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Category: Atrocity Studies Lecture

“When Our Dictator Turns Up:” German and American Journalists Respond to the Third Reich

Milton Room, Whitman School of Management 721 University Avenue, Syracuse, NY, United States

The Zell Lecture sponsored by the Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice Historians reflect upon the past in order to illuminate the present and make wise decisions about our future. The success of Nazi fascism depended in large part upon the suppression of free speech and the absolute control of the […]

Seminar with Ann Millin Ph.D.

056 Huntington Hall 800 University Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

Dr. Ann Millin will lead an informal seminar connected to her talk, “When Our Dictator Turns Up:” German and American Journalists Respond to the Third Reich, for undergraduates and graduates who are interested in historical archival research and a more in depth examination of the US and German press response to the Third Reich. Millin is […]

“The Roma Case for Reparations” with Margareta (Magda) Matache

Stolkin Auditorium, Physics Building Crouse Avenue, Syracuse, NY, United States

The Zell Lecture sponsored by the Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice The call for reparations as a critical element in healing and accountability for state wrongs has mobilized many constituencies across the globe in the past decades. Drawing from the enslavement of Roma on the territory of Romania and anti-Roma collective injustice, […]

Seminar: Participatory Action Research and the Reclaiming Adolescence Project

304 Tolley Humanities Building University Place, Syracuse, NY, United States

Presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center With Margareta Matache, Harvard University Matache leads an informal seminar connected to her talk, The Roma Case for Reparations, for those interested in youth-based participatory action research. Matache presents her work on the Reclaiming Adolescence project, on the educational and career experiences and voices of young Roma. Please RSVP […]

The 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War: Actors, Antecedents, and Aftermath

Virtual/Online

The annual Atrocity Studies lecture hosted by the minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice, supported by Lauri ’77 and Jeffrey Zell ’77. This illustrated lecture maps the trajectory and humanitarian toll of the 2020 war in Nagorno Karabakh, and explores its historical and geopolitical contexts. Outlining the antecedents of the conflict […]

“Tantura” Screening and Discussion

Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium Newhouse III, Waverly Ave & S Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

The Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival celebrates 20 years with an outstanding lineup of award-winning films addressing social justice issues around the globe. The screening of Tantura is supported by the Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice minor. A Q&A will the filmmaker follows the screening. When the State of Israel was established in […]

Grasping at the Roots of Ecofascism: A Conversation on Climate Change, White Supremacy, and the Need for Radical Educational Projects

Peter Graham Scholarly Commons 114 Bird Library, 222 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY, United States

With Professor Joseph Henderson and Stephanie Morningstar. As the world grapples with climate breakdown and democratic backsliding, we are again witnessing a rise in far-right political violence in the name of environmental sustainability and white supremacy. This event features two scholars in conversation on the settler colonial and capitalist roots of the crisis, how they […]