The Center for the Study of Holocaust and Genocide presents "Reverberations of Genocide" Family, Community, Politics" as the theme for the 2007 Holocaust Lecture Series at Sonoma State University. Lectures are held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday through May 15 in Warren Auditorium.
From the genocide in Darfur and Rwanda to the Native American genocide in California, the series explores a wide variety of topics, ranging from academic research and findings to personal experiences of Holocaust survivors.
The remaining schedule for the spring semester includes:
Feb. 27: "Genocide In California: The Native American Experience" - Lecture by Edward Castillo of Sonoma State University.
March 6: Kindertransport Panel
March 13: "Bosnia to Darfur: International Responses in Comparative Perspective" - Lecture by Jerry Fowler, Director of the Committee on Conscience for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
March 20: "Becoming Evil" - Lecture and discussion presented by James Waller, Ph.D, of Whitworth College.
March 27: "The Nasty Girl" - Lecture and discussion by Anna Rosmus, from Passau, Germany, who is the real-life heroine of the film "The Nasty Girl." For 24 years she has dedicated her life to uncovering anti-Semitism and the Nazi past of her hometown in Bavaria and to combating the neo-Nazis and extreme right in Germany.
April 3: "French, Jewish and Maquis: My Grandparents in the French Resistance" - Lecture and discussion by Daniel Y. Harris of Sonoma State University.
April 17: "Genocide Denial: Evolution of a Process" - Lecture and discussion by Robert H. Hewsen, author of Armenia: A Historical Atlas and faculty emeritus of Rowan College of New Jersey.
April 24: "Reverberations of Genocide In Rwanda" - Lecture and discussion by Mathilde Mukatabana, Professor of History at Cosumnes Community College and President, Friends of Rwanda Association and was born and raised in Rwanda, East Africa but left due to political turmoil and upheavals in her native land and found refuge in neighboring countries before she moved to the United States to pursue her studies.
May 1: "Beyond Anne Frank" - Lecture and discussion by Diane Wolf, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis, and author of Beyond Anne Frank, which she wrote on the postwar family lives of Jewish children who were hidden in Holland during World War II. Wolf challenges the image of the Netherlands created by the Anne Frank story.
May 8: "Projecting the Holocaust into the Future" - Lawrence Baron, Professor of Judaic Studies at San Diego State University, provides an excellent overview of recent movies dealing with the Holocaust. While broadening the common notion of "Holocaust cinema," Baron's cultural historicist approach casts light onto the increasingly larger role visual media play in the process of rising public awareness of the holocaust and genocide.
May 15: What Have We Learned? Student/ Faculty Panel - Students and faculty discuss various topics covered throughout the semester regarding the Holocaust, and conclude the series by discussing the impact the holocaust has had on society.
For lecture abstracts or more information on a specific lecture contact the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide at centerh@sonoma.edu.
For further information, contact Myrna Goodman, (707) 664-4296.
