Wiesenthal legacy still resonant in era of terrorism
Posted on 5 December 2005
Abraham Cooper is the Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles and is an international authority on issues raised by digital terrorism and hate on the Internet.
The lecture titled The legacy of Simon Wiesenthal: lessons learned and unlearned in the era of terrorism is at the University's Central Hall on 8 December 2005 at 5.30pm. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Born in New York in 1950, Abraham Cooper has been an activist for Jewish and human rights causes on five continents. He supervises the Wiesenthal Center's global tracking of problematic websites and supervises the Center's annual CD-ROM Digital Terrorism and Hate report, as well as overseeing the Center's International Task Force Against Terrorism and Hate.
The Heslington Lecture was established at the University in 1965. The theme is 'Religion and the modern world'. Previous speakers include Jonathon Porritt, Bruce Kent, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Lord Habgood and David Blunkett MP.
Notes to editors:
- Simon Wiesenthal died aged 96 on 20 September 2005 in Vienna. He was credited with helping to bring more than 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice in the decades after World War II.
- For more information on the Simon Wiesenthal Center go to www.wiesenthal.com
- This Heslington Lecture is supported by the Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) in the University's Department of Politics. The lecture coincides with PRDU's Open Day.