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Vienna, 1890 – 1938: Capital of Tradition, Innovation, Promise, and Peril

Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons

In the first decades of the twentieth-century Vienna was a locus for cultural and intellectual innovation, as well as for radical politics of left and right. This symposium brings together a group of leading interdisciplinary scholars to explore the interactions of art, music, and cultural politics in the decades preceding the rise of National Socialism and […]

Sponsored by: Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Community Engagement in Refugee Resettlement: Resources and Knowledge in the Field

Zoom (Online)

The Integration and Belonging Hub’s webinar series, Belonging Talks, is pleased to present Brianne Casey, M.A. ’12, the community sponsorship technical assistance resource and learning manager at the Refugee Welcome Collaborative.

Sponsored by: Integration and Belonging Hub

Regimes of Memory and Denial in the African Great Lakes region

Kent Seminar Room, Strassler Center

The inaugural meeting of the Strassler Center Colloquium on New Research in Genocide Studies will feature Professor Chris Davey, Charles E. Scheidt Professor of Genocide Studies and Genocide Prevention, who will present his work in progress, “Regimes of Memory and Denial in the African Great Lakes region.”

The City Without Jews: Film Screening with Live Music

Set in the Vienna-like city of Utopia, H. K. Breslauer’s 1924 silent film “The City Without Jews (Die Stadt ohne Juden),” based on Hugo Bettauer’s 1922 satirical novel, follows the political and personal consequences of an anti-Semitic law expelling the city’s Jews.

Symposium in Memory of Robert Deam Tobin: Homosexuality and Visuality in German Modernity

Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons

A symposium examining sexuality, human rights, Jews, gays, and their visualization in the context of German modernity will honor the late Professor Robert Deam Tobin and his vibrant contributions to scholarship and teaching.

Sponsored by: Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Roots of the Bosnian Genocide

Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons

Between 1992 and 1995, Bosnian Serb forces humiliated, sexually abused, tortured, and killed Bosnian Muslims and Croats in a widespread, systematic way as part of the armed conflicts occurring across the former Yugoslavia.

Education, Remembrance, Prevention: Careers in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons

  Education, Remembrance, Prevention: Careers in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Speakers: Morgan Blum Schneider, Sara Brown, Mikal Eckstrom, Jonathan Edelman, Josh Franklin, and Anna Voremberg Ellement Clark undergraduates trained in Holocaust history, genocide studies, and human rights are prepared for rewarding careers in education, remembrance and prevention.  Through coursework, research projects, and internships, they gain […]