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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 […]

Scholar to Discuss Contrasting Holocaust Diaries from Lodz, Poland

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

Dr. Robert Shapiro, Professor of Professor of East European Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies, and Yiddish at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, will speak about “A Tale of Two Diaries from the Lodz Ghetto,” on Tuesday, October 30 at 1:45 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion (PAV1) at Ramapo College of New Jersey. […]

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 Gross 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 […]

RECOVERING ARMENIA: THE LIMITS OF BELONGING IN POST-GENOCIDE TURKEY

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

On November 29 at 7:15 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion of Ramapo College, Dr. Lerna Ekmekcioglu, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak about her recent book Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey (Stanford University Press, 2016) . The book follows the trajectories of the survivors of the […]

2016 RECIPIENT OF PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY TO VISIT RAMAPO COLLEGE

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

On October 6 in the Trustees Pavilion (4 and 7 p.m.), Peter Balakian, the recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, will present a lecture and a reading. In addition to his poetry that concerns a wide variety of topics, he will discuss his prose work that chiefly deals with the Armenian Genocide. The […]

2016 RECIPIENT OF PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY TO VISIT RAMAPO COLLEGE

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

On October 6 in the Trustees Pavilion (4 and 7 p.m.), Peter Balakian, the recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, will present a lecture and a reading. In addition to his poetry that concerns a wide variety of topics, he will discuss his prose work that chiefly deals with the Armenian Genocide. The […]

MUSLIMS IN NAZI GERMANY’S WAR, 1941-1945

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

Dr. Motadel will not only discuss Berlin's attempts to promote Nazi Germany as a patron of Islam, including the collaboration of prominent figures like the Mufti of Jerusalem, but also show that the realities on the ground were often very complex. In North Africa, the Balkans, and the Eastern front, German soldiers were confronted with […]

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLISH UNDERGROUND AND THE JEWS IN WORLD WAR II TO BE PROBED

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

Dr. Joshua D. Zimmerman, Professor of History and the Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies at Yeshiva University in New York, will discuss his recent book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945. He will examine one of the central problems in the history of Polish-Jewish relations: the attitude and the behavior […]

TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP WILL FOCUS ON RETURN TO LIFE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST

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

On May 13, 2015, the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will be hosting an Echoes and Reflections training program for middle and high school teachers in cooperation with the Anti-Defamation League and the New Jersey State Commission on Holocaust Education. It is free-of-charge. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. This professional […]