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Legal Activist Will Discuss Pursuing the Cause of Human Rights

Anisfield School of Business (ASB332) 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Reed Brody, Human Rights Counsel for Human Rights Watch, International Crimes Prosecutor and Investigator, will speak about “Human Rights and the Rule of Law,” on Monday, March 19 at 1 p.m. in the Anisfield School of Business (ASB 332) under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Law and Society […]

The U.S. in Africa’s Wars to be Examined

Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Helen C. Epstein, Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Public Health at Bard College, will speak about “Another Fine Mess: the US role in Africa's Wars.” The lecture will be presented under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and is free and open to the public. Between April and July […]

TEACHERS WORKSHOP– Ethnic Cleansing: When Does it Become Genocide?

Trustees Pavilion (PAV 1-2) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

In cooperation and with the support of the New Jersey State Commission on Holocaust Education FREE OF CHARGE –Breakfast and Lunch Included Approved Workshop for Certification Renewal (5 Hours) Assists in Adopting and Implementing N.J. Core Curriculum Standards Language Arts 3.1 Social Studies 6.1­6.3 World Languages 7.1 and 7.2 Although the term "ethnic cleansing" gained currency after its use by the media to describe Serb initiatives to remove non-Serbs, especially Muslim Bosnians, from its territories during the breakup of […]

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Frontlines and Fault Lines: Notes and Observations from field work among Muslim communities in Gujarat and Kashmir, India

Trustees Pavilion (PAV1) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, NJ, United States

Ruma Sen, Professor of Communications at Ramapo College of New Jersey, will speak on Tuesday, October 29  at 1:45 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion, Ramapo College of New Jersey about “Frontlines and Fault Lines:  Notes and Observations from field work among Muslim communities in Gujarat and Kashmir, India.” The program will be presented under the […]

Experiences of Refugees Coming to America to be Related in Their Own Words

Alumni Lounge (SC156) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Lee T. Bycel, a humanitarian activist, rabbi, teacher and author, who serves as the Sinton Visiting Professor of Holocaust, Ethics and Refugee Studies at the University of San Francisco, will speak on Tuesday, November 12 at 1:45 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges (SC156) of the Robert A. Scott Student Center at Ramapo College of New […]

World Renown Researcher to Discuss Intergenerational Effects of Trauma

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

On Thursday, March 5 at 12 p.m., Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and the Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, which includes the PTSD clinical research program and the Neurochemistry and Neuroendocrinology laboratory at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will speak […]

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Teachers Workshop: CHOICES MATTER: COMPLICITY AND ACTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

CHOICES MATTER: COMPLICITY AND ACTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST Thursday, November 19, 2020; 10 AM to 1 PM Virtually via WebEx FREE OF CHARGE  Approved Workshop for Certification Renewal (5 Hours: Additional online activities to be assigned)  Assists in Adopting and Implementing N.J. Core Curriculum Standards Language Arts 3.1 Social Studies 6.1­6.3 World Languages 7.1 and 7.2  Registration: bit.ly/2DWLarM “Peoples’ stories will help students relate and empathize more with this topic and theme. One thingI’ll remember is to teach students that silence can do great […]

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Novel by Ramapo Professor that Traverses the Terrain of the Russian-Jewish Experience to be Discussed

Virtually via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b6Y3DbzWT3qvD33O5OLtcw

Dr. Lisa Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Literature at Ramapo College, will discuss her recently published book, Forget Russia (Tailwinds Press, 2020) with Dr. Santamaría Laorden, Associate Professor of Spanish at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Center Director, Dr. Michael A. Riff will act as moderator. The program will be delivered virtually via Zoom on Thursday, […]

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Virtual Event in Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: From Awareness to Action: Confronting Antisemitism At Home and Abroad

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

On January 27 at 6 PM, ET, In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Dr. Robert Williams, Deputy Director for International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will discuss about how current conspiracy theories and tropes fuel antisemitism domestically and internationally. He will also address how Holocaust education contributes to combatting this menace. […]

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