Tag: Roemer; Nils

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 […]

Dr. Nils Roemer, Interim Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, presided over the school’s recent commencement ceremony, congratulating graduates on the completion of their degrees. He also spoke about the importance of creativity. Here is a small portion of his speech: “Creativity is the foundation on which you have honed skills, refined techniques, […]

You may have seen that the beginning of the spring semester has brought improved practice space for the music classes in the School of Arts and Humanities. After the Physics Department departed from the PHY building in Fall 2020, the facility was renovated and in January was re-opened for use primarily by A&H musicians. We […]

Dear UT Dallas Community,  Like the entire world, the people in the School of Arts and Humanities at UT Dallas have had a difficult year, but we have persevered. As such, we are thrilled to be back on campus for classes and events. Our faculty, staff and students have worked hard to keep our campus […]

In the wake of the current pandemic, The University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts and Humanities (A&H) recently designed a new drive-thru experience where prospective students and families were able to talk safely face-to-face with faculty, staff and students. “Because we are a creative school, we came up with a new way to […]

Dear Students, Staff, Faculty and Friends, As we wrap up the fall semester, I want to thank each of you for continuing to persevere during this pandemic. The last few months have not been easy for the School of Arts and Humanities, but you all have demonstrated fortitude, strength and creativity.  It was particularly difficult […]

School of the Arts & Humanities Community: I am proud to introduce the A&H newsletter which is centered on news and information about the School of the Arts and Humanities, its faculty and students. We are launching this at a time when classes are online and events on campus have been canceled, a reality to […]

“Painful Remembrance” is the subject of the Winter 2020 issue of Athenaeum Review, with five articles exploring how difficult memories are shaped and passed on through literature, the arts, and public monuments. The special issue is guest-edited by Nils Roemer, interim dean of the School of the Arts and Humanities, director of the Ackerman Center for […]

The UT Dallas Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies will welcome some of the world’s foremost Holocaust scholars, theologians and survivors for the 48th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches on March 3-5, 2018. The collection of experts will share their findings in hopes that the lessons of the Holocaust will remain relevant. […]

Faculty members who are also published authors were the focus of a recent McDermott Library celebration. The  6th Annual Faculty Author Reception recognized 16 writers and nine editors of books published during the last academic year. Dr. David Patterson (left) celebrates publication of his book A Genealogy of Evil: Anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad with Dr. […]