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The Seton Hill University National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education presents the Eva Fleischner, Ph.D. Endowed Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:00 PM EST featuring Dr. John K. Roth.

What: Seton Hill University will host a guest lecture by Dr. John K. Roth titled, “The Memory of Goodness: Eva Fleischner and Her Contributions to Holocaust Studies.” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Seton Hill University National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education through its Eva Fleischner, Ph.D., Endowed Lecture Fund.

Who: John K. Roth is the Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (now the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights) at Claremont McKenna College, where he taught from 1966 through 2006. He has published hundreds of articles and reviews and authored or edited more than 50 books, including: Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau; The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies; The Failures of Ethics: Confronting the Holocaust, Genocide, and Other Mass Atrocities; and Sources of Holocaust Insight: Learning and Teaching about the Genocide.

When: Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. EST.

Where: The event will be virtual and held on Zoom.

Background: Eva Flesichner was a well-regarded scholar of women in the Holocaust and Jewish-Christian relations, as well as a close associate of the Seton Hill University National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education. Much of her research focused on the sacrifices made by rescuers; she used the term “memory of goodness” in a book about the experiences of survivors. At the same time, her work wrestled with the darker elements of human behavior that the Holocaust revealed. Dr. Roth’s presentation will explore these dual aspects of Fleischner’s contributions while also paying tribute to her life. Her life and work, Roth contends, were devoted to reminding us what goodness is, what the forces are that threaten it, and the means by which we might resist those threats.