| PLEASE NOTE: This Scholarship Expired on October 10th, 2005... |
Seminar For Faculty Teaching the Holocaust at HBCUs
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies 2006 Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar For Faculty Teaching the Holocaust at Historically Black Colleges and Universities January 4-10, 2006 The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum announces the 2006 Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar for Faculty Teaching the Holocaust at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This year’s seminar is designed for professors at HBCUs who are teaching or preparing a Holocaust-related course, or who plan to expand a current course to include a significant Holocaust-related component. The seminar will comprise daily thematic sessions covering such topics as Holocaust history and racial theory; Jews and other victims of the Nazis; the Black experience in Nazi Germany; the history of race in the United States; colonialism and racism; the minority experience as outsider or “other;” the impact on families and family dynamics; the issue of property and restitution; Black-Jewish relations; and memory of the Holocaust and memory of slavery and the slave trade. Small group discussions, chaired by peer leaders, will also be held on how to effectively integrate these issues and topics into specific courses taught at HBCUs. The seminar will be team-taught by Dr. Mary Coleman, Professor of Political Science, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, and Director, Center for University Scholars, Jackson State University; and Dr. Alan Steinweis, Rosenberg Associate Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. An expert in public law and the legacy of slavery, Professor Coleman’s publications include Legislators, Law and Public Policy; “Deracialization Strategy, Racial Symbolism, and Political Context in Mississippi Politics” in Politics in Mississippi; “The Legacy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Review Essay” in American Political Science Review; and “When Civic Indifference Becomes Citizenship Loss” in the online journal Campus Compact Reader. Professor Steinweis specializes in modern German and Jewish history, with a research and teaching emphasis on the Holocaust and Nazism. He is the author of Art, Ideology and Economics in Nazi Germany, and Studying the Jew: Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany, and is editor of the multi-volume series Comprehensive History of the Holocaust. He has researched and written about Black-Jewish relations—and the impact of the growing field of Holocaust Studies on these relations—in “Reflections on the Holocaust from Nebraska” in The Americanization of the Holocaust. Applicants must be faculty members of an HBCU. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of interest describing specific plans to make use of knowledge acquired in the seminar, and a supporting letter from a department chair or dean that addresses the applicant’s qualifications and the institution’s commitment to Holocaust-related teaching and research. If the candidate has already taught a course with a Holocaust-related component, a course syllabus should also be included. Admission will be decided without regard to the age, gender, ethnicity, or national origin of the applicant. A maximum of twenty applicants will be accepted. The Center will fund: (1) direct travel to and from the participant’s home institution and Washington, DC; (2) lodging for non-local participants for the duration of the course; (3) incidental and meal expenses of $300; (4) a book allowance of $100 for use in the Museum’s bookstore; and (5) required reading materials. All participants must attend the entire course. There will also be opportunities to explore the Museum’s significant library, archival, film, and photo holdings. Applications must be postmarked or received in electronic form no later than Monday, October 10, 2005 and sent to: University Programs Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2150 Fax: (202) 479-9726 Email: university_programs@ushmm.org For questions, contact Dr. Dieter Kuntz at: (202) 314-1779 All applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process by Friday, October 28, 2005. This seminar has been endowed by Edward and David Hess in memory of their parents, Jack and Anita Hess, who believed passionately in the power of education to overcome racial and religious prejudice. | |
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