessons of the Holocaust as a tool, the Center teaches the principles of good citizenship to thousands of people of all ages, religions and backgrounds each year.
For more information on the exhibit in Florida please click here.
For Maxine Rude please visit her CHGS web page.
The Holocaust Memorial and Resource Education Center of Florida are displaying the work of photographer Maxine Rude. Rude was a photographer for the United States Army and then for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). The organization was formed to help the approximately 21 million people displaced throughout war-torn Europe.
The CHGS owned exhibit consists of Rude's 69 Original photographs of the DP-Displaced Persons camps for Jews and other nationalities established in Germany and Austria at the end of World War II.
The center is located in Maitland Florida and is dedicated to combating anti-Semitism, racism and prejudice with the ultimate goal of developing a moral and just community through its extensive outreach of educational and cultural programs. Using the lessons of the Holocaust as a tool, the Center teaches the principles of good citizenship to thousands of people of all ages, religions and backgrounds each year.
For more information on the exhibit in Florida please click here.
For Maxine Rude please visit her CHGS web page.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Laughing with Traumas: Humor about the Holocaust in Contemporary German and Israeli Popular Culture
A Talk by Ofer Ashkenazi, Ph.D.
Wednesday, October 19
11:45-1p.m.
Room 1210 Heller Hall
The talk examines comic references to the Holocaust in contemporary Israeli and German mainstream culture. Ashkenazi will argue that during the last two decades, Holocaust-related humor has been often used as a means to criticize the fundamental premises of the political discourse in these countries.
In blurring the boundaries between the sacred and the mundane, it provided an alternative language for the discussion of the return of the past as a culturally mediated trauma. The endeavor to represent the Holocaust, and to display its 'meaning,' has been an essential element in post-1945 Western culture.
In numerous works dedicated to this effort scholars have documented and analyzed its role in the formation of current 'trauma-cultures,' in which mediated traumas have become key components of collective identities (as well as popular commodities). For various reasons, these studies tend to focus on somber - often melodramatic -images and narratives, which aim to envisage Holocaust reality "as it was," or could have been. Such inquiries have a particular importance in the examination of popular culture in Israel and Germany, where the memory of the Holocaust still determines not only the national self-perception but also the national and international politics.
A close look at the mainstream culture of these countries since the early 1990s, however, reveals a flood of humorous references to the Holocaust and its iconography (in television shows, films, popular magazines, and file-sharing Internet-sites). In analyzing this phenomenon, Ashkenazi will argue that rather than ridiculing or denying the horrors of the Holocaust, these references often work to expose the (political) implications of the current trauma-culture and warn against its exploitation.
Sponsored by the History Department, University of Minnesota
Wednesday, October 19
11:45-1p.m.
Room 1210 Heller Hall
The talk examines comic references to the Holocaust in contemporary Israeli and German mainstream culture. Ashkenazi will argue that during the last two decades, Holocaust-related humor has been often used as a means to criticize the fundamental premises of the political discourse in these countries.
In blurring the boundaries between the sacred and the mundane, it provided an alternative language for the discussion of the return of the past as a culturally mediated trauma. The endeavor to represent the Holocaust, and to display its 'meaning,' has been an essential element in post-1945 Western culture.
In numerous works dedicated to this effort scholars have documented and analyzed its role in the formation of current 'trauma-cultures,' in which mediated traumas have become key components of collective identities (as well as popular commodities). For various reasons, these studies tend to focus on somber - often melodramatic -images and narratives, which aim to envisage Holocaust reality "as it was," or could have been. Such inquiries have a particular importance in the examination of popular culture in Israel and Germany, where the memory of the Holocaust still determines not only the national self-perception but also the national and international politics.
A close look at the mainstream culture of these countries since the early 1990s, however, reveals a flood of humorous references to the Holocaust and its iconography (in television shows, films, popular magazines, and file-sharing Internet-sites). In analyzing this phenomenon, Ashkenazi will argue that rather than ridiculing or denying the horrors of the Holocaust, these references often work to expose the (political) implications of the current trauma-culture and warn against its exploitation.
Sponsored by the History Department, University of Minnesota
Monday, October 10, 2011
Ron Rosenbaum on Alvin Rosenfeld's The End of the Holocaust
Faustian Bargain
The singular horror of the Holocaust is being lost in exchange for enshrining rare moments of inspiration and universal narratives of suffering
The singular horror of the Holocaust is being lost in exchange for enshrining rare moments of inspiration and universal narratives of suffering
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Art Exhibition "A Hole In Time" unites a local artist and Holocaust survivor to tell the story of pre-war Jewish Poland
August 31 - October 16
Special Artist Reception
Tuesday, October 4, 7:00 pm.
St. Paul JCC
Susan Weinberg, an internationally exhibited artist, combines her passion for genealogy and cultural history in this two-part exhibit "A Hole in Time," developed through a partnership with local Holocaust survivor and educator Dora Zaidenweber and "The Silence Speaks Loudly" inspired by time spent in Vilnius,Lithuania.
"A Hole in Time" is a unique partnership forged through a connection both women have to Radom, Poland. Dora was fifteen and living in Radom when the war broke out. She survived both Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen. Susan's grandfather emigrated from Radom in the early1900s, leaving behind a large extended family that later perished in the Holocaust.
The exhibit contains Weinberg's paintings based on the community prior to the war, stories she collected, and photographs that Dora's family saved through the Holocaust by hiding them in their shoes. In Poland there is a growing interest in the pre-war Jewish community, and in April 2011 Susan and Dora traveled to Radom for the opening of this exhibition where they shared their story with local residents.
"The Silence Speaks Loudly," recounts the time Weinberg spent in Vilnius, Lithuania learning Yiddish. In Lithuania, the discomfort associated with what happened to the Jews in wartime manifests itself in silence. Weinberg's paintings give a voice to the stories that reside in that silence.
Meet the artist: Artist Reception
Tuesday, October 4 • 7pm
Weinberg will speak about her artwork and Dora Zaidenweber will join her in talking about their recent visit to Radom, Poland. Together through art, they will tell the story of pre-war Jewish life.
For more information, contact Jeffrey Richman, Jewish cultural arts director,
651.255.4752, jrichman@stpauljcc.org.
To learn more about Dora Zaidenweber visit her page on the CHGS website.
Read the article: Weinberg's art illuminates Jewish history, AJW 9-14-2011
Special Artist Reception
Tuesday, October 4, 7:00 pm.
St. Paul JCC
Susan Weinberg, an internationally exhibited artist, combines her passion for genealogy and cultural history in this two-part exhibit "A Hole in Time," developed through a partnership with local Holocaust survivor and educator Dora Zaidenweber and "The Silence Speaks Loudly" inspired by time spent in Vilnius,Lithuania.
"A Hole in Time" is a unique partnership forged through a connection both women have to Radom, Poland. Dora was fifteen and living in Radom when the war broke out. She survived both Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen. Susan's grandfather emigrated from Radom in the early1900s, leaving behind a large extended family that later perished in the Holocaust.
The exhibit contains Weinberg's paintings based on the community prior to the war, stories she collected, and photographs that Dora's family saved through the Holocaust by hiding them in their shoes. In Poland there is a growing interest in the pre-war Jewish community, and in April 2011 Susan and Dora traveled to Radom for the opening of this exhibition where they shared their story with local residents.
"The Silence Speaks Loudly," recounts the time Weinberg spent in Vilnius, Lithuania learning Yiddish. In Lithuania, the discomfort associated with what happened to the Jews in wartime manifests itself in silence. Weinberg's paintings give a voice to the stories that reside in that silence.
Meet the artist: Artist Reception
Tuesday, October 4 • 7pm
Weinberg will speak about her artwork and Dora Zaidenweber will join her in talking about their recent visit to Radom, Poland. Together through art, they will tell the story of pre-war Jewish life.
For more information, contact Jeffrey Richman, Jewish cultural arts director,
651.255.4752, jrichman@stpauljcc.org.
To learn more about Dora Zaidenweber visit her page on the CHGS website.
Read the article: Weinberg's art illuminates Jewish history, AJW 9-14-2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Art Exhibition: The Old Wooden Synagogues of Lithuania
Friday, September 23 - Friday, December 30, 2011
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library
210 Rapson Hall
Artist Joyce Ellen Weinstein
Wooden synagogues that were constructed from the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century once dotted the landscape of Lithuania as well as Western Europe. Today only 23 remain in the world, eight in Lithuania. Based on visits to the remote villages in Lithuania and conversing with the villagers who still reside there, artist Joyce Ellen Weinstein's photographs, paintings, and artist books illustrate the history, documentation, and memories of these old world structures.
