Perspectives on Holocaust Studies

C A L L F O R P A P E R S


Perspectives on Holocaust Studies:
an interdisciplinary conference


Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
October 5 - 7, 1996

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

ANDREA DWORKIN (author of Letters from a War Zone)
RAUL HILBERG (author of The Destruction of the European Jews)
LAURENCE MORDEKHAI THOMAS (author of Vessels of Evil: American Slavery and the Holocaust)

Scholarly papers are sought in the areas described below. Please send queries and/or abstracts of 500-1000 words to the appropriate contact person by January 31, 1996. Decisions will be finalized by March 15, 1996. Full papers (approx. 10 pages) will be required by July 1, 1996 to ensure your place on the program. Please contact Conference Chair Elyce Rae Helford with any additional questions, by phone at 615-898-2573 or email at ehelford@frank.mtsu.edu.

All contacts are at Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132


Children and the Holocaust
Contact: Nancy Rupprecht, History Department, P.O. Box 23

Critical Positions on Popular Culture and the Holocaust
Contact: Elyce Rae Helford, English Department, P.O. Box 70;
email: ehelford@frank.mtsu.edu

Examining the Holocaust as Artistic Subject
Contact: Lon Nuell, Art Department, P.O. Box 25

Film and the Holocaust
Contact: Bob Holtzclaw, English Department, P.O. Box 70

France and the Holocaust
Contact: Nancy Goldberg, Foreign Languages and Literatures, P.O. Box 537

Hate Groups and the Holocaust
Contact: Ron Bombardi, Philosophy, P.O. Box 73;
email (preferred): rbombard@frank.mtsu.edu

The Holocaust and the Internet
Contact: Ben Austin, Sociology Department, P.O. Box 10

The Holocaust and Medical Experimentation
Contact: Jill Hague, English Department, P.O. Box 420

Homosexuality and Holocaust Experience
Contact: Charles Jansen, Art Department, P. O. Box 229

The Impact of the Establishment of the State of Israel on Contemporary Holocaust Studies
Contact: Sushil K. Oswal, English Department, P.O. Box 70;
email: oswal@frank.mtsu.edu

Jewish Diaspora Beyond Europe and North America: Third World Responses to the Holocaust
Contact: Sushil K. Oswal, English Department, P.O. Box 70;
email: oswal@frank.mtsu.edu

Persuasion, Propaganda, and the Holocaust
Contact: Terry Whiteside, Psychology Department, P.O. Box 87

The Politics of Memorializing the Holocaust
Contact: Sonja Hedgepeth, Foreign Languages and Literatures, P.O. Box 467;
email: shedgepe@frank.mtsu.edu; or fax: 615-895-5847

Recent Research in Combating Anti-Semitism
Contact: Walter Renn, History Department, P.O. Box 23

Representations of the Holocaust Experience of Gypsies in Europe
Contact: Sushil K. Oswal, English Department, P.O. Box 70;
email: oswal@frank.mtsu.edu

The Roots of Anti-Semitism
Contact: Walter Renn, History Department, P.O. Box 23

Socio-Economic Aspects of the Holocaust
Contact: Bill Ford, Weatherford Chair of Finance, P.O. Box 27;
fax 615-898-5962

Women's Holocaust Memoirs
Contact: Nancy Rupprecht, History Department, P.O. Box 23

We have plans for publishing selected conference papers in book format.


FYI: October 6, 1996 is Simchat Torah. Participants can attend services at synagogues in Nashville.