Sonoma State University presents the 17th Annual Holocaust Lecture Series which runs from February 1 - May 16 on Tuesday's from 4 - 5:40 p.m. in the Warren Auditorium in Ives Hall. All lectures are free and open to the public. Some highlights include:
March 7: Understanding Perpetrators and Survivors of Evil: A psychological Analysis
Phillip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D. - Professor of psychology at Stanford University. He has interviewed and worked closely with survivors of Peoples Temple and their family members, as well as former members of the Unification Church of Scientology, Synanon, Churches of Christ and others.
March 14: "First They Killed My Father": A Cambodian Survivor Remembers
Luong Ung, Campaign for a Land Mine Free World - Washington, D.C. Spokesperson and author, Ung speaks on her escape from the Khmer Rouge's genocide in her home country, and the continuing deaths from land mines.
March 21: Surviving in the Aftermath of the Death Camp Experience
John Steiner, Ph.D. - Sonoma State University. John Steiner is founding director of the Holocaust Studies Center at SSU, professor emeritus and senior-scholar-in residence. Steiner, born in Prague, came to the U.S. as a survivor of Auschwitz and 5 other camps. He is author of many publications referring to the Holocaust that have been published in the U.S. and throughout Europe. Steiner is a sociologist dedicated to researching the sociological aspects of Holocaust; specifically the social psychology of perpetrators.
March 28: Living Like We Learned Something: Building Tolerance and Community in the Shadow of the Holocaust
Reverend Cecil Williams - Pastor, Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco. Under the leadership of Reverend Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial Church has grown to be one of the City's largest and most comprehensive nonprofit human service providers, offering innovative and nontraditional programs that address gender and culturally sensitive needs to a diverse population.
April 18: Guarding the Truth: Exposing the Swiss Banks
Christoph Meili, - Orange County, Ca. Meili was just 27 and working as a security guard when he became a hero to Jews around the world and a pariah in his homeland by saving documents form the shredder showing Swiss banks had secretly held assets belonging to Holocaust victims.
