Held on September 23, 2014
Dr. Susan Jacobowitz, Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, discusses graphic texts that depict genocide and its aftermath. This event will include an overview of how different writers and artists have responded to the challenge of depicting war and genocide. As part of the workshop, students will begin work on their own graphic pieces exploring related themes, some of which will be featured in the capstone exhibit at the KHC in the spring.
Dr. Susan Jacobowitz is Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, CUNY. She earned her doctorate at Brandeis University and wrote her dissertation on second-generation experience. Research areas include second-generation literature and performance art, Australian Jewish and immigrant writing, conflicts and challenges of Jewish identity and graphic texts. She has participated as a scholar in workshops and seminars at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Her scholarship has been published in Australia, the United States, Germany, Brazil, Israel, and India. Dr. Jacobowitz teaches Introduction to Literature, Exploring Graphic Genres and Holocaust Literature at QCC.
Deogratias by 
Maus I: a Survivor's Tale by Via BillMoyers.com
222-05 56 Avenue, Bayside, New York 11364
