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This schedule is tentative and subject to change. The finalized program will be published in early fall.

Sunday    Monday    Tuesday    Wednesday

Sunday, October 13

Arrival & Accommodation for Consortium Members: Hilton Birmingham Downtown at UAB

Dinner for EC: 6:00 pm at Hilton

Monday, October 14

Location: Heritage Hall 500 (except for Keynote Lecture)

Note: Monday morning and early afternoon is for Consortium members only

TimeProgram
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome: Tina Kempin Reuter, UAB Institute for Human Rights
9:15 a.m. Introductions: All members give short, informal 3-minute elevator presentation on their centers
10:15 a.m. Coffee break
10:30 a.m. Discussion: Challenges facing our centers today
Facilitators:

Sandra Alfers, Professor of German and Director of The Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, Western Washington University, Consortium Member

11:30 a.m. Consortium Member Meeting
Facilitators:
  • Bjorn Krondorfer, Regents’ Professor, Director of the Martin-Springer Institute, and Endowed Professor of Religious Studies, Northern Arizona University, Consortium Co-Chair
  • Mark Celinscak, Louis and Frances Blumkin Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Executive Director of the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Consortium Co-Chair
12:30 p.m. Lunch and networking
1:30 p.m. Workshops

Budgeting and fundraising (private donors) - Kathy Libal, Associate Professor and Director of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, Consortium Treasurer

2:00 p.m.

Public programming and growth after COVID - Laura Cohen, Executive Director of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Consortium Member; Heather Huggins, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Theatre, & Media Production, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

2:30 p.m.

Facilitating research and leveraging grant funding - Tina Kempin Reuter, Professor and Director of the Institute for Human Rights, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Consortium Member

3:00 p.m.

Working with community partners - Steven Carr, Professor of Communication and Director of the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Consortium Secretary

3:30 p.m. Coffee Break and end of member only program

Start public program: UAB Alumni House

TimeProgram
4:00 p.m. Welcome: Dean Kecia Thomas, UAB College of Arts and Sciences
Introduction: Tina Kempin Reuter, Professor and Director of the Institute for Human Rights, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Consortium Member
Keynote: Catherine Coleman Flowers, founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (formerly the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise)
Topic: Human Rights, Environmental Justice, Race, Climate Change, Rural Communities
6:00 p.m. Dinner for conference attendees and sponsors with Catherine Coleman Flowers

Tuesday, October 15

Location: Heritage Hall 500

TimeProgram
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Panel 1: Facilitating civil discourse on campus in polarized times
Moderator: David Simon, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Dean for Graduate Education at the Jackson School for Global Affairs and Director of Genocide Studies Program, Yale University, Consortium Member
Speakers:
  • Jordan Kiper, UAB Department of Anthropology, UAB Institute for Human Rights
  • Dr. Paulette Dilworth, Vice President, UAB Office of Engagement and Access
  • Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention, Rutgers University, Consortium Member
10:15 a.m. Coffee break
10:30 a.m. Panel 2: Understanding Shared Histories: Navigating Campus Experiences and Perspectives
Facilitator: Dr. Tina Kempin Reuter, Professor and Director of the Institute for Human Rights, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Consortium Member
Speakers:
  • Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History; Founding Director of the Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, University of Southern California, Consortium Member
  • Mehnaz Afridi, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center, Manhattan College, Consortium Inaugural Co-Chair
  • Herbert Wilkerson, UAB Student Engagement and Enrichment
12:00 p.m. Lunch (with display of recent book publications)
1:30 p.m. Discussion: What responsibility do HEC have to combat hate and foster belonging on campus? How can we move forward?
Facilitators:

Chad Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies, College of Charleston, Consortium Member

3:00 p.m. Wrap up
4:00 p.m. Tour of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
6:00 p.m. Dinner at Hilton

Wednesday, October 16

OPTIONAL Group Field Trip

TimeProgram
8:30 a.m. Meet at Hilton for transport to Montgomery
10:00 a.m. The Legacy Museum and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
12:30 p.m. Lunch and discussion with Southern Poverty Law Center
2:00 p.m. Visit to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Lynching Memorial)
3:30 p.m. Return to Birmingham, arrive back at hotel around 5:00 PM