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Atrocity Studies Annual Lecture

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.

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Julia M. White, Associate Professor
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Julia M. White

Atrocity Studies Lecture Events

Past Events › Atrocity Studies Lecture

February 2019

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

Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 5:30 pm
Milton Room, Whitman School of Management, 721 University Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244 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 press as a vehicle for propaganda. Many German journalists collaborated, some resisted. Foreign correspondents struggled to report what they saw without becoming unwilling mouthpieces for…

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Seminar with Ann Millin Ph.D.

Thursday, February 7, 2019, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
056 Huntington Hall, 800 University Ave
Syracuse, NY 13244 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 2018-2019 Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Center at Stockton University. She…

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March 2020

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

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Stolkin Auditorium, Physics Building, Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244 United States
The Roma Case for Reparations, with background image of four Roma children in 1941

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, Dr. Matache will examine the concept of reparations and focus on translating theory into possible strategies to heal and repair past and present harm and to prevent future…

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Seminar: Participatory Action Research and the Reclaiming Adolescence Project

Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
304 Tolley Humanities Building, University Place
Syracuse, NY 13244 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 to Julia White by Feb 26 and include any accessibility accommodation requests. Additional supporters: College of Law, International Human Rights Law Program Department of History Social…

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March 2021

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

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual/Online
We Are Our Mountains statue in Nagorno Karabakh

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 from WWI to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the lecture identifies pogroms, propaganda campaigns, and policy decisions that cast a shadow across generations in…

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March 2022

headshots for cullen hendrix, ousseyni kalilou, and mark nevitt

Climate Change and International Security: The Case of the Sahel

Thursday, March 24, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
001 Life Sciences Building, 107 College Place
Syracuse, NY 13244 United States

The 2022 Atrocity Studies Annual Lecture A panel of experts in environmental politics, law and security, and environmental peacebuilding will address climate change as a risk factor for mass atrocities, the national and international responses to this growing security threat, as well as the impact of climate change on the African Sahel region. Featuring: Professor Cullen Hendrix, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Ousseyni Kalilou, CEO and Founder of the Gum Arabic Institute of Poverty Alleviation (GAIPA)…

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