PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE 14TH ANNUAL SUMMER
SYMPOSIUM ON REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST
July 11 – July 17, 2015
All sessions will be held in Belk Library 114 unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, July 11
2:00 – 4:00 Teacher Registration [Summit Hall]
5:30 – 6:45 By Invitation Only: Welcome, Introductions, Picnic and Havdalah Service
[Venue TBA]
7:00 – 9:00 Film: Raise the Roof [Venue TBA] This event is free and open to the general
public
Sunday, July 12
8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast at the Temple of the High Country (For participants only)
9:30 – 11:30 Jewish History and Religion [TOHC] [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 The Longest Hatred: Judeophobia/Anti-Semitism [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
7:00 – 9:00 By Invitation Only: Symposium Banquet [Harvest House] [Symposium
participants will be bused to the venue from Summit Hall.]
Monday, July 13
8:30 – 9:00 Opening Session/Agenda Overview/Questions [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
9:00 – 10:30 The Rise of the Nazi Party [Dr. Rennie Brantz]
10:45 – 12:45 The Concentration Camp Universe [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
2:15 – 4:15 The Beginning of the Beginning: Kristallnacht [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
7:00 – 9:00 Keynote Address/Special Event: “Preserving the Witnesses’ Testimony: Making
the Documentary Film Treblinka’s Last Witness” by Dr. Michael Berenbaum,
followed by the screening of the film with a Q&A session after
Tuesday, July 14
8:30 – 8:45 Review/Reflections/Questions [Lee Holder]
9:00 – 11:00 Latest Holocaust Research by Dr. Ann Millin
11:15 – 12:55 A Tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations: The Case of Le Chambon-sur
-Lignon [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
2:15 – 4:15 Survivor Testimony
7:00 – 9:00 Keynote Address: Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff: Women in the Holocaust
Wednesday, July 15
8:30 – 8:45 Review/Reflections/Questions [Lee Holder]
8:45 – 9:45 Using Survivor Testimony in the Classroom [Dr. Rosemary Horowitz]
9:45 – 10:45 Teaching the Holocaust [A series of workshop sessions]
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Teacher Workshop [Lee Holder]
12:30 – 1:30 Working Lunch for Participants and Presenters/Q & A [Pizza and Salad Served]
[Lee Holder]
1:45 – 3:45 Lecture by Kathy Kacer
4:00 – 5:30 Panel: Literature of the Holocaust [Dr. Rosemary Horowitz, Dr. Simon P.
Sibelman, Kathy Kacer]
7:00 – 9:00 Keynote Address: Dr. Gabriel Finder
Thursday, July 16
8:30 – 8:45 Review/Reflections/Questions [Lee Holder]
8:45 – 10:30 Terezín: Art and Music [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:45 Film and the Holocaust [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
12:45 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Did They Fight Back?: Jewish Resistance and Survival Strategies [Dr. John Cox]
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:00 The March of the Living [Suzanne Lasky Gerard]
7:00 – 9:00 Keynote Address: The Aftermath for World Jewry: 1945-1948 [Trudy Gold]
Friday, July 17
8:30 – 8:45 Review/Reflections/Questions [Lee Holder]
8:45 – 10:00 Holocaust Denial [Dr. Simon P. Sibelman]
10:15 – 12:00 Modern Genocide [Dr. John Cox]
12:00 – 12:30 Continuing Your Holocaust Education [Lee Holder]
12:30 – 1:00 Closure and Graduation