2010 Holocaust Conference

Survivor and poet Paul Celan wrote, “No one bears witness for the witnesses.”  Co-organized by Shenandoah University (Winchester, Virginia) and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, this interdisciplinary conference will address the implications of Celan’s claim for Holocaust Studies in scholarship and teaching as eyewitness voices begin to fade.  This conference addresses this central issue through literary representation, religious response, testimony, film and pedagogy.  This interdisciplinary event includes panels and workshops by scholars from the United States, Canada and Europe.

Internationally renowned historian, Deborah Lipstadt, will speak about the dangers of Holocaust denial in a talk entitled, “Holocaust Denial in the 21^st Century: Historical Sideshow or Clear and Present Danger?”  The program will also include musical performances presented by the Shenandoah artistic community.

The program is co-organized by Shenandoah University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Available via live streaming video on Tuesday, April 13:  keynote address by Deborah Lipstadt at  http://www.stretchinternet.com/shenandoah/video.php

Click here to view the the print program for the conference>>>

For general information about the conference, email Dr. Petra Schweitzer at pschweit@su.edu or call 540-545-7380.

For information about registration, contact Colleen Pfiester at cpfieste@su.edu or call 540-665-5432.