Syracuse University's School of Education and the Spector/Warren Fellowship for
Future Teachers, in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
will host this year's Northeast Regional Education Summit on the SU campus.
Summit participants will include educators from nine states and the District of
Columbia, representing a wide range of experiences in teaching about the Holocaust.
The invitation-only event will take place at Syracuse University's E.S. Bird Library
and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs on Oct. 29-31.
The goal of the summit is to support partnerships among Holocaust organizations,
professors in colleges and universities, representatives from state departments of
education, and secondary-level teachers to more effectively meet the challenges of
teaching about the Holocaust. The summit will feature a series of conversations
among participants and will include presentations by museum historians about
modern anti-Semitism, the ethical dilemmas faced by teachers in the Third Reich and
strategies to respond to instances of modern genocide.
The Regional Education Summit is made possible by a grant from the Conference on
Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. The Syracuse event is part of a
continuing series of regional summits, sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based
Holocaust Memorial Museum to enhance dialogue and cooperation among groups
involved in Holocaust education.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum promotes the responsible teaching of
the Holocaust by providing training and support materials to educators. The
museum's Teacher Fellowship Program has developed a nationwide corps of
Holocaust educators. The Spector/Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers provides
SU students preparing to be teachers with the historical background and pedagogical
skills to teach about the Holocaust and genocide.
Other museum programs include the annual Belfer National Conference, an intensive
three-day, entry-level program for Holocaust educators. The museum's website,
http://www.ushmm.org, provides resources at no cost to educators, including
conference applications, an online training module, primary sources and exemplary
lesson plans.
For information about the Northeast Regional Education Summit, contact Alan
Goldberg (agoldbe1@twcny.rr.com) or the School of Education's Center for
Continuing Education and Global Outreach (CEGO) at (315) 443-4696. To learn
more about the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, visit
http://www.ushmm.org or contact Andy Hollinger, museum director of media
relations, at (202) 488-6133 (ahollinger@ushmm.org).