Exhibit Coordinator
Deborah Ultan Boudewyns
This event is free and open to the public.
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library
210 Rapson Hall
Artist Joyce Ellen Weinstein
Wooden synagogues that were constructed from the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century once dotted the landscape of Lithuania as well as Western Europe. Today only 23 remain in the world, eight in Lithuania. Based on visits to the remote villages in Lithuania and conversing with the villagers who still reside there, artist Joyce Ellen Weinstein's photographs, paintings, and artist books illustrate the history, documentation, and memories of these old world structures.
Exhibit Coordinator
Deborah Ultan Boudewyns
This event is free and open to the public.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Conference My Letter to the World: Narrating Human Rights Featuring a Lecture by Philip Gourevitch
Monday, October 10, 2011
Coffman Theater, Coffman Memorial Union
Conference 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Esther Freier Lecture by Philip Gourevitch 7:30 p.m.
"My Letter to the World: Narrating Human Rights" will be held on Monday, October 10, 2011, at the University of Minnesota to bring together a diverse group of writers, scholars, journalists, field workers, psychologists and others concerned with telling the stories of human rights abuses, genocide and atrocity across a historical and contemporary range of cultures and circumstances. In broad terms, the conference links literary work (specifically, memoir and the first person voice) with human rights testimony, scholarship and field work.
Co-hosted by the Human Rights Program, and the Creative Writing Program of the University of Minnesota.
"Salvage: Writing About Aftermaths from Rwanda to Abu Ghraib and Beyond"
Philip Gourevitch's harrowing nonfiction account of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families, won the 1998 National Book Critics' Circle Award. The long-time staff writer for The New Yorker has also published The Ballad of Abu Ghraib (2008) and A Cold Case (2001). Gourevitch edited The Paris Review from 2005 to 2010.
Free & open to the public. Sponsored by the Esther Freier Endowed Lectures in Literature and the one-day conference "My Letter to the World: Narrating Human Rights."
Sponsored by the Human rights Program and the Department of English
Co-sponsored by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
For more information and the complete schedule please click here.
Coffman Theater, Coffman Memorial Union
Conference 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Esther Freier Lecture by Philip Gourevitch 7:30 p.m.
"My Letter to the World: Narrating Human Rights" will be held on Monday, October 10, 2011, at the University of Minnesota to bring together a diverse group of writers, scholars, journalists, field workers, psychologists and others concerned with telling the stories of human rights abuses, genocide and atrocity across a historical and contemporary range of cultures and circumstances. In broad terms, the conference links literary work (specifically, memoir and the first person voice) with human rights testimony, scholarship and field work.
Co-hosted by the Human Rights Program, and the Creative Writing Program of the University of Minnesota.
"Salvage: Writing About Aftermaths from Rwanda to Abu Ghraib and Beyond"
Philip Gourevitch's harrowing nonfiction account of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families, won the 1998 National Book Critics' Circle Award. The long-time staff writer for The New Yorker has also published The Ballad of Abu Ghraib (2008) and A Cold Case (2001). Gourevitch edited The Paris Review from 2005 to 2010.
Free & open to the public. Sponsored by the Esther Freier Endowed Lectures in Literature and the one-day conference "My Letter to the World: Narrating Human Rights."
Sponsored by the Human rights Program and the Department of English
Co-sponsored by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
For more information and the complete schedule please click here.
Friday, September 9, 2011
New MA program in Holocaust Studies
The University of Haifa is pleased to announce the opening of the MA program in Holocaust Studies that will be taught in English, for 2012-2013 academic year.
This is the only graduate program in Holocaust Studies that is taught in Israel and is unique in its multidisciplinary curriculum and approach. It is dedicated to the creation and nurturing of a new generation of Holocaust researchers. Its aim is to provide them with a well rounded curriculum from a wide variety of disciplines and subjects (history, social psychology, anthropology, genocide and international law, literature and more), diverse methodologies and essential languages.
The program is an international one, gathering students from all over the world, for 3 semesters in Israel. Our collaborations with Holocaust archives in Israel, Germany and Poland offer the students the opportunity visit those archives in the framework of study tours, to conduct research based on primary sources and to acquire expertise in writing research papers.
The program is headed by Prof. Arieh J. Kochavi, head of the Strochlitz Institute for Holocaust Studies at the University of Haifa, a prolific and prominent scholar of World War II, diplomatic history of the 20th century, refugees and displaced persons in Europe and prisoners of war.
For more information please read the attached file.
PIRSu (1).pdf
This is the only graduate program in Holocaust Studies that is taught in Israel and is unique in its multidisciplinary curriculum and approach. It is dedicated to the creation and nurturing of a new generation of Holocaust researchers. Its aim is to provide them with a well rounded curriculum from a wide variety of disciplines and subjects (history, social psychology, anthropology, genocide and international law, literature and more), diverse methodologies and essential languages.
The program is an international one, gathering students from all over the world, for 3 semesters in Israel. Our collaborations with Holocaust archives in Israel, Germany and Poland offer the students the opportunity visit those archives in the framework of study tours, to conduct research based on primary sources and to acquire expertise in writing research papers.
The program is headed by Prof. Arieh J. Kochavi, head of the Strochlitz Institute for Holocaust Studies at the University of Haifa, a prolific and prominent scholar of World War II, diplomatic history of the 20th century, refugees and displaced persons in Europe and prisoners of war.
For more information please read the attached file.
PIRSu (1).pdf
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Lucien Philipe Moretti Lithographs on display at St. Paul Church
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in St. Paul is displaying THE ART OF LUCIEN MORETTI: OCCUPATION OF PARIS in September as part of "Blessed are the Peace-Makers" month.
This series relates to the occupation of France by the Germans in World War II. Some scenes are lyrical, while others focus on the chaos of war and the victimization of the Jews.
The 13 works are on loan from CHGS and are on view at the Gloria Dei Art Gallery.
For more information on the exhibition please click here or contact Susan Gangl at 651-699-5355.
For more on CHGS art exhibitions for loan or to rent please visit CHGS Art for Loan or Rent page.
This series relates to the occupation of France by the Germans in World War II. Some scenes are lyrical, while others focus on the chaos of war and the victimization of the Jews.
The 13 works are on loan from CHGS and are on view at the Gloria Dei Art Gallery.
For more information on the exhibition please click here or contact Susan Gangl at 651-699-5355.
For more on CHGS art exhibitions for loan or to rent please visit CHGS Art for Loan or Rent page.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Internships now available at the Galicia Jewish Museum
The Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, Poland is looking for interns.
For more information please read the attached file.
Galicia Jewish Museum internship programme.pdf
For more information please read the attached file.
Galicia Jewish Museum internship programme.pdf
Thursday, September 1, 2011
New criticisms imply that Jews and Israel are manipulating the Holocaust for political advantage
Michigan professor to discuss 'latest thing' in anti-Semitism
American Jewish World article featuring Dr. Gabriel Noah Brahm, Jr.
Brahm's lecture, "Holocaust Envy & "Enjoyment" of the Holocaust
The "latest Thing" in anti-Semitism will take place on campus. 9-15-2011.
American Jewish World article featuring Dr. Gabriel Noah Brahm, Jr.
Brahm's lecture, "Holocaust Envy & "Enjoyment" of the Holocaust
The "latest Thing" in anti-Semitism will take place on campus. 9-15-2011.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Submit a Community Event
In an effort to better publicize community events on our website and on our listserv, we have created a Community Events form. If you are a non-campus organization planning an event or program related to our mission, please submit this form for review.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Help CHGS Rebuild Our Website
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is in the process of rebuilding our website. Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey. We value your input, and appreciate your support.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities
On August 4, President Obama announced two important steps to prevent mass atrocities: the creation of a standing inter-agency Atrocities Prevention Board and a proclamation barring serious human rights violators from entering the United States.
PRESIDENTIAL STUDY DIRECTIVE/PSD-10
PRESIDENTIAL STUDY DIRECTIVE/PSD-10
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Two Opinions on Anti-Semitism and Academia
Can universities study anti-Semitism honestly?
Op/Ed by Walter Reich, former director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
An Academic War Zone
Op/Ed by Jonathan Judaken, professor of history at the University of Memphis. Prof. Judaken will be a featured speaker in the Twin Cities in April 2012. Watch for more details soon.
Op/Ed by Walter Reich, former director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
An Academic War Zone
Op/Ed by Jonathan Judaken, professor of history at the University of Memphis. Prof. Judaken will be a featured speaker in the Twin Cities in April 2012. Watch for more details soon.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Turkish court sentences hardliner in slain Armenian journalist case.
The assassin of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is sentenced.
The assassin of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is sentenced.
