Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Archives

Azad: A live storytelling performance

A woman’s magical, multi-generational, healing journey from the Armenian Genocide to the Syrian war in the tradition of Hakawati storytelling.
Understanding Gaza: Tracing Violence and Reconciliation in Palestine/Israel

18 October 2024 | 4:15 p.m. | Higgins Lounge |Dana Commons Speaker: Sa’ed Atshan (Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Peace and […]
The Holocaust in Ukraine: History, Memory, and Education in a Changing World

Omer Bartov, the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, will present the Albert M. Tapper Annual Lecture.
The International Court of Justice and the Palestine-Israel Crisis: Past, Present, and Future

The International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest court, took up two cases regarding the Palestine-Israel crisis at the start of the year. Two legal experts will explain the genesis of the cases, the strengths and weaknesses of both, as well as their broader local, regional, and global implications.
A Conversation about October 7th and Gaza

Please join us for a conversation about the attacks in Israel on October 7th, what is currently happening in Gaza, and what it has to do with us.
Conversation about Oct. 7 and Gaza

Please join us for a conversation about the attacks in Israel on October 7, what is currently happening in Gaza, and what it has to do with us.
Sexual Violence in Russia’s War against Ukraine: Nature, Effects and Responses

Especially for Students Lecture Sexual Violence in Russia’s War against Ukraine: Nature, Effects and Responses Speaker: Marta Havryshko (Dr. Thomas Zand Visiting Assistant Professor in Holocaust Pedagogy and Antisemitism Studies […]
ANTISEMITISM. A Conversation with Susannah Heschel, Lisa Leff and Thomas Kühne

To better understand antisemitism and how to address its many manifestations, three scholars will discuss historical antisemitism, how the present form relates to other hatreds, and the efforts that have been made to combat it.
Myanmar and the Politics of Humanitarianism: Diaspora, Identity, and Advocacy

This panel discussion will explore the transnational nature of humanitarian aid in Myanmar two years after a coup ushered in military rule there, including challenges, dilemmas, and everyday politics of aid and advocacy in Myanmar, including among a growing diaspora of Burmese activists abroad.
Performing Exile: New Approaches to the Study of Refugees from Nazi Europe

This workshop brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars working on displacement and forced migration from Nazi-controlled Europe. Its participants ask how refugees from Nazism reimagined their sense […]