KSC Hosts Symposium on the Art of Samuel Bak

KEENE, N.H. 9/11/08 - The Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies will present a symposium, “Representing the Irreparable: The Shoah, the Bible, and the Art of Samuel Bak,” on Thursday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room of the Student Center.

Dr. Gary A. Phillips, dean of the college at Wabash College and Dr. Danna Nolan Fewell, professor of Hebrew Bible at Drew University, will discuss Bak’s work within both biblical and post-Holocaust frameworks. They co-edited a book on the work of Bak, also entitled Representing the Irreparable: The Shoah, the Bible, and the Art of Samuel Bak, which will be available for purchase at the event.

There will be a book-signing opportunity immediately following the symposium, with Drs. Phillips and Fewell as well as Samuel Bak. Samuel Bak’s work is currently part of the exhibit “Facing the Holocaust: 25 Years of the Cohen Center at Keene State College,” at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery. The symposium is free and open to the public. For more information, call 603-358-2490.