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Educating about Genocide and Mass Atrocities
The history of genocide, mass atrocities, crimes against humanity and their continuing consequences stand at the core of the Strassler Center at Clark University. Home to a uniquely rich undergraduate program and a landmark doctoral program, the Strassler Center is the first and only institute of its kind. Since 1998, it has gained international standing as the foremost PhD program training students in Holocaust History, the Armenian Genocide, and other genocides perpetrated around the globe. Center faculty and students foster important scholarship and germinate significant ideas as conveners of a robust series of international symposia, workshops, and conferences that broaden the boundaries of genocide studies by introducing less known cases and novel approaches. The causes, conduct, and consequences of genocide are complex and require multifaceted approaches. The Strassler Center is committed to pushing boundaries in order to foster greater knowledge as well as to train professionals who hope to find solutions, offer healing and aid, education, and opportunities for memorialization.
Our Faculty and Expertise
Thomas Kühne, Ph.D.
Director, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Strassler Colin Flug Chair in the Study of Holocaust History; Professor, Department of History
Research Highlights
Taner Akçam, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scholar
Research Highlights
Ken MacLean, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of International Development, Community, and Environment; Director of Asian Studies
Research Highlights
Frances Tanzer, Ph.D.
Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish History and Culture; Assistant Professor, Department of History
Research Highlights
- Holocaust scholar Frances Tanzer delves into the past to better understand the present
- USHMM Conference – “Fleeing the Nazis: Austrian Jewish Refugees to the United States Panel II”
- “Performing the Austrian-Jewish (Negative) Symbiosis: Stella Kadmon’s Viennese Stage from Red Vienna to the Second Republic”
A fond farewell to Taner Akçam
Parting is always difficult. There’s a great sadness that I cannot ignore. And leaving Clark, a place where I’ve spent 14 productive, meaningful, and mostly happy years, is, for me, especially hard.
Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge the long history of Nipmuc peoples and their bonds of kinship on the land where the Strassler Center community teaches, learns, and researches about genocide and mass violence.
Strassler Center in Focus
Year-End Report
A comprehensive report on the activities of the Strassler Center.
CFP - 5th International Graduate Conference
Call For Papers – 5th International Graduate Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies (16-19 Oct 2023), deadline 31 Oct 2022
The Next Generation is Watching Us
Morgan Schneider ’02 is a force for Holocaust education in California schools
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Akçam, Kühne urge recognition of human-made crises’ devastating impact
Clark observes 20 years of Holocaust education
Commemoration includes lectures, notes expansion of academic footprint
Clark undergrads spend summer on human rights
Stipends support student work in France and Bosnia
Contact Information
Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610 - 508-793-8897
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