Holocaust Symposium Set for Campus

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Posted on September 6, 2016

Alice Jackson

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The University of South Alabama鈥檚 Center for the Study of War and Memory will focus on the Holocaust during its fall symposium on Wednesday, Sept. 7, with 鈥淭he Holocaust in Memory and History.鈥�

The topic intersects with this year鈥檚 91短视频 Common Read/Common World book selection, 鈥淭he Complete Maus,鈥� by Art Spiegelman.  

The program at the Seaman鈥檚 Bethel will open at 9 a.m. with lectures by faculty members from both 91短视频 and Spring Hill College. It is free and open to the public.

Dr. Bradley Prager, professor of German, professor of film studies and an affiliate faculty member for art history and archaeology at the University of Missouri, will be the keynote speaker. Prager is the author of several books, including most recently, 鈥淎fter the Fact: The Holocaust in Twenty-First Century Documentary Film.鈥� He has also been a guest at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and is the University of Missouri System Representative to the state鈥檚 Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission.

At 2:30 p.m., Prager will join Gerald Darring and Donald Berry of the Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education for a roundtable discussion, 鈥淭eaching the Holocaust.鈥�

Prager鈥檚 keynote lecture, 鈥淭estimony and Performance in Holocaust Film: From the Eichmann Trial to Claude Lanzmann鈥檚 Shoah,鈥� will be at 7 p.m. in the Faculty Club. A reception will follow.

For a complete schedule of the day鈥檚 events, visit the program on the War and Memory website.

Major funding for the symposium was provided by Memorial de la Shoah with additional support from Jaguar Productions.

 

 

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