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Stephen Feinstein

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Holocaust & Genocide Studies 101 Nolte Ctr.

Curriculum Vitae

Genocide: Feinstein, Stephen, Encyclopaedia of Death and Dying, 2002.
The Search for Feminism in Post-Holocaust Art: Feinstein, Stephen, Elizabeth Baer & Myrna Goldenberg, Experience and Expression: Women, The Nazis and the Holocaust, 2003.
Use of Painting and Art in Holocaust Education: Some Reflections for Classroom Education in a Lithuanian Model: Feinstein, Stephen, Proceedings of the Conference on the Holocaust in Lithuania, 2002.
Dialogical Spaces: The Use of Installation Spaces for Representation of the Holocaust. Feinstein, Stephen, Proceedings of European Union Intergovernmental Task Force Conference on the Arts, Strasbourg, France, 2002.
The G-Word: Feinstein, Stephen, Genocide in a Post-Holocaust World, 2002.
Museum Catalogue: Kaddish for the Children: Art of Alice Lok Cahana. Feinstein, Stephen, Stephen Feinstein, Florida Holocaust Museum, 2004.
Feinstein: “What Are the Results: Reflections on Working in Holocaust Education”. Feinstein, Stephen, Teaching About the Holocaust, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
Absence/Presence: Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust. Feinstein, Stephen, Stephen Feinstein (editor), Syracuse University Press, 2004.

Borderlands: Joint project with CGES, DAAD, Watson Institute at Brown University dealing with mass violence in border areas of former empires., 2003 - 2006
Book: "Space with Ghosts: Installation Art About the Holocaust": Mongraph on art about the Holocaust, Ongoing - 2006
Book" "Absence/Presence: Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust.": Published book Syracuse University Press, 1999 - 2004

Curator, "Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art About the Holocaust," at the Minnesota Museum of American Art: 1995 - 2002
Curator, "Absence/Presence: The Artistic Memory of the Holocaust and Genocide," Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota: 1999
"COEXISTENCE: An Outdoor Exhibition with Teacher Workshops and Electronic Student Exhibit," Minneapois, St. Paul, MN: May 1, 2004 - July 6, 2004
Guest Curator for Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL: Occasional development of museum shows and writing catalogues., 1999 - ongoing
State Teaching Initiative about the Holocaust & Genocide: Implementation of teaching trunk program in middle and high schools. Trunks purchased with grant from Claims Conference grant., 2004 - ongoing

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Association of Jewish Studies
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Director: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota
Executive Board: Jewish Community Relations Council, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith of Minnesota and the Dakotas , 1973 - 1991
Middle East Studies Association
Chairman: Department of History, University of Wisconsin-River Falls , 1991 - 1997
Member of Board, Association of Holocaust Organizations: Board member responsible for conference, programs, initiating discourse among members, bringing European teachers to the U of M for summer institutes , 2000 - ongoing
Editorial Board: Journal of Genocide Research , 2000 - ongoing
Manager of Academic Program, International Association of Genocide Studies Conference for 2005: Call for papers and arrange academic aspect of conference , 2004 - 2005
Member of Board: Union of Councils for Russian Jewry, Washington , 1989 - 2000
National Board of Directors: American Association for Ethiopian Jewry

Prozdor Program: Beth El Synagogue: Short course on "Trials in Jewish History.", October 2003 - October 2003
Community Resource for speaking: Available for speaking for religious institutions,community centers, minority groups and schools about the Holocaust, Ongoing - Ongoing
Coexistence Project and associated activities with corporations and communities: Outdoor art exhibition in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, May-July 2004, May 1, 2004 - July, 2004

Human Rights Award for work with Soviet Jewish Human Rights issues, 2000
McKnight Grant, Phillips Foundation Grant and others for University of Minnesota exhibition "Absence/Presence: The Artistic Memory of the Holocaust and Genocide.", 1998 - 1999
University of Minnesota Sesquicentennial Grant and Grant from Rose and Jay Phillips Foundation for "Departures: New Feminist Perspectives on the Holocaust," April 2001, University of Minnesota, 2000
Volunteer of the Year, Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, 1987
Human Rights Award from ACOM, Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota for academic work connected with teaching about the Armenian Genocide., 2001
Best Teacher, Minneapolis Adult Jewish Studies, 1984
Grants in connection with Coexistence Outdoor Exhibition and its implementation, 2003 - 2004
Grant from Jay and Rose Phillips Foundation for Teaching toward Respect Initiative, 2003 - 2004

Arab-Israeli Conflict
Art of the Holocaust
Arts and Ideas-Humanities
Europe from Charlemagne to Luther
Europe from French Revolution
European Economic History
History of Anti-Semitism
Modern Israel
Modern Jewish History
Modern Middle East
Politics of the Middle East
Problems of Representation and Historiography of the Holocaust
Russian and Soviet History
Russian Art and Architecture
Russian Civilization
Russian Jewish History
Soviet Jewry
The Holocaust
Workshop on the Holocaust
Workshop on the Holocaust and Contemporary Genocides
Institute on Genocide and the Holocaust as collaborative between U of M and Zoryan Institute, Summer 2004
European and German Anti-Semitism. ITV course with U of M and UW-Madison, Fall, 2003 on ITV.
Between Political Commentary and Genocide: The Artist as Social Critic. Honors Course