Voices From Congo: The Road Ahead
Live webcast on Tuesday, July 26 starting at 9:30 a.m. EST on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
The stakes for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the coming months are very high, not only for the country but also for the region. Preparations for elections scheduled for November are inadequate, political intimidation and violence are increasing, and human rights violations continue.
We invite you to join us for a unique conference that will bring to Washington a Congolese perspective on the current political and human rights situation and help inform U.S. policy on Congo with constructive ideas and recommendations.
This event is cosponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Eastern Congo Initiative. It is made possible in part by the Helena Rubinstein Fund.
The stakes for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the coming months are very high, not only for the country but also for the region. Preparations for elections scheduled for November are inadequate, political intimidation and violence are increasing, and human rights violations continue.
We invite you to join us for a unique conference that will bring to Washington a Congolese perspective on the current political and human rights situation and help inform U.S. policy on Congo with constructive ideas and recommendations.
This event is cosponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Eastern Congo Initiative. It is made possible in part by the Helena Rubinstein Fund.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Genocide expert calls on Israel to put Armenian suffering before politics
Israel Charny calls for Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide. From Haaertz.
Israel Charny calls for Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide. From Haaertz.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Watch free online world premiere of Raindrops Over Rwanda
Monday, July 18, 2011
SnagFilms
The genocide against Tutsi, during which more than one million people were killed in three months, happened less than a generation ago. The country still struggles to come to grips with the legacy of ethnic cleansing as both victims and perpetrators work towards unity and reconciliation.
Please contribute to these heroic efforts by watching the FREE online world premiere of RAINDROPS OVER RWANDA, a short film about the genocide and work of the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda. Help RAINDROPS OVER RWANDA get 50,000 views on July 18, 2011 and Explore.org will donate up to $50,000 to the Kigali Memorial Centre to fund crucial education programs.
Watch the film by clicking here.
SnagFilms
The genocide against Tutsi, during which more than one million people were killed in three months, happened less than a generation ago. The country still struggles to come to grips with the legacy of ethnic cleansing as both victims and perpetrators work towards unity and reconciliation.
Please contribute to these heroic efforts by watching the FREE online world premiere of RAINDROPS OVER RWANDA, a short film about the genocide and work of the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda. Help RAINDROPS OVER RWANDA get 50,000 views on July 18, 2011 and Explore.org will donate up to $50,000 to the Kigali Memorial Centre to fund crucial education programs.
Watch the film by clicking here.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
In Sudan, Say 'Never Again,' And Mean It
A Genocide Scholar Looks at Jewish Obligation
Op/Ed by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen in the Jewish Daily Forward
A Genocide Scholar Looks at Jewish Obligation
Op/Ed by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen in the Jewish Daily Forward
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Enemies of the People Available for Download on iTunes
The award-winning documentary about the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields is now available for download on iTunes.
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain largely unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who lost his family in the conflict and spends a decade gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath and co-director Rob Lemkin record shocking testimony never before seen or heard.
You can also watch an interview with filmmaker Rob Lemkin on PBS's series Behind the Lens.
Educators, click here for a film discussion guide to use in the classroom.
CHGS has more information about the Cambodian genocide available here.
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain largely unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who lost his family in the conflict and spends a decade gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath and co-director Rob Lemkin record shocking testimony never before seen or heard.
You can also watch an interview with filmmaker Rob Lemkin on PBS's series Behind the Lens.
Educators, click here for a film discussion guide to use in the classroom.
CHGS has more information about the Cambodian genocide available here.
Saul Kagan Claims Conference Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) is offering a limited number of fellowships for Ph.D. candidates pursuing studies of the Holocaust.
The Kagan Fellowship Program of the Claims Conference supports graduate students who are completing dissertations in Holocaust Studies. The academic committee chooses a new cohort of 5 to 7 students annually.
Fellowships are awarded to outstanding candidates with a strong personal commitment to Shoah memory, who have demonstrated excellence in academic achievement, and who possess the potential to provide outstanding professional leadership that will shape the future of Shoah awareness.
The application deadline is January 25, 2012. Applicants are notified of decisions in May. Fellows gather in July for a workshop in a major international Holocaust research center.
See the Claims Conference website for application criteria.
For more information, contact Lori.Schor@claimscon.org
The Kagan Fellowship Program of the Claims Conference supports graduate students who are completing dissertations in Holocaust Studies. The academic committee chooses a new cohort of 5 to 7 students annually.
Fellowships are awarded to outstanding candidates with a strong personal commitment to Shoah memory, who have demonstrated excellence in academic achievement, and who possess the potential to provide outstanding professional leadership that will shape the future of Shoah awareness.
The application deadline is January 25, 2012. Applicants are notified of decisions in May. Fellows gather in July for a workshop in a major international Holocaust research center.
See the Claims Conference website for application criteria.
For more information, contact Lori.Schor@claimscon.org
Friday, July 8, 2011
News from Africa
Rwanda: Dutch Court Sentences Genocide Suspect to Life
Article about Joseph Mpambara's sentencing, All Africa.com
South Sudan, the Newest Nation, Is Full of Hope and Problems
Article about South Sudan's independence, New York Times
Article about Joseph Mpambara's sentencing, All Africa.com
South Sudan, the Newest Nation, Is Full of Hope and Problems
Article about South Sudan's independence, New York Times
Friday, July 1, 2011
Ghost Stories: Five Writers Read Works on Historical Trauma
Thursday, July 14, 2011, 6 PM
Amherst H. Wilder Center
451 Lexington Pkwy N, St. Paul
African- American, Hmong, Japanese-American, Jewish and White Earth Anishinabe writers explore how the stories of their parents, grandparents and historical communities impact the writers' own lives. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the writers examine the legacies of the Holocaust, war, racism and genocide.
A facilitated discussion will follow.
The Readers: Carolyn Holbrook, Mai Neng Moua, Margie Newman, Marcie Rendon, Joan Maeda Trygg.
Admission: Five dollars includes a chapbook containing work by the five writers. Refreshments will be served.
For further information contact Margie Newman at 612-532-7238, margienewman@comcast.net
Amherst H. Wilder Center
451 Lexington Pkwy N, St. Paul
African- American, Hmong, Japanese-American, Jewish and White Earth Anishinabe writers explore how the stories of their parents, grandparents and historical communities impact the writers' own lives. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the writers examine the legacies of the Holocaust, war, racism and genocide.
A facilitated discussion will follow.
The Readers: Carolyn Holbrook, Mai Neng Moua, Margie Newman, Marcie Rendon, Joan Maeda Trygg.
Admission: Five dollars includes a chapbook containing work by the five writers. Refreshments will be served.
For further information contact Margie Newman at 612-532-7238, margienewman@comcast.net
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Summer Institute on Human Rights
Institute on Human Rights Education and Advocacy
July 18 - July 22, 2011
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Twin Cities,West Bank
Cost: $75
The Human Rights Program of the University of Minnesota is holding the institute to introduce participants to the theory and practice of international human rights in the world today.
This institute is available to K-12 educators, community college faculty, educational administrators, and individuals seeking training in human rights advocacy. Advance registration is required.
This institute is designed to introduce participants to the theory and practice of international human rights in the world today. The course will first provide an overview of the international laws that define human rights and the mechanisms designed to enforce human rights, and will analyze some contemporary issues in human rights. During the second part of the institute, participants will engage directly in applying human rights concepts and strategies to their work as advocates or as educators. These advocacy sessions will use tactical mapping to visualize the systemic causes of human rights violations and then design strategic approaches to prevent violations.
Additional instructors include Professor Karina Ansolabere, Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Mexico, and Nancy Pearson, Program Director of New Tactics, a project of the Center for Victims of Torture.
All programs will be held on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota. Information regarding the location, parking, and materials will be mailed to registered participants two weeks prior to the start of the institute.
Teachers from outside the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area are eligible to stay in on-campus housing. Each institute has a limited number of housing scholarship available to teachers on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Molly McCoy at mccoy019@umn.edu for application.
July 18 - July 22, 2011
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Twin Cities,West Bank
Cost: $75
The Human Rights Program of the University of Minnesota is holding the institute to introduce participants to the theory and practice of international human rights in the world today.
This institute is available to K-12 educators, community college faculty, educational administrators, and individuals seeking training in human rights advocacy. Advance registration is required.
This institute is designed to introduce participants to the theory and practice of international human rights in the world today. The course will first provide an overview of the international laws that define human rights and the mechanisms designed to enforce human rights, and will analyze some contemporary issues in human rights. During the second part of the institute, participants will engage directly in applying human rights concepts and strategies to their work as advocates or as educators. These advocacy sessions will use tactical mapping to visualize the systemic causes of human rights violations and then design strategic approaches to prevent violations.
