ISRAELI NOVELIST AMOS OZ, COLUMNIST WILLIAM RASPBERRY, AND POET
CAROLYN FORCHE TO PARTICIPATE IN CONFERENCE ON ÒHATE, VIOLENCE AND
CULTURAL IDENTITY

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 25 -- A three-day conference on
ÒHate, Violence and Cultural IdentityÓ at the University of Virginia
next month will feature presentations by Israeli novelist and peace
activist Amos Oz, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William
Raspberry, activist-poet Carolyn Forche, and Floyd Cochran, former
national spokesperson for the neo-Nazi group Aryan Nations.
	The Nov. 9-11 conference will focus on such issues as
identifying the sources of hate and violence in society, examining
cultural identityÕs role in both causing and healing hate, and
finding ways to address worldwide problems of hate and violence.
Lectures, workshops and panel discussions will be held with a
variety of experts from U.Va. and elsewhere.
	The conference, free and open to the public, is sponsored by
the Hillel Jewish Center at U.Va., in conjunction with the
UniversityÕs WomenÕs Center and the Office of African-American
Affairs.
	Highlights include (complete schedule and list of speakers
attached):
Wednesday, Nov. 9
4-6 p.m.		South Meeting Room, Newcomb Hall
			Roundtable discussion, ÒThe Problem of HateÓ

7:30 p.m.		Room 205, Mechanical Engineering Building
			Keynote address by William Raspberry,
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post


Thursday, Nov. 10

9-11 a.m.		South Meeting Room, Newcomb Hall
			Panel discussion, ÒDisciplinary Lenses into
Hate, Violence and Cultural 			IdentityÓ

11 a.m.-noon		Newcomb Hall
			Small group discussions on ÒViolence Against
Women in the Former Yugoslavia,Ó ÒRecent Developments in the Middle
East Peace Talks,Ó ÒA Historical Perspective on TodayÕs Violence in
Central Africa,Ó ÒImages and Effects of Violence in the Mass Media,Ó
and ÒGrief:  A  Road to Destruction 			or Growth?Ó

1:30-3:30 p.m.	Newcomb Hall
			Small group workshops on ÒMediating Public
Disputes,Ó ÒGoing Beyond Anger,Ó ÒMulticulturalists:  Radicals or
Realists?Ó and ÒMulticultural Issues
			Challenging Women.Ó

4-6 p.m.		Newcomb Hall Theater
			Floyd Cochran, former national spokesperson
for the neo-Nazi group, Aryan Nations, will speak on ÒCombatting
White Supremacy.Ó

7 p.m.			153 Campbell Hall
			Poet Carolyn Forche will read from her
latest collection of poems, ÒThe Angel of History.Ó Preceding her
reading will be Òliving speechÓ storytelling by local minister and
performance artist Brenda Brown Grooms from her project ÒVoices of
the Voiceless.Ó

Friday, Nov. 11

10 a.m.		153 Campbell Hall
			Novelist and peace activist Amos Oz will
speak on ÒPeace and War:  Israel and Beyond.Ó Oz is appearing under
the auspices of the BÕnai BÕrith Lecture Bureau.

	The conference has received generous support from the Samuel
Bronfman Foundation, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and
Public Policy, the Jacob Burns Endowment in Ethics of the Hillel
International Center and the United Ministry at U.Va.
	For additional information call the Hillel Center at (804)
295-4963.
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October 24, 1994