Holocaust and Genocide: From the Past to the Present

Организатор:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention. This symposium will address issues including the contentious history of the adoption of the Genocide Convention by the U.S.; the shifting role of the Holocaust in public and political discourse, including the question of the Holocaust’s uniqueness, and; what the past has failed to teach us about the possibilities of prevention and intervention in acts of genocide.
Program:

Chair: Jonathan Brent, Director of YIVO

Anson Rabinbach (Princeton University)
“Raphael Lemkin, Civil Rights, and the Genocide Convention”

Atina Grossmann (Cooper Union)
“The Holocaust: History and Memory after 75 Years”
Panel and Open Discussion:

Professors Rabinbach and Grossmann with Berel Lang (State University of New York at Albany) and Michael Walzer (Institute for Advanced Study)

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Адрес: New York, 15 W 16th St

Holocaust and Genocide: From the Past to the Present

New York, 15 W 16th St