Additional instructors include Professor Karina Ansolabere, Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Mexico, and Nancy Pearson, Program Director of New Tactics, a project of the Center for Victims of Torture.
All programs will be held on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota. Information regarding the location, parking, and materials will be mailed to registered participants two weeks prior to the start of the institute.
Teachers from outside the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area are eligible to stay in on-campus housing. Each institute has a limited number of housing scholarship available to teachers on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Molly McCoy at mccoy019@umn.edu for application.
Will there be Justice? The complexities of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
At Opening of Cambodia War Crimes Trial, Anger, Doubt and Suspicion Linger
Time Magazine article on the trial.
The truth about the Khmer Rouge is too big for one court case
Opinion piece written by Cambodian journalist and genocide survivor, Thet Sambath filmmaker of Enemies of the People.
Khmer Rouge Defendant Challenges Genocide Tribunal
Defendants claim they have already been convicted and pardoned.
Time Magazine article on the trial.
The truth about the Khmer Rouge is too big for one court case
Opinion piece written by Cambodian journalist and genocide survivor, Thet Sambath filmmaker of Enemies of the People.
Khmer Rouge Defendant Challenges Genocide Tribunal
Defendants claim they have already been convicted and pardoned.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Eva Schloss: Anne Frank's step-sister remembers the Holocaust
Short video clip featuring Eva Schloss talking about her experiences during the Holocaust.
Short video clip featuring Eva Schloss talking about her experiences during the Holocaust.
Cambodia Teaches New Generation About Khmer Rouge Atrocities
A video report produced by University of California, Berkeley's School of Journalism students Jake Schoneker and Mark Oltmanns on PBS News Hour.
A video report produced by University of California, Berkeley's School of Journalism students Jake Schoneker and Mark Oltmanns on PBS News Hour.
Eichmann on Trial
Exhibition on the Eichmann trial now on display at the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris.
Exhibition on the Eichmann trial now on display at the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris.
Review of Books
A New Approach to the Holocaust
Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale and currently a fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna reviews four new books on the Holocaust in the June issue of the New York Review of Books.
Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale and currently a fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna reviews four new books on the Holocaust in the June issue of the New York Review of Books.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Featured Gallery Walk artists present "We're In America Now"
"We're in America Now" A Visual Memoir
Wednesday, June 22, 7:30pm
St. Paul JCC
Free and open to the community
Join Fred Amram, Holocaust survivor and professor emeritus, University of Minnesota and his wife, textile artist Sandra Brick, as they delve into the ideas represented in their Gallery Walk exhibit "We're In America Now." The exhibit showcases Amram's prose relating his experiences in Nazi Germany and his coming to America alongside Brick's textile translations of Amram's writing. The couple will explore how visual and literary arts intersect, how one inspires the other, and how both are inspired by life. Together Amram's prose and Brick's textiles speak to the events and emotions of growing up as an outsider.
"We're in America Now" A Visual Memoir, is on display now through June 26. For more information please contact the St. Paul JCC at 651-698-0751.
Flyer for the event in (PDF): Flyer.2-1.pdf
Wednesday, June 22, 7:30pm
St. Paul JCC
Free and open to the community
Join Fred Amram, Holocaust survivor and professor emeritus, University of Minnesota and his wife, textile artist Sandra Brick, as they delve into the ideas represented in their Gallery Walk exhibit "We're In America Now." The exhibit showcases Amram's prose relating his experiences in Nazi Germany and his coming to America alongside Brick's textile translations of Amram's writing. The couple will explore how visual and literary arts intersect, how one inspires the other, and how both are inspired by life. Together Amram's prose and Brick's textiles speak to the events and emotions of growing up as an outsider.
"We're in America Now" A Visual Memoir, is on display now through June 26. For more information please contact the St. Paul JCC at 651-698-0751.
Flyer for the event in (PDF): Flyer.2-1.pdf
Friday, May 27, 2011
Hate in the Past Tense: Understanding the Origins of Armenian Genocide Denial
You can still watch Keith David Watenpaugh's lecture "Hate in the Past Tense: Understanding the Origins of Armenian Genocide Denial as a Problem of Contemporary Reconciliation" on the CHGS YouTube channel CHGSumn.
A permanent link to the lecture is also available on our Armenian Genocide web page.
"Thoughts on Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: A Talk at the University of Minnesota." Now available
"Thoughts on Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: A Talk at the University of Minnesota." by Jeffrey Mehlman
On April 13, Jeffrey Mehlman presented "Thoughts on Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: A Talk at the University of Minnesota." Prof. Mehlman's appearance was sponsored by University's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies as part of its "Alternative Narratives or Denial?" lectures.You can read the paper by clicking on the link below.
Mehlman on Agamben 413011.pdf
Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive by Giorgio Agamben.
Monday, May 9, 2011
A FILM UNFINISHED now streaming on Netflix and available for loan from CHGS
A FILM UNFINISHED is a film of enormous import, documenting some of the worst horrors of our time and exposing the efforts of its perpetrators to propel their agenda and cast it in a favorable light.
Educators, a study guide is available for download in (PDF).
2FilmUnfinishedGuide-FormatRevised_pat_11_16_nb-1.pdf
You may borrow the film from CHGS beginning Thursday, May 12. Please contact Laura Lechner by email lech0045@umn.edu or phone at 612-624-0256 to learn how you can reserve a copy.
Régine Waintrater's "Testimony: Genocide and Transmission" available to view online
On March 28, 2011 Régine Waintrater presented a paper entitled "Testimony: Genocide and Transmission" at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Waintrater's appearance was sponsored by University's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
CHGS is pleased to announce its new YouTube Channel, CHGSumn, where you can view her lecture. A print version in of the talk is availableTestimony Genocide and Transmission.pdf.
Régine Waintrater is a psychoanalyst, family therapist, and an associate professor at the Université Paris 7-Diderot. Her practice as a therapist is critical of the ideology of testimony as catharsis. Waintrater has been involved in the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University Library, and in the USC Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, two important projects of testimony collection. She is the author of Sortir du genocide (Out of Genocide: Testifying to Learn to Live Again).
Further Reading (including some of the sources cited in the lecture):
Améry, Jean. At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities.
Delbo, Charlotte. Days and Memory.
Hatzfeld, Jean. Into the Quick of Life.
Langer, Lawrence. Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory.
Levi, Primo. The Drowned and the Saved.
Levi, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz.
Ricoeur, Paul. Oneself as Another.
On March 28, 2011 Régine Waintrater presented a paper entitled "Testimony: Genocide and Transmission" at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Waintrater's appearance was sponsored by University's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.CHGS is pleased to announce its new YouTube Channel, CHGSumn, where you can view her lecture. A print version in of the talk is availableTestimony Genocide and Transmission.pdf.
Régine Waintrater is a psychoanalyst, family therapist, and an associate professor at the Université Paris 7-Diderot. Her practice as a therapist is critical of the ideology of testimony as catharsis. Waintrater has been involved in the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University Library, and in the USC Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, two important projects of testimony collection. She is the author of Sortir du genocide (Out of Genocide: Testifying to Learn to Live Again).
Further Reading (including some of the sources cited in the lecture):
Améry, Jean. At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities.
Delbo, Charlotte. Days and Memory.
Hatzfeld, Jean. Into the Quick of Life.
Langer, Lawrence. Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory.
Levi, Primo. The Drowned and the Saved.
Levi, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz.
Ricoeur, Paul. Oneself as Another.
Monday, May 2, 2011
The Thinking Person's Guide to the Holocaust
The Jewish Daily Forward compiled a list of valuable artwork and literature about the Holocaust as suggested by readers and several scholars as a way to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and provide an entry to the subject.
The Jewish Daily Forward
April 28, 2011
A Way To Begin
With the help of your suggestions, Lawrence L. Langer, Michael Berenbaum, Joanne Weiner Rudof and Paula Hyman have compiled this all too brief list of writers, scholars and works. The list includes paintings, novels, memoirs, films, poems and graphic works, as well as historical studies. It provides a possible first step for those who would consider themselves Holocaust literate.
The hundreds of suggestions that we received, and the hundreds more that our consultants discussed, reinforced our sense that there is an almost endless supply of valuable and high-quality works of art and scholarship about the Holocaust. Our intention is not to be populist, exclusive or exhaustive (were it even possible), but to map a way into the subject.
Reading literature without knowing history is impossible. One cannot appreciate the literature of the Holocaust without grounding in its history. But conversely, one cannot understand the Holocaust without the insight of witnesses and great artistic or literary figures. This list, with a number of your comments included, is a distillation of a body of work that you have told us about and which is expanding every year. We have organized the following titles not as a definitive list, but rather, on Yom HaShoah of 5771, as a way to begin. -- Dan Friedman
For the list and more click here.
