Cohen Center Presents 2011 Hildebrandt and Herman Awards
On Monday, April 11, the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College will host the 2011 Hildebrandt and Herman awards at 7 p.m., in the Mabel Brown Room at the Student Center. The awards are given in honor of two former faculty members at Keene State, the late Dr. Charles Hildebrandt, emeritus professor in Sociology and founder of the Cohen Center, and the late Dr. Susan J. Herman, emerita professor in Management.
The evening will also feature a multimedia presentation by Dr. Jud Newborn, an independent scholar and human rights activist, “Speaking Truth to Power - Germany’s White Rose Student Resistance.” Using music, archival photographs, and dramatic storytelling, Dr. Newborn will recount the history of the White Rose, a small band of Christian university students in Germany who heroically defied Hitler’s regime.
This year’s Charles Hildebrandt Holocaust Studies Awards go to Keene State students Christopher Jennerjohn of Bedford, N.H., for his charcoal drawing, “Looking for Hope,” and Taylor Mitchell, Holocaust and Genocide Studies major from Winslow, Me., for her oral presentation, “Testimony”; the New England Dance Ensemble of Londonderry, N.H., for the ballet, “A Child’s View of the Holocaust”; Brattleboro Union High School student Hannah Early of Williamsville, Vt., for her painting, “Liberation,” and Chesterfield (N.H.) School sixth-grader Jessica Spear of Spofford for her monologue, “Anne Frank.”
The 2011 Susan J. Herman Awards for Leadership in Holocaust and Genocide Awareness will be presented to Keene State student and Holocaust and Genocide Studies major Brittney Sousa of Merrimack, N.H., and Keene State Professor of Sociology Dr. Therese Seibert. The event is free and open to the public, who are warmly invited to attend. For more information or for assistance in accommodating a disability, please call the Cohen Center at 603-358-2490.
