CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, APRIL 14
REGISTRATION, GORDINIER CONFERENCE CENTER,
SECOND FLOOR
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
WELCOMING REMARKS & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Opening of the Conference
Jack Fischel, Millersville University
Welcoming Remarks
Francine McNairy
Provost, Millersville University
Rita Marinho
Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences, Millersville University
Invocation
Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg, Temple Beth Israel, York, Pennsylvania
Introduction of the Aristides de Sousa Mendes Lecture
Saulius Suziedelis, Millersville University
The Aristides de Sousa Mendes Keynote Address
“Pius XII and his Interpreters: The Continuing Debate”
Richard Rubenstein
President Emeritus, University of Bridgeport
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Introduction to the Koppel Lecture
Dennis Downey, Millersville University
The Koppel Lecture
"Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust"
Michael Phayer, Marquette University
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
RECEPTION hosted by the Offices of the
President and the Provost
Lehr Room, Gordinier Conference Center
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE & HUMANITIES SESSION
Panel Presentation: "The Dissolution of the International Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission"
"Opening the Archives? What's the Problem?"
John Jay Hughes
Theological Consultant, Archdiocese of St. Louis
"The Use and Misuse of History"
John Conway
Professor Emeritus of History, University of British Columbia
"When the Vatican and Scholars Don't See Eye to Eye"
Seymour D. Reich, ESQ
Chair, International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations & Jewish Coordinator, International Catholic-Jewish Historical Commission.
"Pius XII and the Catholic Church's Battle Against Liberalism"
John Pawlikowski, Catholic Theological Union
Moderator: Sam Edelman, California State at Chico