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Spring, 2007 Event Schedule

Fall, 2006 Event Schedule

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All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please call 319 273-2725.

Spring, 2007 Event Schedule

Lecture

January 8, 7:00 p.m., KAB Art Auditorium, Room 111
Curator’s Lecture

Irvin D. Ungar is Curator of the traveling exhibition Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk, which will be on view in the UNI Gallery of Art.  An Opening Reception will follow.

January 29, 10:00 a.m.
UNI Holocaust Remembrance and Education Series
Live radio interview with Deborah Lipstadt on KHKE.
http://www.khke.org/

February 7, 2007, 7:00 p.m., Lang Auditorium

“History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving”

presented by Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Director of the Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. Deborah Lipstadt will speak about her libel trial in London against David Irving, who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right-wing extremist.  Lipstadt's defense team demonstrated that all of Irving’s claims about the Holocaust being a myth were based on lies and distortions. 

February 15, 7:00 p.m., CEEE Auditorium / Lecture

Dr. Racelle Weiman, Executive Director, Institute for Interreligious, Intercultural Dialogue at Temple University in Philadelphia, will present a lecture in conjunction with the Dr. Seuss Wants You! exhibition at the UNI Museum.

Performance

April 16, 2007, 7:00 p.m., Lang Auditorium

REMNANTS

Award-winning voice play written and performed by Henry Greenspan. The play explores the experience of living after the Holocaust. Dr. Greenspan is professor at the University of Michigan; playwright; author of On Listening to Holocaust Survivors: Recounting and Life History and, with Agi Rubin, Reflections: Auschwitz, Memory, and a Life Recreated.

The performance is followed by a book signing and open reception. Sponsored by the College of Education. The event is free and open to the public.

April 10th at 10 a.m.
Live radio interview with Henry Greenspan on KHKE.
http://www.khke.org/

Exhibits

Jan 8 — Mar 1, 2007  UNI Gallery of Art

Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk

An art exhibition and historical survey of the work of Arthur Szyk, a Polish immigrant to the U.S., who in the 1940s created propaganda art to call the world’s attention to Nazi atrocities in Europe while simultaneously advocating for social justice and civil liberties in America.

http://www.uni.edu/artdept/gallery/

Jan.-May, 2007  UNI Museum / History Exhibit

“Dr. Seuss wants you!”

A traveling exhibition created by the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education and Thomas More College to present a little-known aspect of the works of Theodor Seuss Geisel – his numerous political cartoons and war-time efforts to address American isolationism, racism, and anti-Semitism.

http://www.uni.edu/museum/

These exhibitions represent a partnership between UNI Museums and the UNI Gallery of Art under the project title Illuminations of the Holocaust, which is sponsored in part by Humanities Iowa and Veridian Credit Union.

Film Series at the Hearst Center for the Arts

January 23, 7:00 p.m., Hearst Center for the Arts

Triumph of the Will (1935)

One of the best-known examples of propaganda in film history, Triumph of the Will documents the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremburg.  Using an array of cinematic techniques, director Leni Riefenstahl portrays Germany’s return to greatness and the adoration of Adolph Hitler (who is listed in the credits as one of the producers).  In German, with English subtitles. Running time: 120 minutes.

February 22, 7:00 p.m., Hearst Center for the Arts

Why We Fight (1943)

Director Frank Capra was commissioned to produce a series of films to explain the government’s policy to U.S. troops.  Among the many talents collaborating in the production of these seven films--of which we will show “The Battle of Russia”--were director John Huston, journalist William Shirer, and the Disney Studios.  Running time: 83 minutes.

March 29, 7:00 p.m., Hearst Center for the Arts

The Nasty Girl (1991)

Directed by Michael Verhoeven, this film is based on the true story of a young woman in a German town who discovers, while writing an essay for a contest, that the clergy and businessmen who, she was told, had stood up to Nazi terror, had in fact acted quite differently.  As she continues her research, she and her family become the targets of abuse and threats.  In German, with English subtitles.  Running time: 94 minutes.  Adult language and content.

All events are free and open to the public.  For more information, please visit <www.uni.edu/holocaust> or call 319-273-2725.

http://www.hearstartscenter.com/

Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony

April 16, 2007, 6:00 – 6:40 p.m., Central Ballroom A, Maucker Union 

Yom Ha’Shoah Commemoration

Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, organized in collaboration with the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Waterloo. The ceremony will involve participants of different faiths and backgrounds. We will light candles to pay tribute to the victims, liberators and rescuers of the Holocaust as well as victims of other genocides. The event is free and open to the public.