Special Events and Receptions

  • 4/16 Holocaust Convocation and Fierberg Lecture

    Holocaust Convocation and I.Martin and Janet Fierberg Lecture.

    Please join us for the 28th Academic Convocation on the Holocaust and the Fierberg Lecture Series, free and open to the public, on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 3:30 PM, in the Class of ’47 Room, Library Building.

    Berel Lang has held appointments at numerous universities, including Trinity College and State University of New York at Albany. He is the author or editor of 21 books, including Act and Idea in the Nazi Genocide, Writing and the Holocaust, The Death of Art, Philosophy and the Art of Writing, and Philosophical Witnessing: The Presence of the Holocaust.

    Student award presentation and a reception will immediately follow.

    The lecture is supported by the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, the Human Rights Institute, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, UNESCO Chair, UConn Hillel, and the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies.

    Please RSVP to judaicstudies@uconn.edu or by phone.

    For more information, please call 860-486-2271.

    For more information, contact: Rae Asselin / Judaic Studies at 860-486-2271 / rae.asselin@uconn.edu