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Prisoner of Her Past

River Edge Public Library 685 Elm Ave, River Edge, NJ, United States

Film Screening Prisoner of Her Past (About the trails of a Holocaust survivor suffering from late-onset PTSD) Introduction and Q&A - Dr. Michael A. Riff  

Remapping Survival: Jewish Refugees and Lost Memories in the Soviet Union, Iran and India

Friends Hall, SC 219

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies invites you to a lecture: Remapping Survival: Jewish Refugees and Lost Memories in the Soviet Union, Iran and India. Dr. Atina Grossmann will discuss her recent work on “Remapping Survival: Jewish Refugees and Lost Memories of Displacement, Trauma, and Rescue in the Soviet Union, Iran, and India. ” […]

Author to Discuss The Tailors of Tomaszow; A communal memoir and history of Holocaust survivors from Tomaszow-Mazowiecki, Poland

Trustees Pavilion (PAV 1)

Mr. Allan Chernoff will discuss the book he co-authored with his mother, Rena Margulies Chernoff, The Tailors of Tomaszow, on Wednesday, September 28 at 7 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will sponsor this event. A communal memoir and history of Holocaust survivors […]

Film Screening of When Elephants Fight: A Documentary Showcasing a Major Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Trustees Pavilion

A Film Screening Co-sponsored with the Communication Arts Program of Ramapo College will be will be showcasing the documentary: When Elephants Fight. A documentary explaining how the minerals contained in the Congolese Soil  that are necessary to fuel today's technology, have funded a deadly conflict within the Democratic Republic of Congo.  

Gumpert Teachers Workshop

Trustees Pavilion (PAV 1)

The Resettlement of Survivors of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and Mass Atrocity: Past and Present In cooperation with the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education

Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey

Trustees Pavilion (PAV 3)

On November 29 at 7:15 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion of Ramapo College, Dr. Lerna Ekmekcioglu, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, broadcast journalist and writer, will speak about her recent book Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey (Stanford University Press, 2016) . The book follows the trajectories of […]

Making Atrocity Prevention a Reality

Ramapo College, Robert A. Scott Student Center (Alumni Lounges, SC 158)

Making Atrocity Prevention a Reality Dr. Tibi Galis, Executive Director Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, New York