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From Survival to Scholarship: DU Announces Endowed Professorship in Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies
The University of Denver launched a $3.6 million campaign to fund a permanent professorship dedicated to Holocaust education, research, and combating antisemitism.
- During International Holocaust Remembrance Day, university officials revealed at the Colorado Capitol on Jan. 27, 2026, DU and its Center for Judaic Studies launched a campaign to endow a Professorship in Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies.
- DU officials say the initiative grew from two years of work and secured an initial donation of around $500,000 to fund a visiting professor.
- Survivor testimony anchored the event, including Sladek's memoir reading by Holocaust survivor Osi Sladek, with music by the Denver Young Artists Orchestra and Tom Hagerman for about 200 attendees.
- The new role will be housed in DU's Center for Judaic Studies and will advance Holocaust education, research and the study of antisemitism, while university leaders said the state Capitol as civic venue underscores remembrance as a civic responsibility.
- Building on existing programs like the Holocaust Awareness Institute, DU officials say the endowed professorship aims to inspire other universities and advance Holocaust education long-term.
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Eighty-one years after Auschwitz's liberation, the University of Denver announced a new role to keep the Holocaust's memory alive forever
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University of Denver Announces First Endowed Professorship in Holocaust and Antisemitism Awareness
DENVER, Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the University of Denver (DU) and its Center for Judaic Studies (CJS) are announcing a campaign to permanently endow a Professorship in Holocaust and Antisemitism…
University of Denver creates professorship in Holocaust and antisemitism studies
The University of Denver is aiming to become a global hub for scholarship on the Holocaust, abuses of power, racism, hatred and antisemitism, with a goal of spurring other universities to do the same.
·Denver, United States
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