PULLMAN, Wash. Washington State University Honors College faculty R. Wes Leid, Rachel Halverson and Ray Sun have received word that the Holocaust Education Foundation (HEF) will help support the “Week of Remembrance,” March 4-7, 2007.
With HEF support, John K. Roth, the Edward J. Sexton professor of philosophy at
The Week of Remembrance takes place each spring at WSU and brings guests and speakers from diverse areas of Holocaust study to campus for presentations and interactions with students, faculty, staff and the community. The 2007 event marks the fifth year of the program.
The theme this year will be “Memory of the Holocaust.”
“Professor Roth is an oft-quoted and published expert on the Holocaust, and I am confident that he will bring considerable expertise and personal interest to the event,” said Leid, senior faculty fellow in the
HEF facilitates the campus visits of several distinguished visiting lecturers. Speakers associated with HEF will present at least one speech and participate in a class or event associated with the theme.
WSU’s Week of Remembrance events typically also include films and music. “There is something to learn for everyone, no matter what their personal style of learning,” said Leid.
Leid teaches “Medical Ethics and the Holocaust,” an Honors course that joins with Halverson’s class, “German Culture” in spring semester 2007. Halverson is an associate professor in the department of Foreign Languages and Cultures at WSU. Sun is an associate professor in the department of History.
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