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Yearly Archives: 2022
19 posts
Finding the Disappeared: The Role of Truth Commissions and Post-Conflict Justice Initiatives in Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico Scholars and human rights activists Ana María Méndez Dardón (Central America Program, Washington Office on Central America), Tatiana Devia (Transitional Justice Program, Corporate Accountability Lab), and Aída Hernández (Center for Research and Advanced […]
With the loss of abortion access as a constitutional right, obstetric care has become a legal labyrinth and cybersecurity for individuals has emerged as a serious concern. Frontline expert Dr Lisa Harris (University of Michigan Medical School) will address the thorny question of how the SCOTUS decision shapes medical practice. […]
Groundbreaking scholars Ethel Brooks, Ioanida Costache, and László Csősz move between past and present and draw upon testimonies and documents as they plumb the history of anti-Roma racist violence, and the erasure of that history even as the violence persists.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has caused the death and injury of thousands, the forced flight of millions, and the physical destruction of cities and towns. Journalist Maria Avdeeva, public historian and Jewish heritage specialist Sasha Nazar, and writer Serhiy Zhadan will address the complexities of lives disrupted and the experience […]
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has caused the death and injury of thousands, the forced flight of millions, and the physical destruction of cities and towns. Poet Iya Kiva, journalist Olga Tokariuk, and art historian expert on Jewish heritage in Ukraine, Eugeny Kotlyar, will address the complexities of lives disrupted and […]
“The war in Ukraine has simultaneously forced to the surface and upended the memory of a history that had fallen into oblivion. The past, we see once more, can be reinvented and reinterpreted. . . . Three recent books excavate this century-old story and shine light on its lasting importance. […]
Center Director Debórah Dwork was honored to receive the Annetje Fels-Kupferschmidt (AFK) Award, in Amsterdam on 3 May 2022. Bestowed by the Dutch Auschwitz Committee in recognition of her “pioneering work on and in the field of Holocaust Studies” which “has shaped new generations of scholars, teachers, activists, museum curators, and […]
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has caused the death and injury of thousands, the forced flight of millions, and the physical destruction of cities and towns. Historian Yuri Radchenko, poet Ostap Slyvynsky, and journalist Anton Skyba will address the complexities of lives disrupted and the experience of unfolding war from the […]
In the thick of a refugee crisis, with an official count of 82.4 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide, the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (GC–CUNY) and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies (NYU) continue to offer a year-long series that tackles […]