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Albion College is pleased to announce a symposium, "The Holocaust and Moral Responsibility," to be held March 29 through April 5, 2001. This symposium is free and open to a general audience. For more information, please contact Frank Frick, professor of religious studies, 517-629-0354 or fsfrick@albion.edu.
A full schedule follows. Speakers include:
Miriam Winter, Holocaust survivor and author of the autobiography Trains;
Renée Firestone, founding lecturer of the Simon Wiesenthal Center?s Educational Outreach Program in Los Angeles and subject of the documentary The Last Days, which received an Academy Award in 1999 for Best Feature Length Documentary;
Anne Dutlinger, Terezin art scholar/historian;
Rabbi Irving Greenberg, Holocaust historian/philosopher, president of Jewish Life Network and chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council;
John K. Roth, philosopher, member of United States Holocaust Memorial Council and the editorial board of Holocaust and Genocide Studies;
Michael Berenbaum, recent past president and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, writer, lecturer and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and the historical development of films.
The complete schedule of events is as follows.
Thursday, March 29
11:00 A.M. -- "In Search of Memory: A Hidden Child in Poland During the Holocaust," Miriam Winter, Holocaust survivor as a "hidden child" and author of "Trains."
Monday, April 2
Noon Film: The Last Days, Academy Award-winning documentary by Steven Spielberg and The Shoah Foundation
7:30 p.m. -- "Is Teaching the Holocaust Our Moral Obligation?," Renée Firestone, Holocaust survivor featured in the documentary "The Last Days."
Tuesday, April 3
Noon -- Film related to the theme of moral responses to the Holocaust
4 p.m. -- "Document, Deception and Dialogue: Art and Artists in Terezín," Anne Dutlinger, Assistant Professor of Art, Moravian College
7:30 p.m. -- "Ethics in Response To the Holocaust: Reflections on Responsibility, Power, and Pluralism," Dr. Irving Greenberg, President of the Jewish Life Network and Chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Response Panel To Dr. Greenberg's address: Dr. Sid Bolkosky, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Albion College faculty members; Albion College students.
Wednesday, April 4
Noon -- Film related to the theme of moral responses to the Holocaust
7:30 p.m. -- "History Lessons: What Can the Holocaust Teach Us about Ethics?," Dr. John K. Roth, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College. Response Panel To Dr. Roth?s Address: Dr. Hank Greenspan, University of Michigan; Albion College faculty members; Albion College students.
Thursday, April 5
11 a.m. -- "The Holocaust as Negative Absolute," Dr. Michael Berenbaum, writer, lecturer and teacher.
1 p.m. Response Panel To Dr. Berenbaum=s Address: Dr. John K. Roth,Albion College faculty members, Albion College students.
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