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  • Noted International Jurist and Writer to Discuss the Personal Origins of the Concepts of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

    York Room, The Birch Mansion 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

    Philippe Sands, QC, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London and an international human rights lawyer, will speak about his recently published and acclaimed book, EAST WEST STREET: On the Origins of the “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016). It tells […]

  • Gumpert Teachers’ Workshop–The Exploitation of Women in Genocide: How to Bring a Delicate Subject into the Classroom

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

    In the light of the many accounts of sexual vulnerability, abuse and rape that occurred during the genocides in Darfur, Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, we have come to accept that sexual violence is an intrinsic feature of genocide. No longer is the issue a taboo. Survivors, witnesses, and scholars have become less reticent to discuss […]

  • Lisbon, the Port of Last Resort, and the Jewish Refugee Crisis of World War II

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

    Professor Kaplan will focus on Jewish refugees in Portugal during World War II and examine a triangle of actors: the Jewish refugees themselves; the Portuguese national and local governments, civil servants, and citizens; and Jewish and transnational philanthropies. Using diplomatic, political, and legal history, and the history of daily life, Kaplan’s presentation will analyze the […]

  • On the Run from Hitler in the Soviet Union: A Conversation about Memoir and History

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

    Dr. Ellen Friedman, Professor of English Literature at the College of New Jersey, and Dr. Atina Grossmann, Professor of History at the Cooper Union, New York, will discuss their recent work on the fate of the Polish Jews who during the Holocaust found refuge in the Soviet Union and beyond. While both Friedman and Grossmann are […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Talaat Pasha Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide

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

    Dr. Hans-Lukas Kieser, associate professor in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle in Australia and adjunct professor of history at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, will discuss his recently published book, Talaat Pasha Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide (Princeton University Press, 2018) The Center for Holocaust and […]

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  • Scholar to Discuss Her Work on Jewish Survivors Returning to Poland after Holocaust

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

    Dr. Monika Rice, Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs at Gratz College in Philadelphia, will speak on Thursday, February 28 at 12 p.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey about her recently published book, “What! Still Alive?!" Jewish Survivors in Poland and Israel Remember Homecoming, published by Syracuse University […]

  • Film on Return of Jewish Holocaust Survivors to Hungary to be Screened

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

    The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will screen the film, “1945,” on Thursday, April 4 at 10 a.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The program is free and open to the public. Directed by Ferenc Török and based on the acclaimed short story Homecoming by Gábor T. Szántó, […]

  • Son to Tell Story of His Parents’ Escape during Holocaust from Poland to the Soviet Union and Iran

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

    Dr. Victor Borden, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist from Bergen County, Thursday, April 25 at 12 p.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey will recount how his parents escaped the Holocaust in a presentation with the title, “Flight from German Oppression:Lodz, Arkhangelsk, Teheran, Tel-Aviv, & Paterson.”  The program will be […]

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