The annual Atrocity Studies spring lecture invites speakers from disciplines related to the intersections of history, memory, international human rights, and how we can use the lessons of the past to inform and improve our world. The lecture is hosted by the minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice, supported by Lauri ’77 and Jeffrey Zell ’77.
Playlist of Past Atrocity Studies Annual Lecture Videos
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Mass Atrocity
James Waller, University of Connecticut
March 20, 2025
Uyghur Genocide: The Ongoing Efforts for Accountability
Babur Ilchi, Program Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Elfidar Iltebir, President, Uyghur American Association
Tursunay Ziyawudun, Camp Survivor
Julie Milsap, Government Relations Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project
March 6, 2024
Gathering Evidence of Atrocities: Investigations in the Former Soviet Union, Guatemala, Iraq, and Ukraine
Ewa Schaller, American Friends of Yahad-In-Unum/Holocaust by Bullets
David M Crane L’80, Syracuse College of Law
March 23, 2023
Grasping at the Roots of Ecofascism: A Conversation on Climate Change, White Supremacy, and the Need for Radical Educational Projects
Joseph Henderson, Paul Smith’s College
Stephanie Morningstar, Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust
October 13, 2022
Climate Change and International Security: The Case of the Sahel
Cullen Hendrix, University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Ousseyni Kalilou, Gum Arabis Insitute of Poverty Alleviation
Mark Nevitt, Syracuse College of Law
March 24, 2022
The 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War: Actors, Antecedents, and Aftermath
Khatchig Mouradian, Columbia University
March 3, 2021
The Roma Case for Reparations
Margareta (Magda) Matache, Harvard FXB Center Roma Program
March 3, 2020
“When Our Dictator Turns Up:” German and American Journalists Respond to the Third Reich
Ann Millin, Stockton University Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Center
February 6, 2019