holocaust and genocide Archives

Lessons and Legacies of the Holocaust: Inaugural Emerging Scholars Conference

The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in cooperation with The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University (NEFNU) is pleased to host the Lessons & Legacies of the Holocaust […]
Between the Lines: A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Korstvedt

In a conversation facilitated by Professor Frances Tanzer, Music Professor Benjamin Korstvedt will discuss his new book, “Bruckner’s Fourth: The Biography of a Symphony.”
Between the Lines: A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Korstvedt

In a conversation facilitated by Professor Frances Tanzer, Music Professor Benjamin Korstvedt will discuss his new book, “Bruckner’s Fourth: The Biography of a Symphony.”
Older Jews and the Holocaust Symposium

28 April 2025 |1 – 4 p.m. | Rose Library Asher Lecture Series Older Jews and the Holocaust Symposium Speakers:Joanna Sliwa (Historian, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.