Center News and Spotlights

CJHPS, in partnership with Western Galilee College, hosted the international online conference “New Insights on the Holocaust” in July 2025.

The 23rd Annual Rosen Summer Symposium brought together educators and community members for a powerful week of learning on July 10–16, 2025.

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) has announced the recipients of their 2024-25 Academic Honors Awards. Established in 2021, the CJHPS Academic Honors Awards celebrate and honor (1) an App State student in a Judaic, …

The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (CJHPS) is proud to announce the winners of the 2024-2025 White Rose Research Contest.

BOONE, N.C. — First launched in 2020-21, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) recognizes students producing exceptional work in the areas of Judaic, Holocaust, Genocide and Peace Studies through its annual CJHPS Student Academic Honors Awards. This is …

Monday was cold and rainy but over 30 people joined together in the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies to hold a service for the transfer of the Orphan Scroll from the Temple of the High Country to the …

Dr. Francis T. Borkowski, App State’s chancellor from 1993 to 2003, died Jan. 19 at the age of 88. Under his leadership, the university strengthened academic and student success programs, expanded global education and helped establish the area as a …

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Davis Hankins as the director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS).

The 22rd Annual Rosen Summer Symposium brought together educators and community members for a powerful week of learning on July 11-17, 2024.

BOONE, N.C. — First launched in 2020-21, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies (CJHPS) recognizes students producing exceptional work in the areas of Judaic, Holocaust, Genocide and Peace Studies through its annual CJHPS Student Academic Honors Awards. This is …

Dr. Chris Patti, an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and an Affiliate Faculty for the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies, recently attended an event at the North Carolina Governor’s Mansion. During the event, he led a …

The 21st Annual Rosen Summer Symposium brought together educators and community members for a powerful week of learning on July 7-13, 2023.