"What We Choose to Remember" conference in Portland

History (1933-1948): What We Choose to Remember

This three-day conference, April 15-17, examines the ideas - legal, philosophical, religious, medical, and scientific - and the institutions - secular and sacred - that informed and directed as well as opposed and thwarted the unfolding of events from the rise of the dictatorships in the western world to the establishment of the state of Israel so the lessons of history can guide the future.

Keynote Lecture: Archbishop Elias Chacour of Galilee

The Things That Make For Peace
7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 15
Buckley Center Auditorium (University of Portland)
FREE and open to the public

Elias Chacour is the Archbishop of Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He is a noted author and peace activist promoting reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. He has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. His two bestselling books, Blood Brothers and We Belong to the Land, cover his childhood in the village of Biram in the Galilee before and following the 1948 war and establishment of the state of Israel. 

Archbishop Chacour is vice-president of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center.


Registration fee for the remainder of the conference is $200.

$75 discounted rate for UP alumni.

Call for info:  (503) 653-6625

Conference website for schedule, speakers, registration, directions:  
https://pilots.up.edu/web/historyconf.

For more information or to register, contact Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center director at powell@up.edu or (503) 943-7702.