Center News and Spotlights

CJHPS Statement on Recent Antisemitic Events, Feb. 17 2023 Over the last ten days, a series of antisemitic acts have occurred on and off campus and on social media. It culminated with the draping of a Nazi flag on the …

January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is the day Auschwitz was liberated and in 2005 the UN made this day an international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The UN urges every member …

For the first Who’s Who Wednesday of 2023, we’re featuring Dr. Barbara Zaitzow, professor of criminal justice in the Appalachian State Department of Government and Justice Studies (GJS) and a member of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies …

From May 21-29, 2022, 5 Appalachian State students embarked on a journey from North Carolina to Israel through the generous support of the Greensboro Jewish Federation’s Miriam and Abe Brenner Holocaust Education Scholarship Fund.

Amy C. Hudnall is an alumna of CAS, earning a B.A. in German Studies and a B.A. and M.A. in History from Appalachian State. The recipient of the 2015 Wayne D. Duncan Faculty Enrichment and Teaching Fellowship for Outstanding Teaching in …

On August 1, 2022, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies hosted a day of remembrance and scholarship honoring the life of Rosemary Horowitz z”l.

Prof. Pegelow Kaplan in conversation about the Center with then German President Joachim Gauck in Berlin After a seven-year tenure, Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan has resigned from the position of Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, …

At the end of another challenging academic year marked by the ongoing pandemic and a devastating war in Europe, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies is pleased to present the recipients of its 2022 research prize and travel …

Last year, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies launched its new JHP Student Research Prize. Alexander Gilliatt (GJS/JHP) became the first recipient of the prize for his superb research paper on “English, Yinglish, and a Surviving Mother Tongue.”  …

In March 2022, Appalachian State University proudly hosted the Fourteenth Southeast German Studies Consortium (SEGSC) Workshop.

Akko campus of Western Galilee College, one of the Center’s partner institutions in Israel Deadline extended to April 1! After the end of the omicron wave and in light of the gradual removal of travel restrictions, the Appalachian State’s Center …

Center Programming Discussed in Campus News: The Appalachian on “Bread and Puppet provide performance, workshop to campus community”