The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
will host a workshop entitled
"Freedom from Fear:
And Why it Still Matters Today"
with Vassar College
Professor of History
Maria Höhn
to commemorate the
70th anniversary year of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a
"Freedom from Fear: And Why it Still Matters Today" workshop with Vassar College Professor of History
Maria Höhn on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Program partners include the Dutchess County Commission on Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, United Nations Association and the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt-Van Buren National Historic Sites. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home.
This is a free public event but registration is required.
This seminar-style workshop explores "Freedom from Fear" from when it was declared by FDR in January 1941 in light of the Nazi menace -- and after 1945 when it served as a statement of American principles against the Soviet Union during the Cold War -- through today, as it pertains to some of the larger global challenges like forced migration and refugee crises. Audience participation and discussion will be encouraged.
Maria Höhn is a professor of History on the Marion Musser Lloyd '32 Chair at Vassar College. She teaches German history and German-American relations and is the author of three books that have also been translated into German, Korean and Chinese. She founded the military-civilian exchange program between Vassar College and the United States Military Academy at West Point, and directed that initiative between 2011 and 2014. She is the Director of the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education (Vassar, Bard College/Annandale, Bard College/Berlin, Bennington and Sarah Lawrence colleges). In September 2018, the Andrew Mellon Foundation awarded Professor Höhn a $2.5 million grant to develop a Consortium-wide curriculum on Forced Migration and Displacement.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
