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2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education“Sephardic Jewish Voices and Experiences in the Holocaust”Keynote SpeakersFree and Open to the Public - Registration RequiredSchedule“From the Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust”Keynote Speaker: Professor Devin NaarWednesday. November 6th7:00 p.m. – Keynote (Regency Room, AUC)Sephardic Studies Program Chair, Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies Education Ph.D. Stanford UniversityBiography Dr

SpeakersTuesday, October 18Beth Griech-PolelleDaniel Patrick BrownShelly M. ClinePauline Shanks KaurinRona KaufmanCarli SnyderKate WileySophia MahrJennifer SmithSonja M. HedgepethIlana Cone KennedyAgi D.Martina CucchiaraSuzanne VromenRobert P. EricksenMiya HigashiyamaBeth Griech-PolelleTitle: Presenter, Women as Perpetrators panel Who: Beth Griech-Polelle, The Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies, PLUBio: Beth A. Griech-Polelle, the Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies, earned her bachelor’s

ScheduleSteve is also the author of 50 Children: One ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission in the Heart of Nazi Germany (HarperCollins, 2014)Robert P. EricksenModerator: Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies (emeritus)Bio: Robert P. Ericksen is the author of Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2012) and Theologians under Hitler (Yale, 1985), which appeared in German, Dutch, and Japanese translation and was turned into a

filmmaker Moderator: Robert P. Ericksen, Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies, Emeritus, PLU Refreshments in lobby following filmThursday, October 24th9:00 a.m. – Registration (Grey Area/lobby, AUC) 10:00 - 11:35 a.m. – Ghettos and Resistance Work (Regency Room, AUC) Panel sponsored by Steve Baral“Telling Their Own Stories: Jewish Victim Diaries and Archives in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos” – Amy Simon This presentation explores the ways in which Yiddish diarists writing in the Warsaw and Vilna ghettos

Archives Kurt Mayer About Kurt’s Life Emmy Mayer Resolute: The J-term Experience of Two Lifetimes Resolute: Second Generation Messenger Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Film Festival Sponsors Contact Information Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference Phone: 253-535-7595 Email: phconf@plu.edu 12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003 Divisional Links Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs Conference Partners Holocaust Center for Humanity Facing History and Ourselves Directions to

Lifetimes Resolute: Second Generation Messenger Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies About Powell-Heller Conference Nancy Powell The Heller Family Holocaust Conference Archives Lemkin Lecture Archives Raphael Lemkin Essay Contest Contact Information Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference Phone: 253-535-7294 or 253-535-7669 Email: phconf@plu.edu 12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003 Divisional Links Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs Conference Partners Holocaust Center for Humanity

Experience of Two Lifetimes Resolute: Second Generation Messenger Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies About Powell-Heller Conference Nancy Powell The Heller Family Holocaust Conference Archives Lemkin Lecture Raphael Lemkin Essay Contest Archives Contact Information Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference Phone: 253-535-7595 Email: phconf@plu.edu 12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003 Divisional Links Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs Conference Partners Holocaust Center for Humanity