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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

MTSU’s 14th biennnial Holocaust Studies Conference

Atina Grossman, a professor of history at The Cooper Union in New York City, will present the keynote address at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Student Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to all MTSU students, faculty and staff.

In her lecture, titled “Remapping Holocaust Studies: Teaching and Research in Global Context,” Grossman will consider how to help students recognize connections between the Holocaust and racism, antisemitism and colonialism while continuing to acknowledge the Holocaust’s uniqueness in history.

Other issues Grossman will consider include the challenges of achieving a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and the non-Western world and teaching Holocaust studies as the liberal arts come under question in some arenas of the academic community... (continues)

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