An exploration of the effect of the Holocaust on today’s society

Date of Event: November 15, 2011

Posted: November 4, 2011

John Roth

GRANVILLE, Ohio— A lecture that explores the lasting effects of the Holocaust on humanity will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the lecture hall of Denison University’s Slayter Hall Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). “Crying Out for Action: The Holocaust, the Dead, and the Responsibility to Protect,” by John Roth, the Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, is sponsored by the Goodspeed Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sandra Mead at 740-587-6241 or visit www.denison.edu.

Roth’s work researches and teaches the role of humanities education in a regular citizen’s life. “In hard times, what good can it do to remember the Holocaust?” Roth has said. “Doesn’t such remembrance invite more disappointment, when we consider how little the world has learned from that catastrophe?”

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Lecture: “Crying Out for Action: The Holocaust, the Dead, and the Responsibility to Protect,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the lecture hall of the Slayter Hall Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sandra Mead at 740-587-6241 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

For press inquiries:

Name: Barbara Stambaugh
Position Title: Director, Media Relations
Primary Email: stambaughb@denison.edu
Business Phone: (740) 587-8575

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