The Center for Humanities and the Arts at CU-Boulder will present a free public lecture titled "Germany's Holocaust Memorial Problem - and Mine" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 8, in the British Studies Room of CU's Norlin Library.
Speaking will be James Edward Young, professor of English and chair of the department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. In 1997, Young was one of five persons appointed by the Berlin Senate to a commission to design Germany's national "Memorial to Europe's Murdered Jews," to be built in Berlin.
The lecture is part of an ongoing series from the Center for Humanities and the Arts titled "Cultural Memory and Sites of Tradition." A reception with refreshments will follow the lecture.
The Center for Humanities and the Arts serves as a focus for humanistic scholarship and artistic creation across the Boulder campus. Each year, the center selects a theme around which to organize its central activities. Through all of its programs, the center works to encourage interdepartmental and cross-campus dialogue, to raise the profile of the arts and humanities in Boulder, and to build support for scholarship and creative activity.
No tickets are required for this free event. Metered parking will be available along University Avenue near 17th Street, or in the Euclid Avenue Autopark near 16th and Broadway.
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