35th Annual Scholars’ Conference on Holocaust

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The 35th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the
Holocaust and the Churches
"New Threats and Sowing Seeds of Hope: Operation Early Warning"
March 5 - 8, 2005

For further information and a registration form, please visit the Web site, http://www.sju.edu/events/scholars_conference.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

Saturday, March 5 – Hilton Hotel, Philadelphia City Avenue

9:30am & 10:00am - Buses depart for Barnes Foundation tour

10:00 – 7:00pm – Registration

7:00 – 8:30pm – Opening Reception

8:45 – 10:00pm – Film, Weapons of the Spirit (classroom version) and presentation by director Pierre Sauvage, Chambon Foundation (Los Angeles, CA): Le Chambon's Challenge to France Today!

Sunday, March 6 – Saint Joseph’s University

7:45 – 8:45am – Interfaith Services

8:00am – 5:00pm – Registration @ Saint Joseph’s University, Mandeville Hall

9:15 – 10:30am
Opening Plenary – Sowing Seeds of Hope, Wolfington Teletorium™, Mandeville Hall
Greetings: Franklin H. Littell, Co-Founder, Annual Scholars’ Conference
Welcome: Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., President. Saint Joseph's University
Chair: Hubert G. Locke, Co-Founder, Annual Scholars’ Conference
Eternal Flame Award Recipient: His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, followed by his message to the Conference
Remarks:
Brice Wachterhauser, Host Conference Chairman & Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Saint Joseph’s University
Arlen Specter, United States Senate, Pennsylvania*
Allyson Schwartz, United States House of Representatives, 13th District of Pennsylvania*
*invited

10:30 – 11:00am – Reception

11:00am - 12:15pm
Breakout Session I – Picturing the Past: Education through Art & Literature
Chair: Terrance L. Furin, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Marty J. Kalb, Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
        Nancy D. Kersell, Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights, KY)
        Joan Peterson, Saint Mary’s College of California (Moraga, CA)
        Bobbi Zahra, Catholic University (Leuven, Belgium)

Breakout Session II – Old Hatreds & the New Europe
Chair: Elisabeth Maxwell, Remembering for the Future (London, England)
        Johan Ahr, Hofstra University (Hempsted, NY)
        Ilya Altman, Russian Research & Educational Holocaust Centre (Moscow, Russia)
        Yitzchak Kerem, Aristotle University & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel)
        Stefano Luconi, University of Padua & University of Pisa (Padua & Pisa, Italy)
        Robert A. Ventresca, King’s University College (London, Ontario, Canada)

Breakout Session III – Young Faces in the Mirror: Teaching through Story
Chair: Jeanne Brady, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Louanne Clayton Jacobs, Alabama A&M University (Normal, AL)
        Maryann McLoughlin, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ)
        Mary Johnson, Facing History & Ourselves (Bear, DE)
        Gail Rosenthal, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ)
        Simone Schweber, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

12:30 - 1:30pm – Buffet Lunch

1:30 - 3:00pm
Plenary 2 – A Commanding Voice Remembered: Emil Fackenheim
Chair & Presenter: Zev Garber, Los Angeles Valley College (Valley Glen, CA) & Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
        Marie L. Baird, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA)
        Peter J. Haas, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
        Franklin H. Littell, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ)
        David Patterson, University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)
        Richard Rubenstein, University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT)
        Tobie Tondi, SHCJ, Rosemont College (Rosemont, PA)

Concurrent Education Track
Breakout Session IV – Yellow Stars on the Silver Screen©: Teaching through Film
Chair: Myrna Goldenberg, Independent Scholar (Potomac, MD)
        Miriam Klein Kassenoff, University of Miami (Miami, FL)
        Richard Libowitz, Saint Joseph’s University/Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Marcia Sachs Littell, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ)
        Diane Plotkin, Brookhaven College/University of North Texas (Dallas, TX)
        Thad Gaebelein, United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY)

Breakout Session V – New Classroom Techniques & Approaches in Holocaust Education
Chair: Evelyn Minick, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Carol Edelman, California State University (Chico, CA)
        Sam Edelman, California State University (Chico, CA)
        Rosalie Franks, Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI)
        Karen L. Howard, Merrimack College (N. Andover, MA)
        Amy L. Kettler, University of Southampton (Southampton, England)
        Yossi Liebowitz, Congregation B'nai Israel (Spartenburg, SC)
        Moshe Shner, University of Haifa at Oranim (Tivon, Israel)
        Ray Wolpow, Western Washington State University (Bellingham, WA)

