Baltic States
Coming to Terms with the Holocaust
in Today’s Baltic States
A symposium hosted by
The European Studies Council
A National Resource Center
The Whitney and Betty Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
With support from:
The Keggi-Berzins Fund for Baltic Studies
A grant from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI
Thursday, October 11, 2007
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Beinecke Library Room 39, 121 Wall St., New Haven, CT
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Session I
Beinecke Room 39
Welcome
Bradley Woodworth, University of New Haven and Yale University
Bella Zisere, Sciences Politique, Paris
“New Aspects of Presentation of the Holocaust in New Latvian School Textbooks after the Proclamation of Independence”
Aivars Stranga, University of Latvia
“Research into the Holocaust in the German-Occupied Latvia: New Tendencies and Major Results”
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Break
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Session II
Beinecke Room 39
Andrew Ezergailis, Ithaca College
“Six Versions of the Holocaust in Latvia”
Saulius A. Sužiedelis, Millersville University
“History and Memory: Lithuania Confronts the Holocaust”
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Round-table Wrap-up
Beinecke Room 39
Tomas Venclova, Yale University
Moderator
For more information, please contact Marianne Lyden.