In partnership with host universities, the Holocaust Educational Foundation sponsors the biannual Lessons & Legacies conferences. These interdisciplinary gatherings, which generally draw 200-250 scholars and teachers on the Holocaust from around the world, have been widely acclaimed, as has the book series, published by Northwestern University Press, which has resulted from the proceedings.
To date, the Lessons & Legacies conferences have been held under the following titles at the following institutions:
1989: The Meaning of the Holocaust in a Changing World @ Northwestern University
1991: Teaching the Holocaust @ Northwestern University
1994: Memory, Memorialization, and Denial @ Dartmouth College
1996: Religion, Gender, and Genocide @ Notre Dame University
1998: Law, Evidence, and Context @ Florida Atlantic University
2000: The Presence of the Holocaust @ Northwestern University
2002: The Holocaust in International Perspective @ University of Minnesota
2004: The Holocaust from Generation to Generation @ Brown University
2006: Memory, History, and Responsibility: Reassessments of the Holocaust, Implications for the Future @ Claremont McKenna College
2008: @ Northwestern University
2010: @ Florida Atlantic University
2012: @ Northwestern University
Each conference has its own Program Committee and Chair, which reviews panel and paper proposals, determines the overarching theme of the conference, selects speakers, and assembles the schedule; each also has its own local arrangements director for such matters as registration and housing. For information on participating in or attending the next conference, please see the following page: