The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies holds conferences and workshops, both nationally and internationally, that bring together established and new scholars from around the world to promote cooperation, address understudied Holocaust subjects, and disseminate new research.
Call for Applications
Application Deadline: October 31, 2026
Conference Dates: March 8-9, 2027
Conference Location: Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
This conference will rediscover Father Leiber as a crucial historical actor, as a deeply spiritual researcher and teacher, as a liaison for Pope Pius XII to the world’s most powerful leaders, and as a mirror for the times in which he lived.
Co-organized with Pontifical Gregorian University and Yad Vashem
Application Deadline: October 20, 2026
Conference Dates: May 18-20, 2027
Conference Location: University of Manchester, UK
This workshop will explore the understudied topic of Jewish religious life during the Holocaust from a variety of perspectives and source bases. After the workshop, we intend to publish with an academic press a volume of primary sources and accompanying essays for university-level classroom use, including translations if needed.
Co-organized with the Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester, UK