SSU’s holocaust, genocide lecture series starts next week

PressDemocrat.com (Santa Rosa, California / Sonoma County)
Friday, February 8, 2013

by Extra.Credit

The annual holocaust and genocide lecture series begins this month
with a talk on Armenian genocide. This year’s series marks the 30th
year SSU has hosted the talks. The theme is `Seeds of Remembrance.’

The series runs through May 7 and all talks will be held in from 4
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays in Warren Auditorium (Ives 101).

The following is a
schedule provided by SSU:

Feb. 12 – `The Armenian Genocide,’ with Dr. Sergio LaPorta, CSU
Fresno.

Feb. 19 – =80=9CBosnia and Herzegovina: Transitioning from Genocide to
Justice,’ with Leijla Marvis of Global Majority.

Feb. 26 – `Genocide in Sudan’ with Hamdan Gouumaa, Global Majority.

March 5 – `The Aftermath to Genocide in Rwanda’ with Mathilde
Mukantabana, M.A. and M.S.W., Cosumnes Community College, and
President, Friends of Rwanda Association. (FORA) and Simon Mudahogora,
Rwandan Survivor.

March 12 – `Fighting Genocide and Mass Atrocities: Empowering Hands-On
Action’ with Mina Rush, Director of Outreach, Jewish World Watch.

March 26 – `We Exist! Descendents of the Cambodian Genocide Speak Out’
with Lucia Roncalli, M.D. and Sonoma County second generation
Cambodian survivors.

April 2 – =80=9CBecoming Evil’ with James Waller, Ph.D., Cohen Endowed
Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College.

April 9 – `The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning,’
with James E. Young, Ph.D., Professor of English and Judaic Studies,
University of Massachusetts Amherst.

April 16 – `Lessons Learned From a Holocaust Childhood’ with Hans
Angress.

April 23 – `Remembering Jan Karski: A Holocaust Hero,’ with journalist
and historian E. Thomas Wood.

April 30 – `Perspectives on War Crimes,’ with SSU Professor Eric
Williams.

May 7 – `Genocide Beneath Our Feet’ with Brenda Flyswithhawks, Ph.D.,
Santa Rosa Junior College.

Go to for more details.

From: A. Papazian