THE CENTER
holds lectures for the benefit of visiting and local scholars, faculty members from the Washington area, Museum staff, and the public about the latest research in the field of Holocaust studies. Please consult the Center’s Calendar for information on upcoming scholarly presentations.
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS:
Aktion 1005: Nazi Attempts to Erase the Evidence of Mass Murder in Eastern and Central Europe, 1942-1944 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP June 16-17, 2009
This conference was jointly organized by the Shoah Memorial, Paris; the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.; Yahad-In Unum: Catholics and Jews Together, Paris; and the Center for Central Europe History of the University Paris IV-Sorbonne.
Learn more about the Museum's relationship with Yahad-In Unum and Father Patrick Desbois.
Learn more about Father Desbois' forthcoming book, The Holocaust by Bullets.
The Holocaust in Hungary: Sixty Years Later CONFERENCE Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Antisemitism: Special Two-Part Presentation PART 1: German Churches, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust PART 2: How Deep are the Roots? Antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Now Thursday, December 18, 2003
Eve Rosenhaft, panelist Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellow, Department of German, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
The Nazi Persecution of Deaf People PANEL PRESENTATION Tuesday, August 14, 2001
e x c e r p t — “Men should be soldiers. Women should be mothers. This call to duty was often combined with the glorification of physical self-sacrifice, so people who were unable to perform military service, to die on the battlefield for Germany, might convince themselves that being sterilized was a patriotic thing to do. Certainly some disabled Nazis, including deaf people, used this argument. The image of disabled people calling on other disabled people to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation is a good illustration of the two-faced nature of the Nazi system. It held out the utopian promise of a society free of crime and deviance, in which everybody was guaranteed good health, productive work, and a secure family life. And this was a promise that people wanted to believe, but in practice the system treated people as infinitely deployable and dispensable as objects.”
In Memory: Iris Chang 1998 Afternoon Presentation LECTURE Sunday, March 15, 1998
e x c e r p t — “...One must be aware of what happened. The person I have the privilege of introducing to you has the distinction of bringing to light a crime that occurred not in Europe, but on the other side of the globe, in China, in 1937, several years before the outbreak of war in Europe, and before the full fury of the Holocaust was unleashed by the Nazis. She has made millions of people aware of a crime that claimed some 300,000 civilian victims in a period of weeks. She has presented us with a subject that will now be subjected to further research...to achieve a better understanding of that tragedy, out of respect for its victims and in the hope of preventing repetitions.”
The Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Chair of Holocaust Studies Inaugural Lecture
The Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Chair of Holocaust Studies at New York University was established in 1999 through the generosity of Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The individual selected to hold this endowed chair is a distinguished scholar who has done substantial research into elements of the Holocaust and is recognized in the academic community as a prominent teacher and researcher in the field of Holocaust studies. The first and current holder of the Greenberg Chair is David Engel, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Professor of History, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, and Member, Academic Committee, United States Holocaust Memorial Council. His Inaugural Lecture is available below.
David Engel, Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Professor of History, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, and Member, Academic Committee, United States Holocaust Memorial Council.,
