Past Events

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies YouTube Channel

2020 — 2021

  • "How Racism and Antisemitism Fuel Racial Capitalism" Presenter: Dr. Koach Baruch Frazier (May 2021)
  • "From Darkness to Light" Presenter: Ronald Diller (April 2021)
  • "Teaching the Armenian Genocide" Presenter: Dr. Dobrick (April 2021)
  • "Culture Warlords: Journalist and Author Talia Lavin" (with WPU College of Education) (April 2021)
  • "The Doll: A Child's Survival of the Holocaust" Presenter: Melissa Mikel (April 2021)
  • "Maritza Shelley: A Survivor's Story" (with Museum of Jewish Heritage) (March 2021)

2016 — 2019

  • "Gina Lanceter: A Holocaust Survivor Tells Her Story" (with Hillel, Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC) (2019)
  • "Responding to Hate in the Digital Age" Conference (half-day conference). Presenters: Daniel Kelley, Associate Director, ADL’s Center for Technology and Society (keynote speaker); Dr. Dobrick, Prof. Nobler (break out session speakers) (April 2019)
  • "Immigration Today: Lessons from the Holocaust." Presenters: Dr. Dobrick, Prof. Krasner (November 2018)
  • Teach In: "An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Genocide." Presenters: Drs. Dobrick, Tesfaye, and Wahrman (April 2016)
  • "Facing History and Ourselves": one to two workshops for local teachers annually, in conjunction with the College of Education (Teaching about Anne Frank; Teaching about the Holocaust) (Annual)

2008 — 2015

  • "Children’s Literature and the Holocaust." Presenters: Dr. Dobrick, Prof. Krasner (October 2015)
  • "Facing History and Ourselves": one to two workshops for local teachers annually, in conjunction with the College of Education (Teaching about Anne Frank; Teaching about the Holocaust) (Annual)
  • Shellie Jacobson, bookmaking workshop (lecture for the public; hands-on workshop with art students) (October 2014)
  • Charles Friedman, Holocaust Survivor, Museum of Jewish Heritage Speakers’ Bureau (April 2012)
  • "The Three I’s: Interactive, Interdisciplinary," In-Class Workshops on the Holocaust and Genocide: Series of workshops in multiple disciplines (2010-2011)
  • "Let the Earth Bear Witness: A Holocaust Film Series" (2009-2010)

2000 — 2007

  • Ed Lessing, World War II teenage partisan, child survivor of the Holocaust, “Hiding and Fighting with the Partisans: A Personal Account of a Teenager Resisting the Nazis” (December 2005)
  • "Understanding the Genocide in Darfur, Sudan: Analysis and Intervention" (April 2005)
  • Kristallnacht Commemoration, Dr. Eric Ehrenreich, Douglas and Carol Cohen Fellow, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, spoke on “'Neutral' Anti-Semitism: Racial Scientific Propaganda and the Holocaust" (November 2004)
  • "Against Hate: Neo-Nazis on the Net and in New Jersey," Anti-Defamation League of NJ (April 2003)
  • Museum Exhibit, the Dreyfus Affair (April 2003)
  • "Judging Genes: Eugenics, Genocide, and the Ethics of Biotechnology," Yom HaShoah Program (April 2002)
  • Deborah Lipstadt, leading expert worldwide on Holocaust denial: “Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory” (November 2000)

1994 — 1999

  • "Teaching About the Holocaust and Genocide through Film, Video, and CD-ROMs," May 1999 (with Center for Continuing Education, Hillel, Provost’s Office, NJ COHE) (Full-day conference)
  • "Teaching About the Holocaust and Genocide through Literature," April 1998 (with Center for Continuing Education, Hillel, Provost’s Office, NJ COHE, Sociology Department) (Full-day conference)
  • "Teaching Genocide and the Holocaust to Diverse Student Populations: Programs that Work," May 1997 (Full-day conference)
  • "Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide in Secondary Schools," Spring 1996 (Full-day conference)
  • “Caring Makes a Difference: Incorporating the Holocaust Curriculum, K-8," November 1995 (Full-day conference)
  • "Understanding and Implementing the Holocaust/Genocide Mandate: Workshop for Principals and Administrators," March 1995 (Full-day conference)
  • "Facing History and Ourselves: Becoming Familiar with the New Jersey State Holocaust and Genocide Education Mandate," March 1995 (two-day conference)
  • "Facing History and Ourselves: Teaching the Holocaust," November 1994 (two-day conference)