John K. Roth, the Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy and director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, will present the Ina Levine Annual Lecture at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 15. His address, In the Shadow of Birkeneau: Ethical Dilemmas During and After the Holocaust, will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Roth is on sabbatical this year at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies as the Ina Levine Scholar in Residence, an award whose purpose is to provide an opportunity for concentrated research and writing in a venue where discussion and debate with other scholars will lead to the highest level of scholarly achievement. Roth is only the fourth recipient of the Levine award.
Roth has authored or edited more than 35 books, including Holocaust Politics (Westminster John Knox Press, 2001) and a thoroughly revised edition of Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy (Westminster John Knox Press, 2003), which he coauthored with Richard Rubenstein. Roth's next book will be Ethics During and After the Holocaust (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). He is a former member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and a current member of its Committee on Church Relations and the Holocaust. His research interests include Holocaust studies, philosophy, and American and religious studies.
Roth is the recipient of both the CMC President's Award and the George C. S. Benson Award, and was named U.S. National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.