HEFNU is excited to announce the publication of The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau, co-edited by HEFNU director Sarah M. Cushman along with Joanne Pettitt and Dominic Williams. A purchase link for the book with a 20% discount is available here: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Annual HEFNU/CCHS Lecture "Representing the Operation Reinhard Killing Centers in Contemporary Holocaust Fiction" Featuring Erin McGlothlin (Washington University in St. Louis) Thursday, October 16 | 5:00-7:00 PM | Harris Hall, Room 108 Learn more here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/631594

Virtual Book Launch: The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau Tuesday, September 16, 11 AM ET/4 PM BT Register Here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

HEFNU’s 29th annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, held from June 22 to July 4, saw another wonderful cohort of Fellows. Learn more about our annual Summer Institute here: hef.northwestern.edu/institutes/n...

Apply Now! HEFNU Regional Institute: Los Angeles HEFNU and Loyola Marymount University are pleased to announce the Regional Institute “Acts of Translation: Personal Stories in a Post-survivor World.” Details and application requirements can be found here: hef.northwestern.edu/institutes/r...

Call for Papers: LESSONS & LEGACIES XVIII HEFNU at 50: Contexts, Connections, and (Dis)Continuities International Conference on the Holocaust hef.northwestern.edu/lessons-and-... 12-15 November 2026 (Thursday–Sunday) Chicago, Illinois Submission Deadline: 15 December 2025

The Summer 2025 Newsletter is here! Thank you to everyone who sent in submissions. Find it on our website: hef.northwestern.edu/about/newsle... Featuring Monique Balbuena, Daniel Greene, Maja Kruse, and Alexandria N. Ruble #hefnu #holocauststudies #holocausteducation #newsletter

On Tuesday, May 6, HEFNU hosted our annual Theodore “Zev” Weiss Lecture in Holocaust Studies, “Unlikely Allies: Jewish Middle Aged Photographers and the Trans Camera.” Thank you, Jennifer Evans, for joining us at Northwestern!

We are pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the HEFNU Sharon Abramson Research Grants to support research related to the Holocaust. More information about this year’s recipients can be found on our website: hef.northwestern.edu/grants/sharo...

HEFNU Series on Holocaust Studies and Contemporary Issues What is Nazism? What is Fascism? (Online Roundtable) Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 12 PM (Noon Eastern Time) Registration is required: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Emerging Scholars Program (Online Only) “Alternatives to Academia (“Alt-Ac”) in Holocaust Studies” Wednesday, May 14th, 11am-1pm EST Featuring Dr. Susan Perlman (USHMM) and Dr. Ian Rich (Wiener Holocaust Library) More information here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628795

"Unlikely Allies: Jewish Middle Aged Photographers and the Trans Camera" Theodore “Zev” Weiss Lecture in Holocaust Studies featuring Jennifer V. Evans (Carleton University) Tuesday, May 6, 5–7 PM Harris Hall, Room 108 In-Person Only | Reception to Follow planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628149

New Series: Holocaust Studies and Contemporary Issues “The Dynamics of Nazi Propaganda: Mass Media, Gender, and Individual Content Creation” (Online Roundtable) Thursday, April 17, 12 PM (Noon Eastern Time) Registration is required: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628148

Opportunity of Interest (not a program of HEFNU) Please join us this Thursday, March 20, as HEFNU director, Sarah Cushman, presents on “Women in Auschwitz” as part of the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust. Online Only | Register Here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cfc3d2...

Online Roundtable Discussion: "Postmemorial Constellations in Socialist and Postsocialist Holocaust Literature" Thursday, April 3 | 12:00-1:30 PM EST | Online Only Find more information, including the registration link, here: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/627246

HEFNU congratulates the recipients of our 2026-2026 Academic Year Teaching Grants. Teaching grants help faculty launch new courses related to the Holocaust or enhance institutional resources to reinforce such courses. More information can be found here: hef.northwestern.edu/grants/teach...

On February 20, we hosted our annual Winter Lecture, “The Intoxication of Killing: Alcohol, Masculinity, and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany.” We welcomed Ed Westermann, who explored how alcohol consumption served as a literal and metaphorical lubricant in the Holocaust.

Virtual Speakers Bureau Highlight Event: "Gender and the Holocaust" Tuesday, March 11 | 12:00-1:30 PM EST Online Only | Registration Required planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/626479 Featuring Marion Kaplan, Björn Krondorfer, Na'ama Shik, and Helen Sinnreich

Please join us this Thursday for our annual Winter Lecture, "The Intoxication of Killing," featuring Ed Westermann. February 20 | 5-7 PM Central Time In-Person only | Open to the Public | Reception to Follow. hef.northwestern.edu/events/

On 25 Feb at 6pm, my esteemed colleague Prof Anita Norich will give an in-person public talk in London at UCL on "Yiddish Choices: Before, During, and After the Holocaust." Open to the public, but pre-registration required. @biajs.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-je...

HEFNU is excited to co-sponsor this Online Roundtable Discussion: "Gendered Translations of the Holocaust." Please join us on February 13 at 12 PM Eastern Time. More information here, including registration information, here: hef.northwestern.edu/events/