The Jewish Daily Forward
April 28, 2011
A Way To Begin
With the help of your suggestions, Lawrence L. Langer, Michael Berenbaum, Joanne Weiner Rudof and Paula Hyman have compiled this all too brief list of writers, scholars and works. The list includes paintings, novels, memoirs, films, poems and graphic works, as well as historical studies. It provides a possible first step for those who would consider themselves Holocaust literate.
The hundreds of suggestions that we received, and the hundreds more that our consultants discussed, reinforced our sense that there is an almost endless supply of valuable and high-quality works of art and scholarship about the Holocaust. Our intention is not to be populist, exclusive or exhaustive (were it even possible), but to map a way into the subject.
Reading literature without knowing history is impossible. One cannot appreciate the literature of the Holocaust without grounding in its history. But conversely, one cannot understand the Holocaust without the insight of witnesses and great artistic or literary figures. This list, with a number of your comments included, is a distillation of a body of work that you have told us about and which is expanding every year. We have organized the following titles not as a definitive list, but rather, on Yom HaShoah of 5771, as a way to begin. -- Dan Friedman
For the list and more click here.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Holocaust and Genocide Journals
We have had several inquiries about journals available in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Below is a list of the journals that the CHGS subscribes to and are available in our resource library. All the journals offer articles on-line and are available by subscription. This list is also available on the CHGS Publications web page.
PRISM
Yeshiva University, Azrieli Graduate School publishes PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, with funding from the Rothman Foundation. Prism offers educators a practical, scholarly resource on teaching the Holocaust at the high school, college and graduate school levels.
Journal of Genocide Research
Journal of Genocide Research promotes an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the study of genocide. Genocide has reared its head numerous times throughout the twentieth century. Genocidal thought and action have found many opportunities to assault targeted groups and endanger their existence. These repeated attempts at annihilation pose some of the more perplexing questions of the modern age warranting systematic, scholarly investigation. Journal of Genocide Research devotes itself exclusively to focusing on this troublesome phenomenon that promises to re-occur well into the twenty-first century.
Genocide Studies and Prevention
Genocide Studies and Prevention is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to understanding the phenomenon of genocide, researching it, and sharing the findings as widely as possible so as to produce constructive results.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
The major forum for scholarship on the Holocaust and other genocides, Holocaust and Genocide Studies is an international journal featuring research articles, interpretive essays, and book reviews in the social sciences and humanities. It is the principal publication to address the issue of how insights into the Holocaust apply to other genocides.
PRISM
Yeshiva University, Azrieli Graduate School publishes PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, with funding from the Rothman Foundation. Prism offers educators a practical, scholarly resource on teaching the Holocaust at the high school, college and graduate school levels.
Journal of Genocide Research
Journal of Genocide Research promotes an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the study of genocide. Genocide has reared its head numerous times throughout the twentieth century. Genocidal thought and action have found many opportunities to assault targeted groups and endanger their existence. These repeated attempts at annihilation pose some of the more perplexing questions of the modern age warranting systematic, scholarly investigation. Journal of Genocide Research devotes itself exclusively to focusing on this troublesome phenomenon that promises to re-occur well into the twenty-first century.
Genocide Studies and Prevention
Genocide Studies and Prevention is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to understanding the phenomenon of genocide, researching it, and sharing the findings as widely as possible so as to produce constructive results.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
The major forum for scholarship on the Holocaust and other genocides, Holocaust and Genocide Studies is an international journal featuring research articles, interpretive essays, and book reviews in the social sciences and humanities. It is the principal publication to address the issue of how insights into the Holocaust apply to other genocides.
The Eichmann Trial 50 Years Later
On April 8, 2011 it was announced that two new YouTube Channels would be launched containing the film track of the Eichmann Trial held by the Israel State Archives to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the trial on April 11. The channels - one with the original soundtrack, enhanced for better sound, in Hebrew, German and Yiddish, and the other with simultaneous English translation - are the result of intense cooperation between Yad Vashem and the Israel State Archives, in collaboration with Google.
Read the press release Eichmann Trial Uploaded to YouTube: 4-8-2011.
To visit the YouTube channel in English click here and in Hebrew here.
Further Resources:
USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Eichmann Trial
USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia: Adolf Eichmann
New Publication:
The Eichmann Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt
NY Times Book Review: Why the Eichmann Trial Really Mattered: 4-10-2011
Read the press release Eichmann Trial Uploaded to YouTube: 4-8-2011.
To visit the YouTube channel in English click here and in Hebrew here.
Further Resources:
USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Eichmann Trial
USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia: Adolf Eichmann
New Publication:
The Eichmann Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt
NY Times Book Review: Why the Eichmann Trial Really Mattered: 4-10-2011
2011 Twin Cities Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Sunday, May 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Bet Shalom Congregation
13613 Orchard Rd., Minnetonka, MN 55305
The commemoration will reflect the theme, Legacy: The Writing of Survivor Stories, which will illustrate the importance of Holocaust survivors sharing their stories with future generations.
For more information about the commemoration please visit the JCRC website.
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) is commemorated every year on the Hebrew calendar on the 27th day of Nisan. To learn more about Yom HaShoah click here.
Days of Remembrance in the United States
Every year in the United States, Days of Remembrance are observed by state and local governments, military bases, workplaces, schools, churches, synagogues, and civic centers.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has created a Days of Remembrance Map to help you find a Days of Remembrance Commemoration in your area.
To access the map click here.
7:00 p.m.
Bet Shalom Congregation
13613 Orchard Rd., Minnetonka, MN 55305
The commemoration will reflect the theme, Legacy: The Writing of Survivor Stories, which will illustrate the importance of Holocaust survivors sharing their stories with future generations.
For more information about the commemoration please visit the JCRC website.
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) is commemorated every year on the Hebrew calendar on the 27th day of Nisan. To learn more about Yom HaShoah click here.
Days of Remembrance in the United States
Every year in the United States, Days of Remembrance are observed by state and local governments, military bases, workplaces, schools, churches, synagogues, and civic centers.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has created a Days of Remembrance Map to help you find a Days of Remembrance Commemoration in your area.
To access the map click here.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Video of Professor Keith David Watenpaugh's lecture Hate in the Past Tense available online
On April 14, 2011 Dr. Keith David Watenpaugh presented his paper Hate in the Past Tense: Understanding the Origins of Armenian Genocide Denial as a Problem of Contemporary Reconciliation at the University of Minnesota as a guest of the CHGS.
In his talk Dr. Watenpaugh explored how aspects of Armenian Genocide denial first emerged around a discrete historical moment, in particular international humanitarian relief efforts on behalf of Armenian Genocide survivors in the early interwar period. Thinking about denial in this fashion creates a space in which to reflect critically about how history as both a discipline and practice operates in the spheres of power and public opinion, especially across political and cultural divides.
CHGS is pleased to announce its new YouTube Channel CHGSumn where you can view Dr. Watenpaugh's lecture by clicking here.
Keith David Watenpaugh is a historian and associate professor of modern Islam, human rights and peace at UC Davis. Watenpaugh is the author of one of the definitive studies on the Arab middle class and revolution, "Being Modern in the Middle East: Revolution, Nationalism and the Arab Middle Class." He has lived in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey and worked in Iraq. Recently he was the Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow in International Peace at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. He serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Middle East Studies and is at work on a study on the history of human rights and humanitarianism in the Middle East.
For more resources visit the CHGS Armenian Genocide page.
On April 14, 2011 Dr. Keith David Watenpaugh presented his paper Hate in the Past Tense: Understanding the Origins of Armenian Genocide Denial as a Problem of Contemporary Reconciliation at the University of Minnesota as a guest of the CHGS.In his talk Dr. Watenpaugh explored how aspects of Armenian Genocide denial first emerged around a discrete historical moment, in particular international humanitarian relief efforts on behalf of Armenian Genocide survivors in the early interwar period. Thinking about denial in this fashion creates a space in which to reflect critically about how history as both a discipline and practice operates in the spheres of power and public opinion, especially across political and cultural divides.
CHGS is pleased to announce its new YouTube Channel CHGSumn where you can view Dr. Watenpaugh's lecture by clicking here.
Keith David Watenpaugh is a historian and associate professor of modern Islam, human rights and peace at UC Davis. Watenpaugh is the author of one of the definitive studies on the Arab middle class and revolution, "Being Modern in the Middle East: Revolution, Nationalism and the Arab Middle Class." He has lived in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey and worked in Iraq. Recently he was the Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow in International Peace at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. He serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Middle East Studies and is at work on a study on the history of human rights and humanitarianism in the Middle East.
