Schedule for the 2014 Powell-Heller Conference in Holocaust Education
The Powell-Heller Conference is provided free of charge; meals are not included. Continuing education credit for teachers are considered add-ons and available for a minimal fee.
Continuing education credits or semester credit options are available at a nominal cost. Registration begins in January and will remain open until the day of the conference. The Powell-Heller Conference is provided through funding from the Kurt Mayer Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies and support from community members and sponsors.
Wednesday, March 12
Xavier, Nordquist Lecture Hall
7 p.m. “Weapons of the Spirit” Movie and Discussion with Pierre Sauvage: Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Thursday, March 13
Anderson University Center/Chris Knutzen Hall East and West
1 p.m. Exodus 1947
- Speaker: Sam Brill-Child of Survivors
3 p.m. Speakers for afternoon panel
- Pierre Sauvage
- Dr. Christopher Browning
- Dr. Helmut Lehmann
Mary Baker Russell Music Center/Lagerquist Hall
7:30 p.m. Annual Raphael Lemkin Lecture and Awards
- Speaker: Dr. Susannah Heschel: “Personal Trajectories and Holocaust Studies”
9 p.m. Reception
Friday, March 14
Anderson University Center/Chris Knutzen Hall East
8 a.m. Registration
Chris Knutzen Hall East, West, Regency Room, Union Pacific Room
8:30 a.m. High School Students and Educator Track Sessions
Speakers:
- Washington State Holocaust Education and Resource staff
- PLU Holocaust and Genocide Studies faculty
- Local High School Educators
Lagerquist Hall
10:30 a.m. Chapel: Dr. Robert Ericksen
Anderson University Center/Chris Knutzen Hall East
11:10 a.m. Survivors and Rescuers, France in WWII
- Introduction by Dr. Christopher Browning
- Survivor: Pierre Sauvage, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
- Rescuer: Nelly Trocmé Hewett
Anderson University Center/Scandinavian Cultural Center
1 p.m. Luncheon, Student Presentations, Art Gallery
3 p.m. Documentary Film: The Danish Solution: The Rescue of the Jews in Denmark
- Speaker: Dr. Nathaniel Hong