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The 2026 Noemi Ban Lecture at Western Washington University
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A central defining feature of deeply divided societies is binary division \u2013 \u201cus\u201d and \u201cthem.\u201d These binary fault lines can arise from class, caste, religion, language, race, ethnicity, clan, or political identity. These divisions breed walled communities of fear and isolation, not only dividing populations but also uniting them in their fear of the \u201cother.\u201d Grounded in a global comparative analysis of the literal and figurative notion of \u201cwalls\u201d in deeply divided societies, this presentation will analyze physical walls of social separation, symbolic walls of identity separation, and hidden or invisible walls of geographical separation. The presentation will conclude by emphasizing the need for more integration in deeply divided societies and suggesting specific strategies to address the physical, symbolic, and hidden or invisible walls that separate and wound the lives of people in such societies.<\/p>\n

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Dr. James Waller is the Gladstein Family Distinguished Chair in Human Rights at the University of Connecticut. At UConn, he also serves as the Director for the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute and is a Professor of Literatures, Cultures, Languages, and Human Rights. In addition, he is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen\u2019s University Belfast. He has authored seven books, most notably his award-winning <\/span>Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 2007), <\/span>Confronting Evil: Engaging Our Responsibility to Prevent Genocide<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2016), and <\/span>A Troubled Sleep: Risk and Resilience in Contemporary Northern Ireland<\/i>\u00a0(Oxford University Press, 2021). In 2017, Dr.\u00a0Waller\u00a0was the inaugural recipient of the Engaged Scholarship Prize from the International Association of Genocide Scholars in recognition of his exemplary engagement in advancing genocide awareness and prevention. Dr.\u00a0Wallerhas written for <\/span>The Washington Post<\/i>, <\/span>The Irish News<\/i>, and <\/span>The Conversation<\/i> and is frequently interviewed by broadcast and print media, including PBS, CNN, CBC, the Los Angeles Times, Salon, National Geographic, Scientific American, and The New York Times.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0event is brought to you by the Ray Wolpow Institute for the\u00a0Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes\u00a0against Humanity, Western Washington University (WWU). It is co-sponsored by the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan University, the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough CC, CUNY, \u00a0the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey, the Holocaust Center for Humanity, Seattle, the Voice\/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, University of Michigan-Dearborn, the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Sonoma State University, Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies (WWU), the Office of Equity (WWU) and the Foundation for WWU and Alumni.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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