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Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel will discuss his memoir Night, based on his experiences during the Holocaust, Sept. 12 as the University's annual Solomon-Tenenbaum lecturer.
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Wiesel, the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, has written more than 40 books and is internationally known for his humanitarian work.
USC's Solomon-Tenenbaum Lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Koger Center, with a book signing to be held at approximately 9 p.m.
The event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Carolina Coliseum box office beginning August 7, with 1,000 tickets distributed to the public and 1,000 distributed to USC faculty, staff, and students. USC tickets will be distributed in pairs to faculty and staff members and as single tickets to USC students and the public. Any University tickets not claimed by September 6 will be made available to the public.
There will be general seating at the event. People who can't get to the Coliseum can request tickets by mail by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Ticket Office, Carolina Coliseum, USC, Columbia, 29208.
The Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship also will feature a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m. September 12 on Darfur, the Sudanese region torn by conflict and genocide. Charles Bierbauer, former journalist and dean of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, will moderate a panel of USC faculty who will discuss genocide and social responsibility in a post-Holocaust world.
Wiesel, who was born in Romania in 1928, was deported along with his family by the Nazis to Auschwitz. He, along with two of his three sisters, survived the concentration camps. He went on to study in Paris and became a journalist. He was the founding chair of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and has, along with his wife, Marion, founded and led other influential international humanitarian organizations. He is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities at Boston University, where he has taught in the departments of religion and philosophy since 1976.
The Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship is one of USC's most prestigious lectureships. Recent speakers have included Thomas Cahill, James Carroll, and Thomas Friedman. The lecture series is funded by Melvin and Judith Solomon of Charleston and Samuel and Inez Tenenbaum of Columbia.
For more information on the 2006 Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies, go to www.cas.sc.edu/relg/ or contact Mardi McAbe at 7-4409 or mardi@sc.edu.
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