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The Armenian Genocide, The Holocaust, and the Study of Human Rights

Speakers: Eric Weitz, Dean Of Humanities And Arts And Distinguished Professor Of History At The City College Of New York Dean Weitz opened the conference, Emerging Scholarship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies 100 Years after the Armenian Genocide. Comparative genocide research and education are now rooted in university centers, scholarly associations, and journals. Weitz argued that the […]

Public History of the Holocaust

Speakers: Simone Schweber, Harold Marcuse And Andrew Port As part of its series on Public History, the Strassler Center brought together three eminent scholars to examine how historical events, particularly genocide, are interpreted, used, or manipulated toward specific ends. Harold Marcuse, University of California, Santa Barbara; “Teaching the Holocaust to the Millennial Generation: The New Los […]

Manufacturing Denial: The Assault on Scholarship and Truth

Social scientists, natural scientists, political theorists, and historians will discuss different forms of denial and why they persist in the face of facts. Participants will consider how scholarship has become the battleground in this struggle — which resonates far beyond academe. Presentations will focus on genocide denial, scientific denial, and political denial. Learn More

Israel Academic Exchange

The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University held the first Israel Academic Exchange workshop April 3 – 6, 2014. The aim of the Exchange was to forge ties and build community among advanced doctoral students and postdocs who study the Holocaust and other cases of mass violence. Doing so, we hope […]

Policy and Practice; Pedagogy about the Holocaust and Genocide

The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies hosted an international symposium, Policy and Practice: Pedagogy about the Holocaust and Genocide. The conference opened with a keynote panel History, Politics, and Education: Teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide. Panelists addressed key questions: Is Holocaust teaching in the United States and Europe morally driven, possibly at […]

The Second International Graduate Students’ Conference for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

The first conference in 2009 was a landmark event co-sponsored with the Center’s partner institution, the Danish Institute for International Studies. Collectively envisioned by the Center’s doctoral students, the conference provided a forum for these younger scholars to present original research to their peers and invited eminent figures in the field. By sponsoring such an […]

Informed Activism: Armed Conflict, Scarce Resources and Congo

In another first, the Strassler Center collaborated with groups of undergraduate students to organize this international summit. The event featured a list of experts and organizations. Learn More