For more resources visit the CHGS Armenian Genocide page.
The transcript of Meïr Waintrater's lecture "You, Zionist!" Uses and Misuses of the Z-Word in Current Political Discourse is now available.
On March 29, 2011 Meïr Waintrater, editor-in-chief, L'Arche spoke at the St. Paul JCC about the systematic use of the words "Zionism" and "Zionist" where the words "Israel" and "Israelis" would be expected by various individuals who are hostile to Israel. Waintrater contrasted the use of the word "Zionist" in France, Great Britain and the United States, suggesting that while criticism of Israel should not be reduced to Jew-hatred, the "anti-Zionist" argument is often used to legitimize genuine anti-Semitism.To read the transcript of that lecture please click on the PDF file below.
Uses and Misuses of the ZWord in Current Political Discourse.pdf
Meïr Waintrater was born in 1947 in Paris, and lived and worked as an economist and journalist at various institutions in Israel between 1973 and 1988. As editor-in-chief of L'Arche, he is a major commentator on questions of Jewish importance in Europe and France.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Hokehankisd (Requiem Service) at 7:00 p.m.
Program begins approximately 7:15 p.m.
St. Sahag Armenian Church
203 N. Howell St., Saint Paul
Keynote speaker
Bruno Chaouat, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Sponsored by the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota.
Program begins approximately 7:15 p.m.
St. Sahag Armenian Church
203 N. Howell St., Saint Paul
Keynote speaker
Bruno Chaouat, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Sponsored by the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Indiana U. parley tackles 'post-Holocaust anti-Semitism'
Bruno Chaouat, CHGS director, presented his paper "The Demonization of Israel in France: Literary and Ideological Perversions" as part of the conference.
Indiana U. parley tackles 'post-Holocaust anti-Semitism'
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
04/03/2011
The Jerusalem Post
International conference led by anti-Semitism scholar Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld will also discuss questions about anti-Jewish hostility within Israel.
Rosenfeld told The Jerusalem Post ahead of the opening that, "We're living at a time of heightened anti-Semitism, but today's anti-Semitism is not well understood. Scholars have given a great deal of attention to earlier forms of Christian religious anti-Semitism and to Nazi-style racial anti-Semitism, culminating in the Holocaust.
Read full article here.
Indiana U. parley tackles 'post-Holocaust anti-Semitism'
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
04/03/2011
The Jerusalem Post
International conference led by anti-Semitism scholar Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld will also discuss questions about anti-Jewish hostility within Israel.
Rosenfeld told The Jerusalem Post ahead of the opening that, "We're living at a time of heightened anti-Semitism, but today's anti-Semitism is not well understood. Scholars have given a great deal of attention to earlier forms of Christian religious anti-Semitism and to Nazi-style racial anti-Semitism, culminating in the Holocaust.
Read full article here.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Suit Over "Unreliable" Website Dismissed
This is an important victory for scholars and educators all over the United States. I want first to express my gratitude to General Counsel at the University of Minnesota, and in particular to Brent Benrud, for his outstanding work on this case. I applaud Judge Frank's decision, as it bears witness to the high esteem in which the judicial system in this country holds academic freedom. This outcome honors the principles of freedom of speech, and is a remarkable example of the law's protection of free inquiry into matters of public interest.
Bruno Chaouat, CHGS director
For more information on the law suit, please click here.
Bruno Chaouat, CHGS director
For more information on the law suit, please click here.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Court dismisses Turkish Coalition lawsuit filed against the University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (03/30/2011) --U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank today dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Turkish Coalition of America against the University of Minnesota. The lawsuit arose from materials posted on the university's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) website, including a list of websites CHGS considered "unreliable" for purposes of conducting scholarly research. The Turkish Coalition claimed the university violated its constitutional rights, and committed defamation, by including the Turkish Coalition website on the "unreliable" websites list.
The federal court found the materials on the CHGS website reflected the opinions of the university and its faculty regarding the reliability of the various websites, including the Turkish Coalition website. As such, the court held that the University website material was protected by the principle of academic freedom, which gives the university and its faculty a broad right to express their views and engage in scholarly commentary and critique. Because the materials were protected by academic freedom, the federal court dismissed the Turkish Coalition's claims.
University General Counsel Mark Rotenberg stated, "This case has been followed closely by scholars around the world because of its important implications for principles of academic freedom. If scholars faced legal liability each time they engaged in controversial academic critiques, the concept of academic freedom would be greatly diminished. The court's decision today confirms the right of scholars to engage in academic critiques without fear of legal retribution. The university applauds today's decision."
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The federal court found the materials on the CHGS website reflected the opinions of the university and its faculty regarding the reliability of the various websites, including the Turkish Coalition website. As such, the court held that the University website material was protected by the principle of academic freedom, which gives the university and its faculty a broad right to express their views and engage in scholarly commentary and critique. Because the materials were protected by academic freedom, the federal court dismissed the Turkish Coalition's claims.
University General Counsel Mark Rotenberg stated, "This case has been followed closely by scholars around the world because of its important implications for principles of academic freedom. If scholars faced legal liability each time they engaged in controversial academic critiques, the concept of academic freedom would be greatly diminished. The court's decision today confirms the right of scholars to engage in academic critiques without fear of legal retribution. The university applauds today's decision."
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Screening of No. 4 Street of Our Lady
Special screening of the award-winning documentary
No. 4 Street of Our Lady
Sabes Foundation Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
Tuesday, April 5
7:00 p.m.
Sabes Jewish Community Center
4330 Cedar Lake Road South
St. Louis Park, MN
Introduction and Question and Answer with Jodi Elowitz, Outreach Coordinator Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
No. 4 Street of Our Lady
If your neighbors were being hunted down and came to your door begging for help, would you risk your life to save theirs?
No. 4 Street of Our Lady tells the remarkable, yet little-known, story of Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish-Catholic woman who rescued 16 of her Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust, while cleverly passing herself off as a Nazi sympathizer.
View the trailer
Ticket Information or contact the box office at 952-381-3499.
No. 4 Street of Our Lady
Sabes Foundation Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
Tuesday, April 5
7:00 p.m.
Sabes Jewish Community Center
4330 Cedar Lake Road South
St. Louis Park, MN
Introduction and Question and Answer with Jodi Elowitz, Outreach Coordinator Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
No. 4 Street of Our Lady
If your neighbors were being hunted down and came to your door begging for help, would you risk your life to save theirs?
No. 4 Street of Our Lady tells the remarkable, yet little-known, story of Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish-Catholic woman who rescued 16 of her Jewish neighbors during the Holocaust, while cleverly passing herself off as a Nazi sympathizer.
View the trailer
Ticket Information or contact the box office at 952-381-3499.
Alternative Narratives or Denial?
Godard's Wars
Philip Watts, Associate Professor of French, Department Chair, Columbia University
Thoughts on Giorgio Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive
Jeffrey Mehlman, Professor of French, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University
Wednesday, April 13
4:00 p.m.
Humphrey Forum, Humphrey Center
Godard's Wars
There has been much controversy about French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's relation to the Jews and the Holocaust. Godard was recently accused of anti-Semitism. Philip Watts will return to this recent affair by focusing on Godard's filmic representation of WWII, the Middle East conflict and the Holocaust.
How has the Holocaust figured in Godard's films since his earliest days as a filmmaker of the New Wave? What role has the memory of the Holocaust played in Godard's radical politics? What is the relation between the representation of the Holocaust in his films and his anti-Zionism? Do Godard's films somehow distort the memory of the Holocaust? Watts will tackle these questions by revisiting three Godard's films: "A Married Woman" (1964), "Ici et ailleurs" (1975) and "In Praise of Love "(2001) to examine Godard's problematic construction of the memory of the Second World War and of the Holocaust in particular.
Philip Watts, Associate Professor of French, Department Chair, Columbia University, received his BA at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982 and his PhD from Columbia University in 1991. His research and teaching focuses on 20th-century French literature and film and the relation between politics and aesthetics.
Thoughts on Giorgio Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive
Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has argued in several books that the concentration camp has become the paradigm of our life in modern, liberal democracies. His work has a vast influence on many different fields and disciplines: legal scholarship, social sciences (especially political science), and literary studies in the US, Europe and beyond.
Jeffrey Mehlman will examine the perils engaged and not always avoided when Italy's pre-eminent philosopher, perched between Heidegger and Benjamin, Foucault and Arendt, hurls the pre-eminent discourses of European modernity at the pre-eminent catastrophe of the twentieth century in what never quite coheres as the pre-eminent epistemological encounter of modern times.
