Word: holocaust
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Wisse says the future of the Yiddish languageis uncertain because it suffered heavy blows inthe Holocaust as well as in other purges. InRussia, for instance, Stalin ordered the executionof Yiddish writers and intellectuals...
Yale, Princeton and the University of Chicago are currently considering Holocaust studies professorships, according to Martin H. Peretz, a lecturer in social studies. While no particular scholar may have been available at the time of the bequest, that is no reason for the University to convince the donor to reallocate the money...
...which the University searched for a scholar to fill the proposed chair. According to Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies Charles S. Maier, the committee chair, some members of the search committee, though qualified scholars in the field, objected to the idea of a professorship solely devoted to the Holocaust and its causes...
...University had questions about the legitimacy of a professorship in Holocaust studies, these issues should have been resolved before a committee began a search for someone to fill the position. It is no surprise that the committee could not agree on a candidate given the dissension in its ranks over the position's validity. Conducting a half-hearted search and then turning over the money to a program at the medical school, however meritable, displays a insensitivity on the part of the University to what is a burgeoning and controversial area of study...
...years was accepted by Dean Knowles and the donors. Harvard has hurt itself in failing to pursue the professorship adequately with a board of professors who agreed on the need for the position. By cutting short the search and reallocating the money, Harvard has also hindered the cause of Holocaust studies at what may be its most vital moment...