Fellow, Miriam Lewis Barnett Chair
The Miriam Lewis Barnett Chair for studies related to the Holocaust, genocide and human rights was established in 2020 by Mitchell L. and Miriam “Mimi” Lewis Barnett. The Barnett family’s history of support for Holocaust remembrance began with Mimi Barnett’s parents, Leah and Paul Lewis, who began promoting the cause after the end of World War II. In 2002 the couple established the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies’ first endowed faculty position, the Leah and Paul Lewis Chair of Holocaust Studies. In 2018 they endowed the Mitchell L. and Miriam Lewis Barnett Lecture Series as part of the Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches.