Jeffrey Mehlman, Professor of French, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University is a literary critic and a historian of ideas. Over a number of years, he has been writing an implicit history of speculative interpretation in France in the form of a series of readings of canonical literary works.
Thoughts on Giorgio Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive(Scribd.com)
Co-sponsored by: Department of History, Human Rights Program, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, and the Department of French and Italian.
Philip Watts, Associate Professor of French, Department Chair, Columbia University
Thoughts on Giorgio Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive
Jeffrey Mehlman, Professor of French, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University
Wednesday, April 13
4:00 p.m.
Humphrey Forum, Humphrey Center
Godard's Wars
There has been much controversy about French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's relation to the Jews and the Holocaust. Godard was recently accused of anti-Semitism. Philip Watts will return to this recent affair by focusing on Godard's filmic representation of WWII, the Middle East conflict and the Holocaust.How has the Holocaust figured in Godard's films since his earliest days as a filmmaker of the New Wave? What role has the memory of the Holocaust played in Godard's radical politics? What is the relation between the representation of the Holocaust in his films and his anti-Zionism? Do Godard's films somehow distort the memory of the Holocaust? Watts will tackle these questions by revisiting three Godard's films: "A Married Woman" (1964), "Ici et ailleurs" (1975) and "In Praise of Love "(2001) to examine Godard's problematic construction of the memory of the Second World War and of the Holocaust in particular.
Philip Watts, Associate Professor of French, Department Chair, Columbia University, received his BA at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982 and his PhD from Columbia University in 1991. His research and teaching focuses on 20th-century French literature and film and the relation between politics and aesthetics.
Thoughts on Giorgio Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive
Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has argued in several books that the concentration camp has become the paradigm of our life in modern, liberal democracies. His work has a vast influence on many different fields and disciplines: legal scholarship, social sciences (especially political science), and literary studies in the US, Europe and beyond.
Jeffrey Mehlman will examine the perils engaged and not always avoided when Italy's pre-eminent philosopher, perched between Heidegger and Benjamin, Foucault and Arendt, hurls the pre-eminent discourses of European modernity at the pre-eminent catastrophe of the twentieth century in what never quite coheres as the pre-eminent epistemological encounter of modern times.
Jeffrey Mehlman, Professor of French, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University is a literary critic and a historian of ideas. Over a number of years, he has been writing an implicit history of speculative interpretation in France in the form of a series of readings of canonical literary works.
Thoughts on Giorgio Agamben's Remnants of Auschwitz: The Witness and the Archive(Scribd.com)
Co-sponsored by: Department of History, Human Rights Program, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature, and the Department of French and Italian.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
"Hate in the Past Tense: Understanding the Origins of Armenian Genocide Denial as a Problem of Contemporary Reconciliation"
Keith David Watenpaugh
Thursday, April 14
4:00 p.m.
Room 710 Social Science Building
Dr. Watenpaugh will explore how aspects of Armenian Genocide denial first emerged around a discrete historical moment, in particular international humanitarian relief efforts on behalf of Armenian Genocide survivors in the early interwar period. Thinking about denial in this fashion creates a space in which to reflect critically about how history as both a discipline and practice operates in the spheres of power and public opinion, especially across political and cultural divides.
Understanding genocide denial in the early interwar period is more than just a step in correcting or confronting a mistake in the historical record, but rather constitutes a form of social history where the very crisis that caused denial brings into relief, to borrow a phrase from Michel Foucault, competing "regimes of truth" that are both a product of and central referent of ideological and religious doxa.
The added benefit of understanding Armenian Genocide denial at its earlier moments of articulation, especially where it intersects with the emerging humanitarian régime of the interwar period as a novel, though not unprecedented, style of historicism, is recognizing it as a manifestation of an ideology and a manufactured and reactive defense. This is not to say that the narratives of denial and narratives of acknowledgement are, due to their shared metahistorical implications equal in truth (or lack thereof) rather, each becomes more readily explained as a complex and understandable response to identifiable counter narratives and their underlying ideology.
In the end, seeing denial as less a reflection of a kind of unyielding and unchanging essential societal psychosis than a concerted act that has a contextual and historically bound basis suggest as well a possible path to reconciliation.
Professor Watenpaugh will also present "Hate in the Past Tense" in an abbreviated format at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Sahag Armenian Church 203 North Howell Street, St. Paul.
Co-Sponsored by: European Studies Consortium, Department of History, Human Rights Program, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch, Cultural Studies & Comparitive Literature, and the Department of French and Italian.
Related Programs
CHGS Reading Discussion Group
"Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide"
by Richard G. Hovannisian
Facilitated by Keith David Watenpaugh
Thursday, April 14
12:00 p.m.
Room 201A, Wilson Library
Reservations are required and can be made via email at CHGS@umn.edu Please put RDG in the subject line and include your name, phone and email address in the body of the message, or phone at 612-624-0256.
Chapters available on line by visiting the CHGS Reading Discussion Group Blog.
"Finding the Lost: The League of Nations' Rescue of Armenian Genocide Survivors and the Paradoxes of Modern Humanitarianism"
Keith David Watenpaugh
Friday, April 15
3:30p.m.
Room 1210 Heller Hall
Thursday, April 14
4:00 p.m.
Room 710 Social Science Building
Dr. Watenpaugh will explore how aspects of Armenian Genocide denial first emerged around a discrete historical moment, in particular international humanitarian relief efforts on behalf of Armenian Genocide survivors in the early interwar period. Thinking about denial in this fashion creates a space in which to reflect critically about how history as both a discipline and practice operates in the spheres of power and public opinion, especially across political and cultural divides.Understanding genocide denial in the early interwar period is more than just a step in correcting or confronting a mistake in the historical record, but rather constitutes a form of social history where the very crisis that caused denial brings into relief, to borrow a phrase from Michel Foucault, competing "regimes of truth" that are both a product of and central referent of ideological and religious doxa.
The added benefit of understanding Armenian Genocide denial at its earlier moments of articulation, especially where it intersects with the emerging humanitarian régime of the interwar period as a novel, though not unprecedented, style of historicism, is recognizing it as a manifestation of an ideology and a manufactured and reactive defense. This is not to say that the narratives of denial and narratives of acknowledgement are, due to their shared metahistorical implications equal in truth (or lack thereof) rather, each becomes more readily explained as a complex and understandable response to identifiable counter narratives and their underlying ideology.
In the end, seeing denial as less a reflection of a kind of unyielding and unchanging essential societal psychosis than a concerted act that has a contextual and historically bound basis suggest as well a possible path to reconciliation.
Professor Watenpaugh will also present "Hate in the Past Tense" in an abbreviated format at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Sahag Armenian Church 203 North Howell Street, St. Paul.
Co-Sponsored by: European Studies Consortium, Department of History, Human Rights Program, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch, Cultural Studies & Comparitive Literature, and the Department of French and Italian.
Related Programs
CHGS Reading Discussion Group
"Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide"
by Richard G. Hovannisian
Facilitated by Keith David Watenpaugh
Thursday, April 14
12:00 p.m.
Room 201A, Wilson Library
Reservations are required and can be made via email at CHGS@umn.edu Please put RDG in the subject line and include your name, phone and email address in the body of the message, or phone at 612-624-0256.
Chapters available on line by visiting the CHGS Reading Discussion Group Blog.
"Finding the Lost: The League of Nations' Rescue of Armenian Genocide Survivors and the Paradoxes of Modern Humanitarianism"
Keith David Watenpaugh
Friday, April 15
3:30p.m.
Room 1210 Heller Hall
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
"Turkish-Armenian Relations through the Sociological Lens"
Fatma Muge Gocek
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
The Ninth Annual Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecture
Friday, April 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Mississippi Room
Coffman Memorial Union
Fatma Muge Gocek is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies. Her research focuses on comparative analysis of gender issues in first and third worlds. She also studies the impact on women of processes such as economic development, nationalism and religious movements. Her published works includes East Encounters West: France and the Ottoman Empire in the 18th Century (Oxford University Press 1987), Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East: Tradition, Identity, Power (Columbia University Press, 1994 co-edited with Shiva Balaghi), Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change (Oxford University Press 1996), and Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East (SUNY Press, 2002).
The Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecture results from a generous gift by Arsham Ohanessian to the College of Liberal Arts. Arsham was a successful businessman, avid musician, and dedicated community leader. He was devoted to promoting peaceful reconciliation among peoples. His gift to the University of Minnesota supports a wide range of educational, research, and public programs concerning human rights, ethnic and national conflicts, and Armenian history and culture.
A reception will follow the lecture.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair in the College of Liberal Arts, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, History Department, and Sociology Department.
For resources on Turkish-Armenian relations please visit the CHGS Armenian Genocide page.
