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Tzedek Professorship in the Humanities
The Tzedek Endowment was established in 1996 with a gift from David B. Stern and Nancy Guitteau. The title of this lectureship is a reference to the Hebrew word for “righteousness” or “justice.” The professorship was inspired by the “Ethics After the Holocaust” conference held at the UO in May of 1996, and by the life and work of the Lithuanian-French philosopher, religious thinker, and Nazi prisoner-of-war Emmanuel Levinas (1905-1995). Levinas made personal ethical responsibility to others the primary focus of his philosophy.
The inaugural lecture took place in 2007 with Samantha Power, Harvard University, who spoke on "Can Genocide Be Stopped in an Age of Terror?" as part of the Witnessing Genocide symposium.
The 2008-09 Tzedek Professor, Dr. Edward Tick, psychotherapist, spoke on "War and the Soul: Healing Our Veterans, Families, and Communities from the Wounds of War," on February 18 in Eugene and February 19 in Portland.
Updated: 3/12/09