Berry College Professor Leads Research Workshop in U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

This past August, a Berry College professor participated in a research workshop in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at Washington, D.C.

Professor of History Matthew G. Stanard worked alongside scholars from the U.S., Poland, Israel, Ukraine, Germany, Morocco, the United Kingdom and Italy during the Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop. The program lasted two weeks. Their work included exhibit tours and the examination of questions surrounding propaganda and persecution.

“The U.S. Holocaust Museum’s Mandel Center does extraordinary and important work, and it was an incredible opportunity to lead this workshop alongside Dr. Stasiulis,” Stanard said. “Delving into the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s archives and hearing about the research projects of such a diverse group of engaged international scholars reminded me of the value of the discipline of history. We do not know what we know about the past by some magic. It takes hard work, time, debate, reflection and funding to uncover and understand our shared history, including its most horrifying chapters.”

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is committed to cultivating a safe atmosphere for education. It exists to honor lives lost and recognize the unprecedented tragedy.

Stanard teaches history at Berry and serves as the president of the French Colonial Historical Society. He achieved his B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.A. and Ph.D from Indiana University-Bloomington. He is an established author and esteemed researcher.

For more information about the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, please visit https://www.ushmm.org/information/about-the-museum.