Designated as being of Ministerial Interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture pursuant to Resolution No. 0637/020, and as being of Educational Interest by the Secondary Education Council.
This is a free course with limited enrollment. A certificate of attendance is awarded to students who attend at least 75% of the classes.
Classes will be held via Zoom.
For more information and to register, please contact Gabriela Pose at 29021505, Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or fill out the form below.
Thematic Program
Thursday, September 10 – 6:00 p.m.
- Anatomy of Devastation: Context, Origins, and Characteristics of the Shoah and Genocides.
Marcos Israel. Master’s degree in Social Policy from the University of the Republic. Certified Public Accountant and Bachelor of Business Administration. He was a member of the National Honorary Commission for the Fight Against Racism and Discrimination (2007–2012). Author of numerous books. Visiting professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay.
https://youtu.be/koI9xo6w_34
Thursday, September 17 – 6:00 p.m.
- European Society’s Attitudes Toward the Holocaust: Analysis and Reflections.
Roberto Cyjon, Engineer. Master’s Degree and Diploma in Political History. Electrical Engineer from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion, Israel). Author of books and essays. Visiting Professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay.
https://youtu.be/IOc6M4qMNZg
Thursday, September 24 – 6:00 p.m.
- The Wannsee Conference: The Final Solution (January 20, 1942)
Dr. Gabriel Goldman. Attorney. Member of the Board of Governors of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). President of the Friends of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Uruguay. Managing Partner of the firm Global Investments.
https://youtu.be/-F5HhAbLSdE
Thursday, October 1 – 6:00 p.m.
- World War II and the Holocaust as seen from the present.
Roberto Cyjon, Engineer.
https://youtu.be/TLdG0CspSLE
Thursday, October 8 – 3:00 p.m.
- Current State of Anti-Semitism Worldwide.
Dr. Alberto Spektorowski. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a professor of Political Theory and Comparative Politics at Tel Aviv University (Israel) and Columbia University (United States). He is a member of the International Contact Group. He is the author of numerous books. Visiting Professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay.
https://youtu.be/dhP7dN5fcwk
Thursday, October 15 – 5:00 p.m.
- Holocaust Denial and How to Confront It
, Gustavo Perednik. A graduate of the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (cum laude), he completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy in New York. He studied the humanities at the universities of La Sorbonne (France), San Marcos (Peru), and Uppsala (Sweden). He was recognized as an outstanding professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of numerous books and articles. Visiting professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvckUAEL2Wk
Thursday, October 22 – 6:00 p.m.
- Anti-Semitism and the Law
Dr. Jonás Bergstein. Attorney and partner at Bergstein Abogados. Graduate of Harvard Law School (United States). Former foreign associate at Wilmer Hale (Washington, D.C., United States) and Mattos Filho (São Paulo, Brazil) prior to joining Bergstein Abogados. He is currently a member of the firm’s Tax Department. Adjunct professor of Financial Law at the Law School of the University of the Republic. Author of books and articles on topics within his area of expertise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU37zgNBpNk
Thursday, October 29 – 7:00 p.m.
- Return to Jedwabne: 1941–2020
Dr. David Serrano Blanquer. Ph.D. in Philology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), with the first doctoral dissertation in Spain on European literature from Nazi camps. Professor at the Faculty of Communication, Ramon Llull University (Spain). Founder and director of the Center for Research on European Concentration Camp Literature (CILEC). Member of the research group on Exile, Deportation, and the Holocaust (Democratic Memorial of the Government of Catalonia). Documentarian and author of numerous books and essays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb8Yzq7eCN0
Thursday, November 5 – 6:00 p.m.
- The Holocaust Memorial Center and Its Place in the Landscape of Memory
Professors Andrés Serralta, Sandra Veinstein, and Dinorah Polakof. Montevideo Holocaust Memorial Center.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeKnVzBxuo
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