Seminar Series organized and moderated by Professor Rolf Wolfswinkel

New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies 2005 Seminar Series, “The Legacy of Anne Frank: Literature and the Holocaust,” is moderated by eminent Holocaust scholar Professor Rolf Wolfswinkel. All sections will be held at the NYU Torch Club, the Tap Room, 18 Waverly Place, [Subway Lines: 6 (Lafayette/Broadway); 1, 9 (Christopher St.); A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); N, R, W (8th Street)] from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The lectures will be followed by a reception.

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, the public may call 212-992-7277 and indicate which session(s) they will be attending.

The 2005 Seminar Series schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - “An Unlived History Reconstructed: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank” by Ellen Feldman, author

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - “An Unlived Memory Reconstructed: The Case of Benjamin Wilkomirski” by Rolf Wolfswinkel, New York University

Monday, November 14, 2005 - “Anne Frank and the Cultural Implications of Holocaust Memory” by Alvin Rosenfeld, Indiana University, Bloomington

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (www.scps.nyu.edu) is one of fourteen colleges and schools that comprise New York University, the largest private university in the United States. Founded in 1934, NYU SCPS each year educates some 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students and enrolls over 44,000 in its non-credit programs. A national leader in adult and professionally-oriented education, NYU SCPS programs include non-credit courses that span more than 125 fields, 14 industry-focused master’s degree programs, and nine bachelors and six associates degree programs specially designed for working adults. As well, NYU SCPS is home to NYU Online, the University’s first online bachelor’s programs.

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