Breakout Session VI – Past Tragedies & Today’s Realities in the Classroom for Tomorrow’s Generation
Chair: Philip Schatz, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Philippe Basabose, Rwandan Community of London (London, Ontario, Canada)
        Terrance L. Furin, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Mary J. Gallant, Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ)
        Rich Hitchens, Association for the Elimination of Hate (London, Ontario, Canada)
        Monique Moreau, St. Thomas Aquinas, London District Catholic School Board (London, Ontario, Canada)

3:00 – 3:15pm – Coffee Break

3:15 – 5:00pm
Plenary 3 – New Threats: An Inter-religious Trialogue
Chair: Charles Lightner, The Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights (Philadelphia, PA)
        Erich Geldbach, International Association of Free Churches (Berlin, Germany)
        Carol Ann Martinelli, Independent Scholar (Detroit, MI)
        Michael Pinner, East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN)
        Shimon Samuels, Simon Wiesenthal Centre (Paris, France)
        Mahmut Aydin, Ondokuz Mayis University (Samsun, Turkey)

6:00 - 7:30pm - Dinner

8:00 – 10pm – Public Event, Chapel of St. Joseph
A Gathering of the Children of Abraham: Jewish-Christian-Muslim Trialogue
Welcoming Remarks: John McCall, Host Program Co-Chairperson & Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Saint Joseph’s University
Chair: Paul Mojzes, Program Co-Chairman & Rosemont College (Rosemont, PA)
        Peter A. Batkis, Orthodox Church of America (Columbia, SC)
        Michael Berenbaum, The Berenbaum Group (Los Angeles, CA)
        Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the NCC (New York, NY)
        W. Deen Mohammed, The Mosque Cares (Calumet City, IL)*
        * invited

Monday, March 7 - Hilton Hotel, Philadelphia City Avenue

7:45 - 9:00am – Is there a Redeeming Voice: The Midrash Group on Job 38-41 and Matthew 27
Chair: James Moore, Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN)
        Steven L. Jacobs, The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
        Henry F. Knight, The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
        Zev Garber, Los Angeles Valley College (Valley Glen, CA) & Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

9:00 – 10:30am
Plenary 4 – The Gathering Continues: Jewish-Christian-Muslim Trialogue, Part II
Chair: Leonard Swidler, Program Co-Chairman & Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Richard Rubenstein, University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT)
        John Schol, The United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.)
        Alwi Shihab, Coordinating Minister of People’s Welfare (Jakarta, Indonesia)
        Aslam Syed, Quaid-i-Azam University (Islamabad, Pakistan)

10:30 – 10:45am – Coffee Break

10:45am – 12:00pm
Breakout Session VII – Roots of Genocide: Yesterday & Today
Chair: Benjamin Liebman, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Steven K. Baum, Ministry of Correctional Services (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
        Herbert Hirsch, Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
        Susan Pentlin, Central Missouri State University (Warrensburg, MO)
        Anna Rosmus, Independent Scholar (Edgewood, MD)
        Shelly Shapiro, Holocaust Survivors & Friends Organization (Latham, NY)

Breakout Session VIII – “This is what I saw, This is what happened:” First Person Testimony
Chair: Marjorie Rathbone, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Joshua A. Franklin, Clark University (Worcester, MA)
        Karen S. Franklin, The Judaic Museum (Riverdale, NY)
        Jeff Kleiman, University of Wisconsin (Marshfield, WI)
        Tomas Radil, Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague, Czech Republic)
        Ann Weiss, Eyes from the Ashes (Philadelphia, PA)

Breakout Session IX – Remembering the Past for the Future: Seeking Meaning & Definition in the Holocaust
Chair: Eileen Z. Cohen, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Paul R. Bartrop, Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)
        Charles R. Clarke, Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY)
        Thomas Lawson, University College Winchester (Winchester, England)
        Danna Nolan Fewell, Drew University (Madison, NJ)
        Gary A. Phillips, The University of the South (Sewanee, TN)

12:00 – 1:30pm - Luncheon
Chair: Nancy R. Fox, Host Program Co-Chairperson & Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Saint Joseph’s University
Speaker: Rochelle Saidel, Remember the Women Institute (New York, NY) & University of Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil), author of The Jewish Women of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

1:45 – 3:15pm
Plenary 5A – Healers in Hell: Nurses, Physicians, and Other Caregivers
Chair & Presenter: Susan Benedict, Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC)
        Mary Lagerwey, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
        Cheyenne Martin, University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX)
        Susan Mayer, North Central Bronx Health Network (New York, NY)
        Linda Shields, The University of Hull (Hull, England)
        Jacqueline Claude Romney, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Plenary 5B – At a Fork in the Road: Prevention or Disaster
Chair & Presenter: Paul DeVito, Early Responders Distance Learning Center & Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Ismail Bardhi, School of Islamic Studies (Skopie, Macedonia)
        Ratomir Grozdanoski, Macedonia Orthodox Theological School (Skopie, Macedonia)
        Sanaullah Kirmani, Towson University (Baltimore, MD)
        Elisee Rutagambwa, S.J., Boston College (Boston, MA)
        Leonard Swidler, Program Co-Chairman & Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)

