The KHC announces Summer 2018 Fellowship Opportunities for Students
For Summer 2018, the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College/ CUNY is looking for students interested in learning more about the Holocaust, Genocide,…
Kupferberg Holocaust Center
The lessons of the Holocaust offer an unparalleled opportunity to address the cultural, educational, and civic needs of our diverse community. The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) is neither a museum nor a library: We are a learning laboratory where students, survivors, and community members learn through their hearts, minds, and actions.
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Featured Event
Peace Education as Inoculation against Complicity & Injustice
- When:
- Tuesday, May 01 at 6:00 PM
- Where:
- Kupferberg Holocaust Center
Part of the Drs. Bebe and Owen Bernstein Lecture Series
NEH 2017-18 Event: Complicity & Collaboration
Colman McCarthy is a pioneer in peace education in the Washington, DC area. A prominent journalist for such esteemed publications as The Washington Post, and longtime peace activist, he is the founder and president for the Center for Teaching Peace in Washington, DC. In addition to faculty positions at Georgetown Law and American University, McCarthy teaches peace education in schools across Montgomery county, some even as an unpaid, guest lecturer. His writings include “I’d Rather Teach Peace” (2002), edited volumes regarding peace education, numerous other books and countless articles on a range of topics from religion to politics to health and gender studies. McCarthy has referred to the pursuit of infusing peace education into American schools as a “crusade,” and has lamented that if peace is not taught, violence will continue to be cultivated within the society. He is an active member of the academic community, participating in a range of conferences, lectures, seminars, etc. to expose faculty and researchers to the significance of peace education and spotlight the unfortunate marginalization of this significant field in the current academic curriculum that American students are indoctrinated within today.
This event is FREE, but registration is requested. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peace-education-as-inoculation-against-complicity-injustice-tickets-36719541136?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing
To view the 2017-2018 KHC/NEH Colloquium Series of Events, please click here
Current Exhibit
Conspiracy Of Goodness
The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center is proud to unveil its newest original exhibition that tells the story of how an isolated Huguenot community in the Haute-Loire region, saved 3,500 Jews from Nazi Germany and the soldiers of Vichy France. Villagers of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the surrounding villages, joined together to conceal, rescue, and provide false documentation for Jews and French Resistance fighters, at great risk to their own lives. They offered sanctuary and kindness to refugees, while they, the Huguenots (French Calvinists), had lived under oppression themselves and were targets of religious persecution for hundreds of years. The unwavering willingness of the villagers of Le Chambon to help those in need is a testament to the power of the human spirit and will serve as an outstanding model to students and other visitors about our responsibility to respond…
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To use the lessons of the Holocaust to educate current and future generations about the ramifications of unbridled prejudice, racism, and stereotyping.
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In addition to student fellowships, survivor discussion groups and docent training, the KHC hosts dozens of events each year to investigate the Holocaust and global violence as historical and present-day realities.
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