Shimon Attie is an internationally renowned visual artist. His artistic practice includes creating site-specific installations in public places, accompanying art photographs, immersive multiple-channel video and mixed-media installations for museums and galleries, and new media works.

James Young is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director, Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Location: Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center

Date: October 20, 2009

Video of their talk here.

This lecture is made possible by the generous Krouse Family Visiting Scholars Fund in Judaism and Western Culture.

This was the kickoff HGMS event!