During the academic year 2018-19, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) introduced student travel grants. The grants, around $1,500 per recipient, are designed to enable students to conduct research at Israeli archives, universities, research libraries and/or other centers on a project in connection with their work at Appalachian State University. The 2018-19 grant recipients will also be able to attend the Center’s first off-campus academic conference in Akko, Israel.
The Center received many applications and the committee was especially impressed with the projects, ranging from sexual violence in Nazi camps to struggles of the peace movement in present-day Israel. Five grants were awarded to the following:
Sarah Brody, senior History major
Elizabeth Knowlton, senior Political Science major, (minor in JHP)
Sarah Perlmutter, senior Biology major, (minor in JHP)
Halley Roth junior Political Science major, (minor in JHP)
Annette Waters, junior History - Social Studies Education major, (minor in JHP)
The Center would like to thank Ed and Helen Decker, the Rosenblatt Family Foundation and the Miriam and Abe Brenner Foundation in cooperation with the Greensboro Jewish Federation for their support of the new student travel grants.
The Center plans to offer this opportunity in the form of additional travel grants in the future. The Center would like to thank Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer for their generous donation in support of the upcoming conference.
Organized in partnership with the Holocaust Studies Program at Western Galilee College and the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in Los Angeles, the "Future of Holocaust Testimonies" Conference in Akko, Israel brings together dozens of scholars from around the world to shed light on this important topic as we are approaching a time with no living Holocaust survivors. The meeting takes place on the campus of Western Galilee College and the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum and Archives from March 11-13, 2019. All events (in Hebrew and English) on March 13th are open to the public.
To register and for accommodation, contact testimonyconf@wgalil.ac.il. For more information, call/email the Center at 828.262.2311 or holocaust@appatate.edu.
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About the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies/
Appalachian State University's Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies was founded in 2002 to develop new educational opportunities for students, teachers, and the community. Located administratively within the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding, and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust, and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement and the prevention of further genocides.
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies is an associate institutional member of the Association of Jewish Studies, a member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations and of the North Carolina Consortium of Jewish Studies.
"Future of Holocaust Testimonies" Conference in Akko, Israel
"Future of Holocaust Testimonies" Conference in Akko, Israel