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| April 28, 1997 |
"Myths and Realities of Holocaust Education: From Never Again to Ever and Ever Again"
An Aquinas Lecture--a series of talks given by Drew University on a variety of topics.
Center Co-Directors Professor Jacqueline Berke and Dr. Ann Saltzman
share their vision for Holocaust Education, focusing on the upcoming
Drew International Seminar on the Holocaust in which they will bring 25
undergraduate students to Germany and Poland for on-site education. |
| May 17, 1998 |
Student Photographic Exhibit
Photographs made by students during the Drew International Seminar journey to Germany and Poland. |
| Sep. 13, 1998 |
Karsten Troyke in Concert
"Vergessene Lieder" (Forgotten Songs): Love songs, folk songs, popular
tunes of pre-Holocaust Jewish Culture in Europe
Karsten
Troyke is a non-Jewish singer from Berlin who gives concert
performances throughout Germany, featuring Yiddish songs and melodies. |
| Oct. 28, 1998 |
Salomea's Salon "A German-Jewish Life Celebrated in Song and Story"
Born in berlin in 1932, Salomea Genin and her family fled to Australia before Kristallnacht.
Having returned to Berlin in the 1960's, she is now a writer, singer,
Jewish activist, and social commentator. Presented as part of the
October 1998 Conference.
About Salomea Genin
About the October, 1998 conference
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| Sept. 28, 1999 |
Multi-Cultural Awareness Week
Co-sponsored by the Center
"Refugee Narratives"
"Kosovo Political Violence and the Refugee Experience" |
| Oct. 14, 1999 |
Interfaith Forum "If Not Now, When? Religion, Reconciliation and the New Millennium"
Jewish, Christian and Muslim speakers; moderator Dr. Allan Nadler, Director of Drew's Program in Jewish Studies |
| Oct. 28, 1999 |
A Reading: Memory and Mouring in American Literature: A Generation After the Holocaust
Novelists Thane Rosenbaum and Melvin Bukiet read from their latest works, Second Hand Smokeand Signs and Wonders,novels that deal with the undertow created by the receding wave of the Holocaust. |
| Mar. 13-15 2000 |
Graduate School Colloquium: Irish Famine
Co-Sponsored by the Center |
| May 7, 2000 |
Millenium Fund Raider: Drew Cabaret
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cabaret Program featuring Zalman Mlotek and Adrienne Cooper performing
"Ghetto Tango" and introduced by New York cabaret singer, David
Gurland. Mlotek and Cooper are internationally celebrated interpreters
of Jesish musical tradition who reflect the black humor, satiric
artistry and courageous defiance of singers and composers who sang and
played in order to stay alive. Gurland is a young, award winning singer
whose music "soars with a tenor that's sweeter than honey." |
| Feb. 25, 2001 |
Celebrating the Life of Imre Farkass
Imre Farkass "Righteous Among the Nations"
September 26, 1919 - December 7, 2000
About Imre Farkass |
| April 3, 2001 |
An Evening With Isabella
A dramatic reading by Isabella Leitner from her powerful and highly acclaimed memoir: Isabella: From Auschwitz to Freedom
Co-sponsored by the Caspersen School of Graduate Study |
| April 23, 2001 |
The Armenian Genocide: Art as Resistance in Countering Genocide Denial
By
viewing the multi-media work of Armenian-American artist Robert
Barsamian, this presentation discussed the connections between the
Armenian Genocide and the politics of denial and the importance of
artistic representation and memory. Guest Speaker: Dr. Joyce Apsel,
historian and attorney; founder and executive director of "RightsWorks"
a non-profit human rights educational project: vice-president of the
association of Genocide Scholars; teaches at New York University and
Drew University Caspersen School of Graduate Studies |
| September 23, 2001 |
Martin Goldsmith Lecture
Author of The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany,discussed this fascinating story about his parents' participation in the Kulturbundorchestras. Talk was "illustrated" with musical exerpts. |
| November 15, 2001 |
Loung Ung Lecture
Child survivor of the Cambodian Genocide and author of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,discussed her book and experiences.
More Information |
December 3, 2001
at Kean University |
Ian Kershaw Lecture
Noted British historian and acclaimed best-selling author of Hitler: The Anatomy of a Dictator,his recent two-volume biography, discussed his work. |
| Sept. 19, 2002 |
Dr. Johannes (Hans) Morsink,
Professor of Political Philosophy
Values from the Holocaust:
Origin of the Human Rights Movement |
| Nov. 20, 2002 |
A. Widney Brown
Violence Against Women in Conflict: Redefining Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against HumanityA.
Widney Brown is the acting NY Director of Asia Division and Advocacy
Director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. This
program is Co-Sponsored with Drew University Women's Studies Program |
| Oct. 7 and 10, 2005 |
Three-Part Series on “Anne Frank: The Person, the Diary, the Play”
Prof.
Jacqueline Berke, Co-Director of the Center, gave a lecture titled
“A World of Difference: The Original vs. the New Dramatic
Adaptation.”
The Theater Arts Dept./Drew University Dramatics Society performed The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett,
newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman.
“The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank,” the film written and directed by Willy Lindwer in 1988, aired.
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| Nov. 1 - Dec. 9, 2005 |
Stamp Exhibit
Exhibit of First Day Covers of Holocaust Commemorative Stamps |
| Feb. 7, 2006 |
Darfur Day of Conscience
A three-part event, co-sponsored by the Center
Teachers' Workshop
Dr. Joyce Apsel and Jacqueline Sutton
Conversation With a Witness
Mr. Abdelbogy Abushanab
Community Forum
Dr. Geraldine Smith-Wright, Dr. Matthew Levinger, Matthew Emry, and Assemblyman William D. Payne
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| Apr. 10, 2006 |
Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Denial of the Armenian Genocide, Remembrance of the Holocaust, and Growing Anti-Semitism on Turkey
Dr. Stephen Feinstein, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota
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| Sep 14, 2006 |
Darfur: From Analysis to Action, II
Panel discussion of the ongoing crisis.
Speakers: Dr. Joyce Apsel and Matthew Emry
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| Sep 17, 2006 |
NYC Rally
Save Darfur Now: Voices to Stop Genocide
Rally in New York City.
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| Oct 11, 2006 |
Darfur: From Analysis to Action, III
Speakers: Dr. Philip Peek and Dr. Jendayi E. Frazer
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Oct 23,
2007 |
Darfur Update
Gitta
Zomorodi, Senior Policy Associate
American Jewish World Service
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