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Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT: Polly Burks
561-297-2595, pburks@fau.edu
FAU Presents a Series of Lectures Sponsored by Alan L. Berger, the Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies
BOCA RATON, FL (February 1, 2006) – Florida Atlantic University’s Alan L. Berger, Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies and director of the Center for the Study of Values and Violence after Auschwitz, presents a series of free public lectures on the FAU Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. For more information on the lectures, which are free and open to the public, call 561-297-2979. No reservations are required.
Wednesday, February
8, 4 p.m.
“The Baptizing of America: The Religious
Right’s Plan for the Rest of Us,” with Rabbi James
Rudin Senior Interreligious Advisor of the American Jewish
Committee
Education Building, Room 119
Sunday, February 26,
4 p.m.
“Secrets of the Cave of Letters: A Dead Sea
Mystery,” with Richard Freund, Greenberg Professor of
Jewish History at the University of Hartford
Performing Arts Building, Room 101
Monday, February 27,
4 p.m.
“Protective Custody Prisoner 34042,”
with Susan Cernyak-Spatz, Holocaust survivor
Education Building, Room 119
Thursday, March 2, 4
p.m.
“The Holocaust Through the Camera’s
Eye,” with Barbie Zelizar, Raymond Williams Professor of
Communication at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg
School for Communication
Business Building, Room 120
Sunday, March 5, 4
p.m.
“From Hitler to Human Rights,” with
Donald Dietrich, Department of Theology, Boston College
Performing Arts Building, Room 101
Sunday, March 12, 4
p.m.
“Post 9/11: Literary Responses to
Tragedy,” with Asher Milbauer, director of graduate studies
in English, Florida International University
Performing Arts Building, Room 101
Monday, March 13, 7
p.m.
Seminar on Hate and Violence, cosponsored by The
American Jewish Committee
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. John Pawlikowski
Grand Palm Room, University Center
Sunday, March 26, 4
p.m.
“The Reluctant Rescuer: From
Schindler’s
List to
Hotel Rwanda,”
with Lawrence Baron, Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History
at San Diego State University
Performing Arts Building, Room 101
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