The FDR Library is holding an international public-facing conference October 12-15, 2021 that will examine the current state of Holocaust scholarship and the contemporary relevance of the US government’s response to the Holocaust, with a special emphasis on how the field of digital humanities and the increasing need for and access to digital research is changing the way Holocaust research is conducted and disseminated. The virtual conference will feature 15 sessions held over a four-day period and will live-stream sessions. Registration is free but limited to 500 participants; only those who register can ask questions and participate in the virtual conference. Unregistered participants will be able to live-stream conference sessions available on the FDR Library YouTube page.
Special thanks to:
The Krupp family for generously funding the “Examining American Responses to the Holocaust: Digital Possibilities” conference
Peter Kalikow for generously funding the online MHCP research portal
Other MHCP project funders include:
Arthur M. Handler
Charlie Knapp
Cumming Foundation (Jesse Grant)
Douglas Leibhafsky
Frank M. and Barbara W. Tuerkheimer
Fredrica and Jack Goodman
Friends of Morgenthau (Robert M. Morgenthau)
Henry Morgenthau
James D. Zirin and Marlene Hess
JKW Foundation
John A. Catsimatidis
Marina P. and Stephen E. Kaufman Foundation (Stephen E. Kaufman)
Michael W. Mitchell
Otto G. Obermaier
Patton Boggs LLP (Daniel Murdock)
Richard Bernstein
Righteous Persons Foundation
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust (Eliot Spitzer)
The Bernard W. Nussbaum Family Foundation (Bernard W. Nussbaum)
The Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation (Michael Steinhardt, Thomas H. Baer)
The Melinda and William J. vanden Heuvel Foundation (William J. vanden Heuvel)
The Tom and Andi Bernstein Fund (Tom Bernstein)
The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation (John R. Robinson)
Thomas L. Pulling
Advisory Board:
Andrew Ashton, Director, Vassar Libraries
Richard Breitman, Emeritus Professor, American University
Rachel Deblinger, Director, Modern Endangered Archives Program, UCLA
Rebecca Erbelding, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Daniel Greene, President, Librarian, Newberry Library
Peter Hayes, Professor of History, German, Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University
David Marwell, Former Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage
David Woolner, Professor, Senior Fellow, Marist College, Roosevelt Institute
Special thanks to:
The Krupp family for generously funding the “Examining American Responses to the Holocaust: Digital Possibilities” conference
Peter Kalikow for generously funding the online MHCP research portal
Other MHCP project funders include:
Arthur M. Handler
Charlie Knapp
Cumming Foundation (Jesse Grant)
Douglas Leibhafsky
Frank M. and Barbara W. Tuerkheimer
Fredrica and Jack Goodman
Friends of Morgenthau (Robert M. Morgenthau)
Henry Morgenthau
James D. Zirin and Marlene Hess
JKW Foundation
John A. Catsimatidis
Marina P. and Stephen E. Kaufman Foundation (Stephen E. Kaufman)
Michael W. Mitchell
Otto G. Obermaier
Patton Boggs LLP (Daniel Murdock)
Richard Bernstein
Righteous Persons Foundation
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust (Eliot Spitzer)
The Bernard W. Nussbaum Family Foundation (Bernard W. Nussbaum)
The Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation (Michael Steinhardt, Thomas H. Baer)
The Melinda and William J. vanden Heuvel Foundation (William J. vanden Heuvel)
The Tom and Andi Bernstein Fund (Tom Bernstein)
The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation (John R. Robinson)
Thomas L. Pulling
Advisory Board:
Andrew Ashton, Director, Vassar Libraries
Richard Breitman, Emeritus Professor, American University
Rachel Deblinger, Director, Modern Endangered Archives Program, UCLA
Rebecca Erbelding, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Daniel Greene, President, Librarian, Newberry Library
Peter Hayes, Professor of History, German, Holocaust Studies, Northwestern University
David Marwell, Former Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage
David Woolner, Professor, Senior Fellow, Marist College, Roosevelt Institute