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The Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education in New York City
Reading, Writing, and Teaching the Holocaust
July 8–18, 2007
New York, New York
The Holocaust Educators Network in partnership with the National Writing Project
announces 20 fellowships for NWP teacher-consultants in the Rural Sites
Network to attend the Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust
Education in New York City.
Using an inquiry-based approach, this program will encourage
teachers to think creatively and collaboratively about methods and
approaches to teaching the Holocaust. The seminar will consider how we
engage students with difficult material such as hatred, prejudice,
state-sanctioned genocide, and atrocity, and how writing, dialogue, and
inquiry can help us develop empathy and can move us toward action.
While the focus is on the Holocaust, attention will also be given to
more recent genocides.
The seminar is sponsored by the Memorial Library and by Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Details
- The seminar will be led by Dr. Sondra Perl, professor of English and Urban Education at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, founding co-director of the New York City Writing Project, and author of On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I Was Taught to Hate.
- Participants will receive a $1,000 fellowship, free housing at Columbia University, and a generous stipend for round-trip airfare and meals.
- Prior experience teaching the Holocaust is not necessary, but commitment to teaching about the Holocaust during the 2007–2008 academic year is essential.
Application Information
The application deadline has passed.
