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Advancing Holocaust education at institutions of higher learning around the world. Website: https://hef.northwestern.edu/

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We have extended the Summer Institute Application Deadline - APPLY NOW!
Deadline: Sunday, February 15 (11:59 PM, U.S. Pacific Standard Time)

More information here:
hef.northwestern.edu/institutes/n...

Institute Dates: June 21 - July 3, 2026
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Annual Winter Lecture
“The Nazi Transport of 440 Romani Women and Girls from Austria’s Burgenland in June 1939: A Microhistory”
Featuring Tiarra Maznick (Northwestern University)

More information here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/638521
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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The Winter 2026 Newsletter is here! Thank you to everyone who sent in submissions. Find it on our website: hef.northwestern.edu/about/newsle...
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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HEFNU Series: Holocaust Studies and Contemporary Issues

"New Research on Treblinka: Landscapes, Evidence, and Memory"

Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 11 AM PT/1PM CT/2PM ET

Registration is required:  northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 February 2026, 11:59 PM PST

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HEFNU awards Sharon and Earl Abramson Research Grants each year to support research related to the Holocaust.
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization – Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University

Institute Dates: June 21 - July 3, 2026
Application Deadline: Sunday, February 1 (11:59 PM, U.S. Pacific Standard Time)
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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This Giving Tuesday, please consider giving a donation to the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University (HEFNU). HEFNU supports and advances Holocaust Research and Education at institutions of higher learning. Please donate today at: hef.northwestern.edu/support/.
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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HEFNU's inaugural Emerging Scholars Lessons & Legacies Conference took place from 6-9 November 2025. HEFNU thanks the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University for co-sponsoring the Conference and hosting it in Worcester, MA, USA.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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“Family and the Global History of the Holocaust,” Lecture & Lunch featuring Jan Láníček

Register here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/635430

Friday, November 21, 12-2 PM | Harris Hall, Room 108
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University (HEFNU) is accepting proposals for Academic Year 2026-2027 Teaching Grants.

More information can be found at hef.northwestern.edu/grants/teach...

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 8 December 2025, 11:59 PM PST
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Holocaust Studies and Contemporary Issues Series:
“Confinement, Deportation, and Transit”
Register here:
northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Please join us!
Tuesday, November 18
12:00-1:00 PM (Eastern Time, USA)
Online Only | Registration Required
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Annual HEFNU/CCHS Lecture
"Representing the Operation Reinhard Killing Centers in Contemporary Holocaust Fiction"
Featuring Erin McGlothlin (Washington University in St. Louis)
More information here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/631594
October 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Virtual Speakers Bureau Highlight Event: Comparative Approaches to Holocaust Geographies
Learn more here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/632900

Wednesday, October 29, 12:00-1:00 PM (CST)
Online Only | Registration required
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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HEFNU is excited to announce the publication of The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau, co-edited by HEFNU director Sarah M. Cushman along with Joanne Pettitt and Dominic Williams.

A purchase link for the book with a 20% discount is available here:

www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Virtual Book Launch:
The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau

Tuesday, September 16, 11 AM ET/4 PM BT

Register Here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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HEFNU’s 29th annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, held from June 22 to July 4, saw another wonderful cohort of Fellows. Learn more about our annual Summer Institute here: hef.northwestern.edu/institutes/n...
July 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Apply Now!
HEFNU Regional Institute: Los Angeles

HEFNU and Loyola Marymount University are pleased to announce the Regional Institute “Acts of Translation: Personal Stories in a Post-survivor World.”

Details and application requirements can be found here:
hef.northwestern.edu/institutes/r...
June 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Call for Papers:

LESSONS & LEGACIES XVIII
HEFNU at 50: Contexts, Connections, and (Dis)Continuities
International Conference on the Holocaust

hef.northwestern.edu/lessons-and-...

12-15 November 2026 (Thursday–Sunday)
Chicago, Illinois

Submission Deadline: 15 December 2025
June 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The Summer 2025 Newsletter is here! Thank you to everyone who sent in submissions. Find it on our website: hef.northwestern.edu/about/newsle...

Featuring Monique Balbuena, Daniel Greene, Maja Kruse, and Alexandria N. Ruble

#hefnu #holocauststudies #holocausteducation #newsletter
June 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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On Tuesday, May 6, HEFNU hosted our annual Theodore “Zev” Weiss Lecture in Holocaust Studies, “Unlikely Allies: Jewish Middle Aged Photographers and the Trans Camera.” Thank you, Jennifer Evans, for joining us at Northwestern!
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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We are pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the HEFNU Sharon Abramson Research Grants to support research related to the Holocaust.

More information about this year’s recipients can be found on our website:
hef.northwestern.edu/grants/sharo...
May 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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HEFNU Series on Holocaust Studies and Contemporary Issues

What is Nazism? What is Fascism? (Online Roundtable)

Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 12 PM (Noon Eastern Time)

Registration is required: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Emerging Scholars Program (Online Only)
“Alternatives to Academia (“Alt-Ac”) in Holocaust Studies”
Wednesday, May 14th, 11am-1pm EST
Featuring Dr. Susan Perlman (USHMM) and Dr. Ian Rich (Wiener Holocaust Library)

More information here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628795
April 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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"Unlikely Allies: Jewish Middle Aged Photographers and the Trans Camera"
Theodore “Zev” Weiss Lecture in Holocaust Studies featuring Jennifer V. Evans (Carleton University)

Tuesday, May 6, 5–7 PM
Harris Hall, Room 108
In-Person Only | Reception to Follow

planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628149
April 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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New Series: Holocaust Studies and Contemporary Issues
“The Dynamics of Nazi Propaganda: Mass Media, Gender, and Individual Content Creation” (Online Roundtable)
Thursday, April 17, 12 PM (Noon Eastern Time)

Registration is required:
planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628148
April 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM