Book Signing Event - Thomas Mann, Arnold Schoenberg, Theodor Adorno and the "Doctor Faustus" Controversy Archive

Exiles in Los Angeles Thomas Mann, Arnold Schoenberg, Theodor Adorno and the "Doctor Faustus" Controversy

October 5, 2018 by Jessica Mylymuk | Lectures and Events

October 16 | An Afternoon and Evening Event 2:30 – 4:45 p.m. |Argyros Forum 209 Introduction by Dr. Marilyn Harran, Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education A Schoenberg Perspective on the Doctor Faustus Controversy E. Randol Schoenberg Editor of The Doctor Faustus Dossier: Arnold Schoenberg, Thomas Mann, and Their Contemporaries, 1930-1951 E. Randol

70 Years after the Holocaust: Memory Matters Father Patrick Desbois Speaks at Evening of Holocaust Remembrance

April 10, 2018 by Marilyn Harran | Lectures and Events

In Douma, Syria, a horrific poison gas attack takes 60 lives and injures thousands more. Once again, we are confronted by the inhumanity of humanity. With suffering and death, murder and brutality, in the here and now, why bother to remember what occurred more than 70 years ago? In his latest book, In Broad Daylight:

An Evening of Holocaust Remembrance April 12 | 7 PM | Chapman Auditorium, Memorial Hall

March 16, 2018 by Jessica Mylymuk | Lectures and Events

LIGHTING OF CANDLES OF REMEMBRANCE AND MUSICAL TRIBUTES Cantor Chayim Frenkel, Kehillat Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades. Accompanied by pianist David Kamenir Violinist Iman Khosrowpour, Conductor, Symphony Orchestra and Violin Faculty, Irvine Valley College Pianist Kevin Kwan Louks, Founding member of Trio Céleste and President of Chamber Music | OC REFLECTIONS Father Patrick Desbois Founder and president of

A Hero Who Dares to Hope

October 11, 2017 by Marilyn Harran | Lectures and Events

No matter how hard I try, I can’t imagine the horror that Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire has seen. In Samantha Power’s introduction to General Dallaire’s book, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, she writes that when she learned of Dallaire’s experiences in Rwanda, she recalled Moshe the Beadle in Elie

My Journey from Rwanda to Humanitarianism Today Lieutenant-General, the Honourable Roméo Dallaire (Ret'd)

September 18, 2017 by Jessica Mylymuk | Lectures and Events

October 16 | 7 PM Chapman Auditorium | Memorial Hall Co-sponsored by Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and the Department of Peace Studies Roméo Dallaire is a retired Canadian Senator, a retired Canadian Army Lieutenant-General, a devoted humanitarian, and an outspoken advocate and champion of human rights. During his distinguished military career,

History, Memory, Justice Rodgers Center Announces 2017-18 Lectures & Events

August 9, 2017 by Jessica Mylymuk | Lectures and Events

Screening of Film Denial September 11 | 7 PM Chapman Auditorium | Memorial Hall Denial: Holocaust History on Trial Dr. Deborah Lipstadt September 14 | 7 PM Wallace All Faiths Chapel | Fish Interfaith Center Knowledge Without Action: The Case of Germany during the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire Dr. David Crowe and

The Vienna Paradox: From the ‘Woman in Gold’ to the Edge of Irony

February 8, 2016 by Marilyn Harran | Lectures and Events

On Tuesday, February 16 at 7 p.m. in the Fish Interfaith Center , the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education continues its year-long series with a lecture by Dr. Marjorie Perloff. The author of a dozen books, including works on poets W.B. Yeats and Frank O’Hara and on post-modern literature and art, Dr. Perloff is professor

Holocaust By Bullets: The Untold Story with Father Patrick Desbois

October 30, 2014 by Jessica Mylymuk | Lectures and Events

November 17 | 7 p.m. Chapman Auditorium | Memorial Hall Father Patrick Desbois President, Yahad-In Unum Author of The Holocaust By Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews Although nearly seventy years have passed since the war in Europe ended, and with it

The Question of Genocide: The Trial of Amon Goeth

September 19, 2013 by Jessica Mylymuk | Lectures and Events

Oskar Schindler, Raphael Lemkin, and the Question of Genocide: The Trial of Amon Goeth October 1 •7 p.m. Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center Dr. David N. Crowe Professor of History, Elon University Professor of Legal HIstory, Elon University School of Law Author of Oskar Schindler: The Untold Story of His Life, Wartime Activities,