Annual Scholars’ Conference
55th Annual Scholar’s Conference
March 8 – 10, 2025
This upcoming year, the conference committee is transitioning to a smaller-scale “think tank” format in which a select number of invited scholars will participate in a workshop and series of discussion groups rather than formal presentations. The theme is “Exploring New Frontiers: New Technologies and Future Generations in Holocaust Studies and Memory.”
The 56th ASC will return to a more traditional format in 2026.
54th Annual Scholars’ Conference: March 2 – 4, 2024
The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas invited scholars March 2-4, 2024, as we celebrated the 54th anniversary of this important conference and continue the legacy established by Franklin H. Littell and Hubert G. Locke more than fifty years ago. This conference offers the opportunity to address the historical significance of the Holocaust through scholarship that is interfaith, international, and interdisciplinary.
The central theme of the 54th ASC was “There and Then, Here and Now.” This year’s conference invited presentations that look back on not only the history of the Holocaust but how its memory has been preserved and transmitted.
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Michael and Elaine Jaffe Lecture
“The Legacy of the Holocaust by Bullets in Contemporary Mass Crimes and Genocides”
Sunday, March 3 at 9am
Presented by Marco Gonzalez, director of Yahad-In Unum, who has worked alongside Father Patrick Desbois for more than twenty years collecting evidence and testimonies of the “Holocaust by Bullets.”
Mitchell L. and Miriam Lewis Barnett Lecture
“But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust”
Sunday, March 3 at 7pm
Presented by Dr. Charlotte Schallié, Professor of Germanic Studies and Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada).
For questions about the conference, please contact Cynthia Seton-Rogers at 972-883-2724 or email annualscholarsconference@utdallas.edu.
For questions about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Holly Hull Miori at 972-883-4119 or email hmiori@utdallas.edu.