Holocaust Lecture Series
HLS: Running and Hiding from the Nazis
Oct. 13, 2020—HLS Hosts Survivor Miriam Klein Kassenoff Thursday, November 12 at 7:00pm Register for the Zoom webinar here Lecture: “Running and Hiding from the Nazis: My Miraculous Escape from the Holocaust” by Miriam Klein Kassenoff Miriam Klein Kassenoff was born in Košice, present-day Slovakia. Her father was detained in and then escaped from a concentration camp...
HLS Keynote: Jewish Orphans after the Holocaust
Sep. 9, 2020—Dwork to deliver 43rd Annual Holocaust Lecture The planning committee of the 43rd Annual Holocaust Lecture Series is pleased to announce the 2020 keynote lecture, “Jewish Orphans after the Holocaust,” by Debórah Dwork, author of Children with a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe and many other works. Dr. Dwork is Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at The...
Holocaust Lecture Series Keynote: “Where Memory Leads” w/ Saul Friedlander (9/26/17)
Sep. 11, 2017—September 26th at 7 p.m. Flynn Auditorium, Vanderbilt Law School For the keynote presentation of the 40th anniversary of the Vanderbilt University Holocaust Lecture Series, the university will be hosting noted historian Saul Friedlander. Saul Friedlander is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Israeli/American historian and currently professor emeritus of history at UCLA. Professor Friedlander, a historian and...
Holocaust Lecture Series: Holocaust By Bullets with Father Patrick Desbois
Oct. 17, 2016—Tuesday, October 25th at 7 p.m. Langford Auditorium 2209 Garland Ave. Nashville, TN 37240 For further information, please call Mike Zimmerman at 615-854-4263 or visit The Holocaust Lecture Series site Holocaust By Bullets with Father Patrick Desbois Father Desbois has devoted his life to researching the the Holocaust and commemorating the victims of the Nazi mobile...
We Walk to Remember
Mar. 27, 2015—Please join the members of the Tau Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi and the Vanderbilt community Monday, March 30, for a walk in silence to enhance Holocaust awareness and eradicate anti-Semitism. The walk is intended as an expression of solidarity and support following a vandalism incident on the Vanderbilt campus in which three swastikas were...
36th Annual Holocaust Series Draws to a Close
Nov. 15, 2013—As the 36th round of the Holocaust Lecture Series draws to a close, we are thoughtful, wiser and pleased to have hosted such wonderful and thought provoking speakers and films. Beginning with the newly translated art installation of Justes de l’Isere from the Museum of Resistance and Deportation of Isere, the 8 panel collage of...
2013 Holocaust Lecture Series is Underway!
Oct. 11, 2013—The 2013 Holocaust Lecture Series is in full swing and the events thus far have been wonderful. With nine events in total, the series has a variety of events and focuses on a range of topics all under this year’s theme of “Neighbors”. Four events have taken place thus far and we have 5 more...
2013 Holocaust Lecture Series
Sep. 18, 2013—As the fall semester of 2013 has come quickly upon us, we are already approaching the time for the 36th Annual installment of the Holocaust Lecture Series. Vanderbilt is proud to have the longest running lecture series dealing with the holocaust in the United States for a university and is pleased to share the upcoming...