What
The University of New Haven (UNH) will present its sixth annual Holocaust Remembrance Event. The keynote speaker, Dr. Geoffrey Hartman, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Yale, became a refugee from Nazi Germany at age nine. In addition to remarks by Hartman, the program of remembrance will include a reading of names of those who perished in the Holocaust who are in some way related to a member of the UNH community. The ceremony will include the lighting of ceremonial candles, the chanting of a memorial blessing, a moment of silent contemplation and musical accompaniment. The event is free and open to the public.
When
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 3 p.m.
Where
Marvin K. Peterson Library, UNH Campus
Details
Hartman received his B.A. in comparative literature from Queens College of the City of New York and his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Yale University. He has served as project director of Yale's Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Hartman's most recent books are "The Geoffrey Hartman Reader;" winner of the Truman Capote Prize for Literary Criticism in Honor of Newton Arvin, "Scars of the Spirit: The Longest Shadow;" and a new edition of "Criticism in the Wilderness." He has been a pivotal figure in the humanities for more than 50 years.
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