3:15 – 3:30pm – Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:45pm
Breakout Session X – The Roles of Women
Chair: Thomas D. Marzik, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Sonja Hedgepeth, Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
        Maureen Wilt, Central Missouri State University (Warrensburg, MO)
        Bat-Ami Zucker, Bar Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel)

Breakout Session XI – Christian antisemitism
Chair: Millicent Feske, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Jane Clements, The Council of Christians & Jews (London, England)
        Henry Gonshak, Montana Tech University (Butte, MT)
        Gail H. Stanger, Egg Harbor Township Board of Education (Linwood, NJ)

Breakout Session XII – The Legacy of Language: Generations After the Holocaust
Chair & Presenter: Karin Doerr, Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
        Marlen Gabriel, New York University (New York, NY)
        Dorota Glowacka, University of King’s College (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
        Ruth Liberman, New York University (New York, NY)
        Barbara Wind, Holocaust Council of MetroWest (Summit, NJ)

4:45 – 6:00pm
Breakout Session XIII – Ethics After Auschwitz
Chair: Marcia Sachs Littell, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ)
        Beth B. Cohen, Clark University (Worcester, MA) & United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.)
        Jonathon Friedman, West Chester University (West Chester, PA)
        Ilana F. Offenberger, Clark University (Worcester, MA)

Breakout Session XIV – The New Inter-religious Animosities
Chair: Frank M. Bernt, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Gary Evans, University of Ottawa/Bishop’s College (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
        Frederick C. Holmgren, North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, IL)
        William F. Miles, Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
        Andrew Weinstein, New York University (New York, NY)

Breakout Session XV – Early Warnings: Innovative Approaches to the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide
Chair: Franklin H. Littell, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ)
        Paul Bartrop, Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)
        Henry Huttenbach, City College of New York (New York, NY)
        Steven L. Jacobs, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
        Samuel Totten, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AK)

6:15 – 8:15pm – Conference Banquet
Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide 90 Years Later
Recognition of Professor Vahakn Dadrian, for his lifetime of distinguished work
Speaker: Peter Balakian, author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
Chair: Gregory Dell’Omo, Vice President for External Affairs, Saint Joseph’s University

8:30 – 10:00pm – Performance by Bente Kahan (Oslo, Norway)

Tuesday, March 8 - Hilton Hotel, Philadelphia City Avenue

9:00 – 10:30am
Plenary 6 – Fire in the Ashes: God, Evil, & the Holocaust
Chair & Presenter: David Patterson, The University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)
        Leonard Grob, Farleigh Dickenson University (Teaneck, NJ)
        Peter J. Haas, Case Western University (Cleveland, OH)
        Henry F. Knight, University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)

10:30 – 10:45am – Coffee Break

10:45am – 12:00pm
Breakout Session XVI – Coping with the Kingdom of Night
Chair: Thomas L. Buckley, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Haim Genezi, Bar Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel)
        Vicky Knickerbocker, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
        Jack Nusan Porter, The Spencer Institute for Social and Historical Research (West Newton, MA)
        Nancy E. Rupprecht, Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
        Emanuel Tanay, Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Breakout Session XVII – Preserving Memory: Survivors on Film
Chair: Deborah Lurie, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia, PA)
        Rosalie Franks, Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI)
        William Kahane, Lest We Forget Study Tour ® (Northfield, NJ)
        Murray Kohn, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (Pomona, NJ)
        Gail H. Stanger, Lest We Forget Study Tour ® (Linwood, NJ)
        C. Paul Vincent, Keene State College (Keene, NH)
        Thomas White, Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies, Keene State University (Keene, NH)

Breakout Session XVIII – Jews Rescuing Jews During the Holocaust
Co-Chairs: Rene Lichtman & Stefanie Seltzer, World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust (Conshohocken, PA)
        Patrick Henry, Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)
        Martin Goldman, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.)
        Nancy Lefenfeld, Independent Scholar (Clarksville, MD)
        Kenneth Waltzer, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

12:15 – 1:30pm - Closing Luncheon
Speaker: Yaffa Eliach, The Shtetl Foundation (New York, NY)
Chair: Sharon Gutman Lightner, The Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights (Philadelphia, PA)
Closing Remarks: Franklin H. Littell, Co-Founder, Annual Scholars’ Conference

The Annual Scholars' Conference would also like to acknowledge & thank Saint Joseph's University and The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey for their continued support.

For further information or questions regarding the conference, please e-mail asc@sju.edu.

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