Ackerman Chronicle

53rd Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (March 4-6, 2023)

The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas invited members of the public to join scholars from across the globe at the 53rd ASC, which offered the opportunity to address the historical significance of the Holocaust through scholarship that is interfaith, international, and interdisciplinary.

Learn more on the ASC's webpage or view the conference program by clicking on the image to the left.

Click on the thumbnails below to watch videos of our two keynotes and a presentation by the Ackerman Center Digital Studies of the Holocaust Team.

Dr. Nils Roemer will be presenting the first lecture of our Spring Lecture Series this Sunday as he seeks to contextualize the genocidal policies of the Third Reich more firmly in the context of the war. The beginning of the year 1943 brought the official admission of defeat at Stalingrad together with the renewal of Allied air raids on German cities. In response to the changing military situation, the Third Reich renewed the focus on military conflict with the declaration of "total war" and acceleration of the liquidation of ghettos in the East and new deportations from the West. The completion of Operation Reinhard coincided with a new renewed acceleration of deportations from Western Europe. Part of the lecture will be based on the study of a unique database, created at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, that allows visualizing the intensified deportation, particularly from Western Europe. Tracking the patterns of these deportations allows to better comprehend how the Holocaust continued to be implemented on a local, regional, national, and European scale within the changing context of the war.

Learn more on the event's webpage.

Dr. David Patterson will be presenting the second lecture of our annual Spring Lecture Series on Sunday, April 16. In this lecture, Dr. Patterson will explore some highlights of Zivia Lubetkin’s (1914 – 1978) memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Days of Destruction and Revolt. Lubetkin was a founder of the Warsaw Ghetto’s Jewish Fighting Organization. During her underground activities, the name "Cywia" or Zivia became the code word for Poland in letters sent by resistance groups both within and outside of the Warsaw Ghetto. She was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and one of only 34 fighters to survive the war. In 1946 she made her way to Mandate Palestine, where she married the leader of the Uprising, Yitzhak Zuckerman.

Learn more on the event's webpage.

April 18 - Holocaust Remembrance Day

This annual event will once again feature readings by faculty, staff, students, and community members of poetry, prose, and personal testimony in a variety of languages. Learn more on the event's webpage.

Email cynthia.rogers@utdallas.edu if you are interested in participating.

Join the Ackerman Center for 1969 minutes of giving April 19-20. All funds raised during Comet Giving Days will be used to support our students. Every dollar you give will benefit our students, who carry our mission of “Teaching the Past, Changing the Future” with them as educators, professionals, and leaders in America and around the world.

Stay tuned for more details.

Join the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies on April 30th as we honor Burton C. Einspruch, MD with the Edward M. Ackerman Leadership Award.

The Edward M. Ackerman Leadership Award is presented to an outstanding individual or group who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to promoting the education and increased awareness of the Holocaust and related human rights issues. This leadership inspires or empowers others to become involved and engaged in ways that echo the mission of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies: “Teaching the Past, Changing the Future.”

Learn more about sponsorship opportunities and how to become a part of this special event on the Ackerman Center Leadership Luncheon's webpage.

The Ackerman Center is in the process of scheduling additional events, which we will be adding to our Upcoming Events Page as they are finalized.

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Listen to all of the episodes of the Ackerman Center Podcast by clicking here or on the thumbnail image to the left

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Cynthia Seton-Rogers, Academic and Outreach Events Manager