Jennifer Rodgers to speak on "The Politics of Holocaust Memory" at Flagler College

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (03/13/2012)(readMedia)-- Jennifer Rodgers, the 2011-2012 Ben and Zelda Cohen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will speak at Flagler College on March 19.

Rodgers will speak on "The Politics of Holocaust Memory" from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Gamache-Koger Theater in the Ringhaver Student Center on the corner of Sevilla and King streets in St. Augustine. It is free and open to the public.

Rodgers is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Pennsylvania. She received a master's degree in history from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in German and European studies from American University. For her Ben and Zelda Cohen Fellowship, she is conducting research for her dissertation, "From the 'Archive of Horrors' to the 'Shop Window of Democracy': The International Tracing Service and the Transnational Politics of the Past."

Rodgers' lecture is also sponsored by the Campus Outreach Lecture Program of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, supported by the generosity of the Jerome A. Yavitz Charitable Foundation and Stephen Cypen.

Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $22,500, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.