Holocaust Lecture Series

The 27th annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series, “Repercussions of Genocide: Family, Community and Society,” runs every Tuesday through May 25 from 4-5:40 p.m. in Warren Auditorium at Sonoma State University.

 The speakers  include survivors of the Holocaust and other more recent genocides such as those of Rwanda, Bosnia, Cambodia and more. Admission is free.

This powerful lecture series offers audience members a rare chance to listen to and interact with individuals who not only experienced genocide, but also the immeasurable loss that comes with it. At the end of each lecture, audience members are given the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers and discuss what they experienced and how they survived.

March 23: “Repercussions of Genocide: Rebuilding Rwandan Society” with Mathilde Mukantabana, M.A. and M.S.W., Consumnes Community College, and President, Friends of Rwanda Assn. (FORA)

March 30: “The Rape of Nanking: Film and Discussion” with community panelists.

April 13: “Becoming Evil” with James Waller, Ph.D., Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation.

April 20: “Child of War, Man of Peace” with Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian Survivor and Human Rights Activist.

April 27: “The Geopolitics of Armenian Genocide Recognition: American and Israeli Reactions” with Sergio LaPorta, Ph.D., CSU Fresno, Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture.

May 4: “Inheriting the Holocaust: A Second Generation Memoir” with Paula Fess, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

May 11: “Bricks, Trees, and the Failure(s) of Ethics: Reflections of the Common Good” with John K. Roth, Ph.D., Claremont College (Emeritus) – Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture.

May 18: “Genocide Beneath Our Feet? with Greg Sarris, Ph.D., Endowed Professor, Sonoma State University and Chairman, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

May 25: “What Have We Learned?” Faculty/Student Panel

For more information, contact the SSU Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide at (707) 664-4296, or (707) 664-4076.