Jewish Studies Program to Host Interdisciplinary Seminar Course and Public Lectures This Spring
The Jewish Studies Program in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences will host a slate of unique and innovative offerings this spring, including an interdisciplinary seminar course with university-wide guest lecturers and two public lectures, one featuring a lecturer from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
"This spring, we will explore how the Holocaust echoes in the subjects we study, in the institutions we depend on and how it continues to affect individuals, families and communities we know," said Jennifer Hoyer, associate professor of German and director of the Jewish Studies Program.
The seminar course, titled "How Did the Holocaust Affect…?" will investigate how the Holocaust continues to affect society today, including through the lenses of music, gaming, immigration law, mathematics, African and African American studies and more. The interdisciplinary perspectives will feature the following guest lecturers:
- Caree Banton, associate professor of history and director of African and African American Studies
- Amelia McGowan, assistant clinical professor in the U of A School of Law and Immigration Clinic Director
- Edmund Harriss, assistant professor of mathematical sciences
- Curtis Maughan, director of the World Languages and Digital Humanities Studio
- Eric Totten, instructor of history
Students in the course will develop their own research project based on a subject of interest related to the Holocaust. For the first time, the course is also open to graduate students across all disciplines.
In addition to the course, which is made possible thanks to generous donor support, the Jewish Studies Program will host two public lectures in the spring: one with a lecturer from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and one featuring Phillip Silver, professor of music, piano and musicology from the University of Maine.
For students interested in the seminar course, the course code is JWST 470V/570V.
For those interested in the public lectures, visit jewishstudies.uark.edu for more information in the early spring.
The U of A is proud to host the only university Jewish Studies program in Arkansas. An online archive of past lectures and student research projects is available at howdidtheholocaustaffect.uark.edu.
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Jennifer Hoyer, associate professor of German and director of Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies Program
479-575-2951,
jhoyer@uark.edu
Kaleb A. Turner, associate director of communications
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-2130,
kat022@uark.edu
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