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Becoming Aram: The life and Legacy of a Revolutionary Statesman

Trustees Pavilion (PAV 3) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, NJ, United States

Dr. Khatchig Mouradian, the Nikit and Eleanora Ordjanian Visiting Professor at Columbia University, will examine the tumultuous journey of the revolutionary turned statesman Aram Manougian, whose struggle against the oppressors of his own people spanned two declining empires, and who is also remembered as the founder the First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920). Through a wealth […]

Postponed-Historian to Examine Babi Yar Massacre in Ukraine

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

Due to inclement weather, the previously scheduled lecture by Dr. Martin Dean on “Babi Yar and the Holocaust in Ukraine,” scheduled for Thursday, March 8 at 1:20 p.m. in The Robert A. Scott Student Center (Alumni Lounges, SC-158) is being canceled. It is being re-scheduled for the fall.

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 […]

Daughter to Discuss Her Father’s Holocaust Art Journey

Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC157-158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

In commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), Miriam Friedmann Morris of Pomona, New York , will speak about “From Chess Masters to Clydesdales—Holocaust Survivor David Friedmann’s Art Journey” on Monday, April 19 at 1 p.m. in The Robert A. Scott Student Center (Alumni Lounges, SC 157-158) under the auspices of the the Center for […]

Screening of Film About Turkish Armenian Identity in Context of 100th Commemoration of Genocide

Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC157-158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Naré Mkrtchyan will screen her film,“The Other Side of Home,” an eye-opening account of the legacy of the 1915 Armenian genocide by the Turkish government. on Tuesday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in The Robert A. Scott Student Center (Alumni Lounges, SC 157-158) under the auspices of the Armenian Students Association of Ramapo College, the Armenian National […]

The Vatican and the Holocaust Will Be Topic of Lecture

Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC157-158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Stanislao Pugliese, professor of History at Hofstra University, will speak about “The Vatican and the Holocaust,” on Wednesday, April 18 at 4 p.m. in The Robert A. Scott Student Center (Alumni Lounges, SC 157-158) under the auspices of  the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Italian Club of Ramapo College. The Morton […]

Panel to Discuss the Experience of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Émigrés in Coming to America

Temple Beth Sholom 40-25 Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn, NJ, United States

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey will host a panel discussion, “Coming to America: Victims of the Shoah and Emigres from the Former Soviet Union and the Middle East.” It will take place on Sunday, April 22, 2018, 10 a.m. at Temple Beth Sholom in Fair […]

Screening of Acclaimed Hungarian Film ‘1945’ in Memory of John Gunzler

Truistees Pavilion (PAV 1-2) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

The recently released and critically acclaimed Hungarian film, “1945,” postponed on account of inclement weather, will now be screened at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Thursday, May 3  at 7 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion (PAV1-2) under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The program is being held in memory […]

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 […]

Post Genocide Bosnia- Herzegovina Will Be Topic of Lecture

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

Dr. Azra Hromadžić, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University, will speak about “Youth and State Making in Post-Genocide Bosnia-Herzegovina,” under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The event is free and open to the public. In the wake of devastating conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the polarizing effects of everyday ethnic divisions, […]