Wiesel to teach at Chapman University

Elie Wiesel will be teaching at a Southern California university that features a large bronze bust of the Nobel laureate at its library entrance.

The Holocaust survivor and author was named a distinguished presidential fellow at Chapman University in Orange, some 45 miles south of Los Angeles. Chapman President Jim Doti made the announcement Aug. 25.

Wiesel, a New York resident and professor of humanities at Boston University, will take up temporary residence in Southern California next spring and in each of the following four years to teach at Chapman, a private institution founded by devout Christians.

Chapman officials have not yet finalized  his duties or length of stay. However, he is expected to interact extensively with faculty at the university’s Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education and with students in Chapman’s three Holocaust courses and related classes. — jta