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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: The Child is a Person: Janusz Korczak’s Road to Radical Humanism Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Janusz Korczak (1878, Warsaw; 1942, Treblinka) is known for the heroic stand of non-violent opposition he took in response to the Nazis’ decision to liquidate the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw (July-August, 1942) and to deport everybody there, including all children, to the death camp of Treblinka. Korczak refused numerous offers to escape into safety from the ghetto. He stayed with the children (over a hundred) and staff of the Jewish orphanage he had long headed, accompanying them through to death.However, the exclusive focus on Korczak’s dramatic end is a disservice. He was one of the twentieth century's outstanding moral educators. This talk focuses on his child-centered humanism as well as his identification with Poles and Jews in the expression of this humanism. American born and raised, Marc Silverman received his BA, MA and doctorate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and served for over 30 years as Senior Lecturer in the Hebrew University School of Education. He has published in the fields of educational philosophy and Jewish culture and education. He is the author of A Pedagogy of Humanist Moral Education: The Educational Thought of Janusz Korczak (2017), published by Palgrave Macmillan Press. Time: 6:15 pm EST/GMT-5 Location: Olin Humanities, Room 202 Sponsor: Historical Studies Program; Human Rights Program; Jewish Studies Program; Masters of Arts in Teaching; Philosophy Program Contact: Joel Perlmann. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7667 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/academics/programs/physics/events/