Carol Rittner (born 1943) is an American nun and Holocaust historian. She is a Distinguished Emerita Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University.
Carol Rittner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Immaculata University PhD, 1978, Pennsylvania State University |
| Thesis | Institutional purposes for staff development in higher education. (1978) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Stockton University |
| Notable works | The Courage to Care |
Early life
editRittner was born in 1943 and raised in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, to a Catholic mother and Protestant father.[1] She graduated from Bishop McDevitt Catholic High School and College Misericordia (now, Misericordia University.[2] Rittner later earned her Doctor of Education from Pennsylvania State University.[3]
Career
editIn 1984, Rittner organized an international conference on the theme "Faith in Humankind: Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust" for the Holocaust Memorial Council.[4] A few years later, she produced a film titled The Courage to Care which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[5] The documentary focused on three Christians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.[6] From 1986 until 1990, Rittner was the director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity before leaving to become president of Mercyworks.[7] Between 1994 and 1995, she was the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Professors of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University.[8] After her visiting professorship ended, she was invited to stay as the Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor in Holocaust Studies.[2]
In 2000, she co-edited "The Holocaust and the Christian World: Reflections on the Past, Challenges for the Future" which examined Christian identity after Auschwitz.[9][10] A few years later, she received the 2010 Sister Rose Thering Award from the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.[11]
Rittner was also a contributor to The Jewish Quarterly Review.[12] In 2013, she published Rape as a Weapon of War & Genocide through Paragon Publishing.[13] She also produced the film Sisters alongside director Robert Gardner which focused on the lives of five nuns.[14] Rittner retired from teaching in 2015.[2]
References
edit- ^ D'Arienzo, Camille (January 22, 2013). "Mercy sister shines light on Jewish-Christian relationship, lives of women religious". ncronline.org. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ a b c D'Arienzo, Camille (July 19, 2016). "Mercy sister teaches about the Holocaust to prevent indifference". ncronline.org. National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "MASTER OF ARTS IN HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES (MAHG)" (PDF). stockton.edu. p. 115. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "NUN SLATED TO SPEAK AT HOLOCAUST SERVICE 'THE COURAGE TO CARE' IS THEME". buffalonews.com. April 9, 1994. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "PRODUCER OF HOLOCAUST FILM WILL SPEAK, LEAD WORKSHOP". News & Record. April 28, 1995. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
She was executive producer of ``Courage To Care,' which in 1986 was nominated for an Academy Award in the Short Documentary category
- ^ Stark, Susan (February 18, 1986). "Nun picks outfit for Academy party". Defiance Crescent News. Ohio.
- ^ "Different voices". Altoona Mirror. Pennsylvania. April 18, 1992.
- ^ "Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Professors of Holocaust Studies 1990 - 2018". stockton.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ Jodock, Darrell (2001). "Review: The Holocaust and the Christian World: Reflections on the Past, Challenges for the Future". Church History. 70 (4): 802–804. doi:10.2307/3654572. JSTOR 3654572. S2CID 161937387. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ Garber, Zev (Summer 2002). "The Holocaust and the Christian World: Reflections on the Past, Challenges for the Future (review)". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 20 (4). Purdue University Press: 121–124. doi:10.1353/sho.2002.0062. S2CID 159568449. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "AWARDS CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSION". nj.gov. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "Contributors". Jewish Quarterly Review. 94 (2). University of Pennsylvania Press: 435. 2004. doi:10.1353/jqr.2004.0083. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ Bourke, Joanna (February 2015). "Bourke on Rittner and Roth, 'Rape: Weapon of War and Genocide'". H-Histsex. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "'Sisters', a Film by Distinguished Professor and Nun Dr. Carol Rittner, to Appear on PBS". stockton.edu22. October 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
