Category: Ackerman Center

The University of Texas at Dallas honored its newest group of endowed chairs and professors – including three outstanding faculty members of The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology – during its 2024 Investiture Ceremony at the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture Hall on April 18. The ceremony celebrated […]

Twenty-seven members of the UT Dallas Chamber Singers set out on an eight-day concert tour – starting in the Polish city of Kraków on March 9 and culminating in Berlin, Germany – marking the second occasion that a UT Dallas choral ensemble has embarked on an international tour. Under the direction of Associate Dean of […]

The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas will host two internationally-renowned researchers of genocide, human rights, and the Holocaust for the 54th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (ASC).

Through lectures and a temporary installation, The Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas and the international human rights organization Yahad-In Unum will highlight genocidal practices from World War II until today. 

Dr. Erika Doss, a historian of American art and culture, has joined The University of Texas at Dallas as a professor of art history in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology and the Edith O’Donnell Distinguished Chair in the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History.

Jeremy Lock, renowned photojournalist, and retired U.S. Air Force military combat photographer, held a special exhibit and talkback session at SP/N Gallery Thursday.

An animated short film about the Holocaust, produced by University of Texas at Dallas faculty and students, is gaining international attention. “A Lasting Image” is a stop-motion animation project that captures one person’s experience during the Holocaust. The film has been accepted into several festivals – including one in Ukraine — and recently won an […]

A $1.1 million gift from the Edward and Wilhelmina Ackerman Foundation continues the family’s multigenerational support of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. The gift will enhance the center’s internationally recognized scholarship while expanding its outreach mission through online learning. “Today, the lessons of the Holocaust are more […]

For 35 years the Holocaust Studies Program at UT Dallas has been a beacon of scholarship and enlightenment regarding one of the most traumatic events in human history. From 1933 to 1945, Jewish citizens and others who lived in countries throughout Europe were rounded up and killed in Nazi concentration camps. Among the 6 million […]

During the recent Comets Giving Days, the School of Arts and Humanities received more than $1 million in donations. Two major gifts were donated to the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies: The Edward and Wilhelmina Ackerman Foundation announced a gift of $1.1 million, and a $100,000 gift from the Gundy family will establish the Richard […]