Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies

News

  1. Home
  2. News
Dr. Jodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Photo courtesy of Magness

September 10: “Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus” with Dr. Jodi Magness
Aug 20, 2025

“Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus”
Presented by Dr. Jodi Magness

Event
The Appalachian State University Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (CJHPS) will host the 23rd Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Symposium from July 10–16, 2025, at Appalachian State's Boone campus.
Sebastian Flores, eighth grader from Wilmington (left), and Statton Solak, ninth grader from Camden (right), received White Rose Student Research Contest awards. Photos submitted
Jackson Adams (left) and Sydney Hudson (right)
Yom HaShoah

April 24: Yom HaShoah
Apr 14, 2025

Yom HaShoah
Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Event
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University
Dr. James Waller is the inaugural Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice at the University of Connecticut. Photo courtesy of the University of Connecticut.

March 18: Becoming Evil with Dr. James Waller
Mar 7, 2025

“Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Atrocity”
Presented by Dr. James Waller

Event
President of the Temple of the High Country Kurt Love, left, and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies Davis Hankins speak at the Holocaust Remembrance Day service on Jan. 27.

Over 30 honor Holocaust victims on International Holocaust Remembrance Day [The Appalachian]
Jan 30, 2025

Monday was cold and rainy but over 30 people joined together in the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies to hold a service for the...

Dr. Chris Patti is an associate professor in the Department of Communication and affiliate faculty member in the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University. Photo by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources on Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/2pmghin)

February 20: Compassionate Communication with Dr. Chris Patti
Jan 29, 2025

Compassionate Communication with Dr. Chris Patti
Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 7-9 p.m.

Event
Dr. Francis Thomas Borkowski served as chancellor of Appalachian State University from 1993 to 2003. Photo courtesy of Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Collection

App State honors former Chancellor Francis Thomas Borkowski
Jan 24, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Dr. Francis Thomas Borkowski, former chancellor of Appalachian State University from 1993 to 2003, died Sunday, Jan.