The Ackerman Center is a distinguished academic center that offers a multi-disciplinary view of the Holocaust, genocide and human rights studies. The center currently has five endowed professor positions, one full-time research assistant professor, and two visiting assistant professors. We provide an educational, engaging, and transformative experience for our diverse students, who carry our mission with them as educators, professionals, and leaders in America and around the world. Our thriving academic program is complemented by a substantial outreach program. By advancing a continuous engagement with the past, the Ackerman Center plays a vital part of promoting solutions to the challenges of global justice and peace in our world.
What’s Happening
COVID-19 Updates
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2019-2020 Annual Newsletter
The full newsletter can be found here.
Ackerman Chronicle
All issues of the Center newsletters can be found online here.
Annual Scholars’ Conference
UT Dallas has been the permanent home of this conference since 2017. Click here to learn more.
Ackerman Center Podcast
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