THE HOLOCAUST
Critical Reflections on Modernity
in the Year 2000
November
1999
February 2000
March 2000
April 2000
May 2000
June 2000
November
7, 1999, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
LVAIC Women's Studies Coalition Fall Workshop
The HUB, Moravian College, Locust and Monocacy Streets
"Teaching about Art and the Holocaust"
Lucy Gans, Professor of Art, Lehigh University
Anne Dutlinger, Professor of Art, Moravian College
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February 2000
February
9-June 11
Exhibition, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Holocaust Project: From Darkness
into Light
by Judy Chicago with photography by Donald Woodman
February-May, Linderman Library Lobby, Lehigh University
"Reflections on the Holocaust in Art and Literature,"
a display of books on the art and literature of the Holocaust
February 10, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light
with opening remarks by Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman
February
10-March 5
Exhibition, Payne Gallery, Moravian College
The Arts as Strategies
for Survival:
Theresienstadt 1941-45
February
10-11
Symposium, Foy Concert Hall, Moravian College
Art, Music
and Education as Strategies for Survival
February 10
Concert, Foy Concert Hall, Moravian College, 8:00 pm
Music in Terezin
February 12, 8:00 p.m.
Whitaker Auditorium, Lehigh University
Film and Discussion, The
Last Days
February 13, 2:00 p.m.
Foy Hall, Moravian College
Film and Discussion, Terezin
Diary
February 15, 3:45 p.m.
Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University
Holocaust Project
Exhibit Preview for Teachers
Speakers: Ricardo Viera and Larry Silberstein
February
17, 4:15 p.m.
Gallery Lecture, Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University
Lucy Gans, Dept. of Art and Architecture, Lehigh University, "Judy
Chicago's 'Contested Territories': From The Dinner Party to The Holocaust
Project"
February 29, 7:30 p.m.
104 Kirby Hall, Lafayette College
Filmmaker Lisa Lewenz shows her film A
Letter without Words
February
24, 4:15 p.m.
Gallery Lecture, Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University
Chaim Kaufmann, Dept. of International Relations, Lehigh University,
"The Long-Run
Consequences of Ethnic Cleansing Campaigns"
February 26, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Children's Guided Tour of "Holocaust Project"
Exhibit
For ages 12 and up with adult
Registration: 610 758-3615
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March 2000
March
1-15
Holocaust Book Exhibit, Bethlehem Public Library
March 2, 4:15 p.m.
Gallery Lecture, Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University
Oren Baruch Stier, Dept. of Religious Studies,
Florida International University, "The
Holocaust Project(ion): Identity, Appropriation, and Judy Chicago"
March
3-April 15
Exhibition, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem
"Rwandan Refugees: A Story of
Life" by Lucian Niemeyer
Opening
Reception, March 3, 6:00 p.m.
March
3, 6:00 p.m.
The Banana Factory, Bethlehem
"Bearing
Witness: Art as a Response to Evil"
An community event to promote tolerance
March
9, 4:15 p.m.
Gallery Lecture, Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University
Alice Eckardt, Professor Emerita of Religion Studies, Lehigh University,
"Women in
the Holocaust: Different Treatment? Different Response?"
March
9, 7:00 p.m.
Lecture, Banana Factory, Third Street, Bethlehem
"Rwandan
Refugees: A Story of Life" by Lucian Niemeyer
March
12-14
Judy Chicago, Artist-in-Residence, Lehigh
University
March 12 - 5:00 p.m., location to be announced
Friends of Women's Studies Dinner
"Making the World a Safer Place for Women" Speaker, Judy Chicago. Contact Women's Studies 610-758-5119 for information.
March 13 - Student seminars on women in art conducted by Judy Chicago for studio art and theory classesMarch 14, 7:45 p.m., Baker Auditorium, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Public Lecture: "Representing the Holocaust: An Artist's Perspective" by Judy Chicago
Annual Wallenberg Tribute, Muhlenberg College
March
30, 4:15 p.m.
Gallery Lecture, Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University
Robert L. Cohn, Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies,
Lafayette College
"Making Memories:
Images of Polish-Jewish Life before the Holocaust"
April 2000
April 2, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Children's Guided Tour of "Holocaust Project"
Exhibit
For ages 12 and up with adult
Registration: 610 758-3615
April 5, 4:15 p.m.
Gallery Lecture, Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University
Laura Levitt, Religion Department, Temple University
"Bringing
the Holocaust Home: American Jews and the Work of Mourning"
April 12, 7:00 p.m.
Whitaker Lab Auditorium
Film and Discussion: The
Nazi Concentration Camps Discussion led by Dr. Patricia
Turner, Professor of History, Lehigh University
April
29, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Children's Guided Tour of "Holocaust Project"
Exhibit
For ages 12 and up with adult
Registration: 610 758-3615
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May
2000
May
21 at 1:00 p.m. thru May 23 at 5:00 p.m.
Berman
Center Conference, Lehigh University
Representing
the Holocaust:
Practices, Products, Projections
May
21, 8:00 p.m.
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Lecture
by Peter Novick, Dept. of History, University of Chicago, author of
The Holocaust in American Life
"What's Special about Representing the
Holocaust?"
May
22, 8:00 p.m.
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
Lecture by Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus
I: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: And Here My Troubles
Began
"Maus: Packing Memory into Little
Boxes"
June 2000
"The Holocaust Project" exhibit closes
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