CJHPS Hosted Fourteenth Southeast German Studies Consortium Workshop
In March 2022, Appalachian State University proudly hosted the Fourteenth Southeast German Studies Consortium (SEGSC) Workshop.
Center News
Center Renews Student Travel Grants for Research in Israel (Deadline: March 15)
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 for...
Center Programming Discussed in Campus News: The Appalachian on “Bread and Puppet provide performance, workshop to campus community”
Center Programming Discussed in Campus News: The Appalachian on “Bread and Puppet provide performance, workshop to campus community”
Initiative for an Endowed Annual Rosemary Horowitz Memorial Lecture in Israel, Yiddish, Jewish and Holocaust Studies Launched
The passing of our dear colleague, friend, and former Center director Prof. Rosemary Horowitz z’’l has everyone associated with the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies as well as those in the Appalachian State and broader Boone communities who knew her...Center Launches New Course Exchange with Western Galilee College in Israel: Virtual Information Session for First WGC Class on Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust in S’22 to Be Held on Aug. 31
The Minor in Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University is cooperating with the Holocaust Studies Program of Western Galilee College (WGC) to offer a first virtual class on “Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust” for ASU...
In Memory of Dr. Rosemary Horowitz z’’l
With the greatest sorrow, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies announces the passing of its former director Dr. Rosemary Horowitz z’’l. A member of Appalachian State’s faculty for more than a quarter century, Dr. Horowitz was highly-committed Holocaust...Center Names Winner of the First JHP Student Research Paper Prize
In early May, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies honored Alexander Gilliatt (GJS/JHP) as the first recipient of the newly-introduced JHP Student Research Paper Prize. Gabe Atkinson (HIS/JHP) received an honorable mention. Faculty members working with...
Peace and Genocide Education Club Honored with 2021 Student Organization Leadership Award
At the end of this term, the Peace and Genocide Education Club (PGEC) garnered another recognition by receiving the 2021 “Outside the Box” award from Appalachian State Club Council. The award recognized “an organization that continuously shows tremendous creativity...
Center Director Dr. T. Pegelow Kaplan Publishes Co-Edited Volume on Jewish Petitioning during the Shoah
Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, the Leon Levine Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, just published a new co-edited collection on Jewish petitioning during the Shoah with Dr. Wolf Gruner, the Director of the USC Shoah...
Racist Attacks Continue at Appalachian State
During the July 4 weekend, the car of an Appalachian State University student was covered with swastikas and racist slurs. The assailant(s) scratched the hate speech and images into the side and back of the car. The student, who is in Boone during the summer, had his...
Center Names First Senior JHPS Fellow
Last year, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies introduced a new program that brings an established scholar and intellectual in JHPS to the Center, where the recipient will be in residence for the duration of a term, conduct research, teach a class, and...Center Participates in Public Project to Strengthen Democracy and Fight Antisemitism in Germany
Before the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Center director Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan traveled to Germany to participate in an international conference on the role of the police during the Holocaust as well as one of the many initiatives to counter the rise in antisemitism in...New CAS/Center Initiative Offers Funds to ASU Faculty with Interests in Judaic, Holocaust or Peace Studies (Spring/Summer 2020)
In partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies has launched its first faculty development initiative and invites ASU faculty members with an interest and/or working in Jewish, Holocaust or Peace Studies to...
Center Mourns the Passing of Auschwitz Survivor Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies mourns the passing of Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz, a professor emerita of German literature at UNC Charlotte and frequent participant and speaker at Center events at ASU. Cernyak-Spatz, one of the very last adult...