OSU Co-Organizes with U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Upcoming Event

Oregon State University’s Holocaust Memorial Program is collaborating with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in a panel discussion event on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m.  

This event is part of a set of programs happening at universities throughout the Pacific Northwest. Each event focuses on particular aspects of racial persecution in North America and Europe from the 1920s to the 1950s.  

The OSU panel discussion is called “Battles for Belonging: Race, Citizenship, and Exclusion in the Pacific Northwest and Nazi Germany”. According to Dr. Paul Kopperman, OSU professor of History and chair of the Holocaust Memorial Committee, the panel will “address the politics of citizenship and belonging in Nazi Germany and in the Pacific Northwest.” The discussion will draw upon historical insights while also touching on their legacies.  

Philipp Kneis, of the School of Public Policy, will serve as moderator. Panelists include Patricia Heberer Rice, senior historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Allison Davis-White Eyes, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Fielding Graduate University; Chris Stout, associate professor in OSU’s School of Public Policy; and Jacki Hedlund Tyler, an assistant professor of history and director of social studies education at Eastern Washington University.  

This event is a collaboration between the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oregon State University, OSU’s College of Liberal Arts, and OSU’s School of History, Philosophy, and Religion. The panel discussion is open to OSU students, faculty, and staff. Register to attend here.

Correction: This article has been corrected to include the link for attendance, to list the moderator’s and additional panelist’s names, to describe who the event is open to, and to correct the webinar’s name.   

By Olivia Goodfriend