Holocaust and genocide
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Historian Taner Akçam launches digital archive documenting the Armenian Genocide
Thousands of materials, including ‘killing orders,’ available online
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Rohingya atrocities denounced at Clark panel
UN: A ‘textbook case of ethnic cleansing’
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Life after the Strassler Center: Ümit Kurt, Ph.D. ’16
Armenian Genocide scholar wins plum Polonsky Fellowship from the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute in Israel
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Undergraduates receive Steinbrecher Fellowships to pursue creative research projects
Nine Clark University undergraduates have been awarded Steinbrecher Fellowships to pursue creative research projects in the sciences and humanities. The projects will begin this summer and continue through the 2018-19 academic year. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program encourages and supports Clark undergraduates’ pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects. This year’s Steinbrecher Fellows’ projects are:…
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Strassler Center lecture explores Salvation Army history in Nazi Germany
Salvation Army bell ringers with their kettles are a familiar sight around the holidays in the United States, and their charitable work is well known, but few are familiar with a dark chapter in the organization’s history. Rebecca Carter-Chand, visiting professor at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, delivered a public lecture…
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Strassler Center welcomes its first Auschwitz Institute Fellow
Victor Uhuru of Kenya seeks to develop genocide-prevention strategies
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Taner Akçam uncovers ‘smoking gun’ of Armenian Genocide
Historian's book destroys Turkish government’s denial strategy
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Professor Akçam receives 2018 ‘Upstander’ honor from World Without Genocide
Clark University history Professor Taner Akçam will be honored with the 2018 Outstanding Upstander Award from the World Without Genocide organization for his tireless work promoting justice and the rule of law. World Without Genocide, housed at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, works “to protect innocent people around the world; prevent genocide by combating racism and prejudice;…
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Working with Holocaust survivor, Clark student helps cast light on Auschwitz medical horrors
Casey Bush ’19 preserves memories of Eva Kor and others who survived Dr. Josef Mengele, 'The Angel of Death'
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The freedom of a classroom — behind bars
Shelly Tenenbaum teaches inmates about history of genocide