Video of Fatma Müge Göçek's talk on nationalism and identity in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th Century: Facing History and Ourselves.
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
The Ninth Annual Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecture
Friday, April 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Mississippi Room
Coffman Memorial Union
Fatma Muge Gocek is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies. Her research focuses on comparative analysis of gender issues in first and third worlds. She also studies the impact on women of processes such as economic development, nationalism and religious movements. Her published works includes East Encounters West: France and the Ottoman Empire in the 18th Century (Oxford University Press 1987), Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East: Tradition, Identity, Power (Columbia University Press, 1994 co-edited with Shiva Balaghi), Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change (Oxford University Press 1996), and Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East (SUNY Press, 2002).
The Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Lecture results from a generous gift by Arsham Ohanessian to the College of Liberal Arts. Arsham was a successful businessman, avid musician, and dedicated community leader. He was devoted to promoting peaceful reconciliation among peoples. His gift to the University of Minnesota supports a wide range of educational, research, and public programs concerning human rights, ethnic and national conflicts, and Armenian history and culture.
A reception will follow the lecture.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair in the College of Liberal Arts, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, History Department, and Sociology Department.
For resources on Turkish-Armenian relations please visit the CHGS Armenian Genocide page.
Video of Fatma Müge Göçek's talk on nationalism and identity in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th Century: Facing History and Ourselves.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
CHGS Reading Discussion Group Rescheduled
The third meeting of the Reading Discussion Group, initially scheduled for March 22nd, has been postponed until Thursday, April 14th. The discussion will be led by Dr. Keith David Watenpaugh, historian and Associate Professor of Modern Islam, Human Rights and Peace who teaches in the Religious Studies program at UC-Davis. Dr. Watenpaugh will also present a lecture, "Hate in the Past Tense: Understanding Armenian Genocide Denial's Origins as a Problem of Contemporary Reconciliation" on campus that evening.
We will be discussing chapters 10, 11 and 12 of Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide, edited by Richard G. Hovannisian. The excerpts are available on-line on the CHGS Reading Discussion blog.
The group will meet on Thursday, April 14th at 12pm, Room 201A in Wilson Library. Space is limited, and reservations are required. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to chgs@umn.edu with your name, email address and phone number (please put RDG in the subject line), or call 612-624-0256.
We will be discussing chapters 10, 11 and 12 of Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide, edited by Richard G. Hovannisian. The excerpts are available on-line on the CHGS Reading Discussion blog.
The group will meet on Thursday, April 14th at 12pm, Room 201A in Wilson Library. Space is limited, and reservations are required. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to chgs@umn.edu with your name, email address and phone number (please put RDG in the subject line), or call 612-624-0256.
Monday, March 7, 2011
The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition
March 28, 29 and 30, 2011
11:00a.m.-8:00p.m.
Great Hall, University of Minnesota Coffman Memorial Union
The Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truth, Compassion, Tolerance) International Exhibition is an extraordinarily moving, intimate and inspiring exhibition detailing both an inner spiritual life and an outer human rights tragedy. Realistic oil paintings and Chinese water-colors from mostly Chinese artists give a unique insight into the spiritual discipline Falun Gong, also called Falun
Dafa.
Falun Gong, a form of meditative exercise originating in China, is based on the principles of Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. Part of the exhibition is dedicated to showing how the practice of Falun Gong has changed people's lives, providing them with a return to traditional Chinese values.
On July 20th 1999 Falun Gong was banned in China, and since that date 11 years ago many thousands of practitioners have been tortured in an effort to "transform" them. Part of the exhibition deals with the terrifying ordeals people - including the artists themselves - have gone through.
Professor Zhang Kunlun, founder of the exhibition and former Director of the Institute of Sculpture at the Institute of Art in Shandong, himself a practitioner of Falun Gong, said: "Our art comes from a pure heart and our work reflects our personal experience. Art is able to greatly influence the way people think and it also directly connects with human morality. And the two interact."
Dr Zhang was detained for three months in a labor camp in China. In 2004, he started to work with other artists who practice Falun Gong to create this exhibition. United by their experiences, the artists use their art to tell their stories, speak out and call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Since 2004, the exhibition has toured over 200 cities in 40 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. In that time, the exhibition has received numerous proclamations and letters of support from various government offices and other organizations.
The artists featured are: Xiaoping Chen, Dr Xiqiang Dong, Tingyin Shi, Zhengping Chen, Kathleen Gillis, Yuan Li, Daci Shen, Ruizhen Gu and Dr Kunlun Zhang.
The exhibition was made possible by a grant from the Student Activities and Coca-Cola® Grant Initiative, and is hosted by the University of Minnesota Falun Dafa Twin Cities Club and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
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11:00a.m.-8:00p.m.
Great Hall, University of Minnesota Coffman Memorial Union
The Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truth, Compassion, Tolerance) International Exhibition is an extraordinarily moving, intimate and inspiring exhibition detailing both an inner spiritual life and an outer human rights tragedy. Realistic oil paintings and Chinese water-colors from mostly Chinese artists give a unique insight into the spiritual discipline Falun Gong, also called Falun
Dafa.
Falun Gong, a form of meditative exercise originating in China, is based on the principles of Truth, Compassion and Tolerance. Part of the exhibition is dedicated to showing how the practice of Falun Gong has changed people's lives, providing them with a return to traditional Chinese values.
On July 20th 1999 Falun Gong was banned in China, and since that date 11 years ago many thousands of practitioners have been tortured in an effort to "transform" them. Part of the exhibition deals with the terrifying ordeals people - including the artists themselves - have gone through.
Professor Zhang Kunlun, founder of the exhibition and former Director of the Institute of Sculpture at the Institute of Art in Shandong, himself a practitioner of Falun Gong, said: "Our art comes from a pure heart and our work reflects our personal experience. Art is able to greatly influence the way people think and it also directly connects with human morality. And the two interact."
Dr Zhang was detained for three months in a labor camp in China. In 2004, he started to work with other artists who practice Falun Gong to create this exhibition. United by their experiences, the artists use their art to tell their stories, speak out and call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Since 2004, the exhibition has toured over 200 cities in 40 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. In that time, the exhibition has received numerous proclamations and letters of support from various government offices and other organizations.
The artists featured are: Xiaoping Chen, Dr Xiqiang Dong, Tingyin Shi, Zhengping Chen, Kathleen Gillis, Yuan Li, Daci Shen, Ruizhen Gu and Dr Kunlun Zhang.
The exhibition was made possible by a grant from the Student Activities and Coca-Cola® Grant Initiative, and is hosted by the University of Minnesota Falun Dafa Twin Cities Club and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Full page print.pdf
Friday, March 4, 2011
Swimming in the Daylight: Inna Meiman Human Rights Award winners announced
A human rights success story of a friendship between Lisa Paul, a University of Minnesota graduate in Russian Studies, and Inna Meiman, a Russian Jew who was forbidden by her government to access medical treatment abroad. Their story is told in the form of Paul's memoir as a young American living in the Soviet Union who fearlessly advocated to realize the rights of her friend.
At the event on March 10, the Human Rights Program and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies announced the winners of The Inna Meiman Human Rights Award recognizing students at the University of Minnesota who have made significant personal contributions in the promotion and protection of human rights. Nora Radtke and Morley Spencer became the first recipients of the award, which was presented to them by Lisa Paul.
For more on this story click here.
Swimming in the Daylight
"You, Zionist!" Uses and Misuses of the Z-Word in Current Political Discourse
Meïr Waintrater, Editor-in-Chief, L'ArcheTuesday, March 29, 2011
7:00 p.m.
St. Paul JCC
1375 St. Paul Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55116
For several years, within circles hostile to Israel, there has been a systematic use of the words "Zionism" and "Zionist" where the words "Israel" and "Israelis" would be expected. Meïr Waintrater, French journalist and editor-in-chief of the Jewish magazine L'Arche, will contrast the use of the word "Zionist" in France, Great Britain and the United States. Waintrater will suggest that while criticism of Israel should not be reduced to Jew-hatred, the "anti-Zionist" argument is often used to legitimize genuine anti-Semitism.
Meïr Waintrater was born in 1947 in Paris, and lived and worked as an economist and journalist at various institutions in Israel between 1973 and 1988. As editor-in-chief of L'Arche, he is a major commentator on questions of Jewish importance in Europe and France. France is home to one of the largest Jewish communities, while at the same time being home to one of the largest Muslim populations in Western Europe. Waintrater's perspective is crucial to understanding the tensions between the two communities, as well as the recent increase in French Jewish immigration to Israel which can be seen as a consequence of a new trend in anti-Semitism.
Co-sponsors: Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), St. Paul JCC,
University of Minnesota: Center for Jewish Studies, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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