Thursday, April 27, 2023

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (ET)

More event information will be available soon.

Questions: Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

Beyond the Settler State: Anticolonial Pasts and Futures in Palestine/Israel  

Born in the Bronx or Berlin, Jews of a certain age remember the justificatory slogan for the establishment of Israel, “A land without a people for a people without a land.” Persuasive as this may have been at the time, it spoke and continues to speak today to a settler colonial policy of violent erasure. Erasure that the November 2022 Israeli election results and subsequent ministerial choices promise to intensify. Looking forward, what possible futures beyond the settler state might there be? Please join sociocultural anthropologist and Feminist Studies scholar Dr. Sarah Ihmoud and cultural historian Dr. Alon Confino as they discuss their work on Palestine/Israel, considering possible paths toward anticolonial futures, particularly in light of anticolonial pasts in the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.  Chair and moderator: Dr. Raz Segal, associate professor and director of the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) program, Stockton University

Thursday, March 30, 2023

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (ET)

Online via Zoom 

Zoom: https://stockton.zoom.us/j/94954633731

Questions: Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

Indigenous Sovereignty and the Refusal of Settler Colonialism

Settler colonialism in the United States is an ongoing process, which has created entrenched structures and systems of dispossession, displacement, and destruction, as recent experiences of Navajo and Standing Rock Sioux people demonstrate, to take just two examples. Ethnographer of religion and comparative Indigeneities Dr. Natalie Avalos and political scientist Dr. Kevin Bruyneel will discuss in this event their work on anticolonial struggles and the assertion of Indigenous cultures and sovereignty.

Thursday, March 16, 2023

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (ET)

More event information will be available soon.

Questions: Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

The Bedouin Village of Rah'ma: Toward Recognition and Beyond

The Bedouin of the Negev desert have long sought legal recognition from the State of Israel. Without legal status their basic rights as Israeli citizens are denied: access to public health services, water, electricity, public transportation, is inadequate or unavailable. Rah'ma is one of the few unrecognized villages that has been promised recognition, yet that promise remains unfulfilled. Still: a school has been approved and built, public utilities have improved, and village residents see hope where once they felt only despair. What makes Rah'ma different from other Bedouin villages in the Negev? What paved the way to the promise of recognition? What changes will recognition bring? And can Rah'ma be a model for Israeli-Bedouin relations going forward? Please join us for a discussion between Sliman Elfregat, Rah'ma school principal; Debbie Golan, co-founder and president of Atid Bamidbar; and Dvir Warshavsky, project director at the Ministry of Education.  Chair and moderator: Dr. Eli Karetny, deputy director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Graduate Center-CUNY. 

Thursday, March 3, 2023

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (ET)

Online via Zoom 

Zoom: https://stockton.zoom.us/j/99032918772

Questions: Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

Enforced Disappearances and Grassroots Resistance in Veracruz, Mexico

The panelists will share their experiences and research on enforced disappearances and grassroots mobilization in Veracruz, Mexico in the context of the "War on Drugs" since 2006. They will focus on state and non-state violence throughout Veracruz, the unearthing of mass graves by the families of the disappeared, and the failure to render justice and identify thousands of victims. Eirinet Gomez Lopez will talk about her work with families of the disappeared as a journalist in Veracruz, one of the most dangerous places in the world to practice this profession. Yael Siman and Matthew Hone will discuss their forthcoming book investigating enforced disappearances and the grassroots groups that comprise the collective struggle in Veracruz in the face of this extremely violent reality.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (ET)

More event information will be available soon.

Questions: Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

Israel/Palestine: What do the Archives Reveal and Conceal? 

The story of the past calls for extensive use of archival documents. But, adducing risk to state security, Israeli archives, especially the state archives, block access to key collections that pertain to the state's history in general and the Palestinian Nakba and ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular. Palestinian researchers who wish to tell the story of the Palestinian past using Palestinian personal papers and archival materials face additional, unofficial, obstacles.  Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, a professor of sociology at the Hebrew University selected by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation as a 2022 Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar and Dr.Yaacov Lozowick, a historian who served as Israel's chief archivist between 2011-2018, will discuss what Israeli archives reveal and conceal.  Please join for a challenging conversation that will range from the role of archives in the power dynamics of the conflict to the stories still to be told if access to the archives were unfettered.  Chair and moderator: Dr. Amos Goldberg, head of the Avraham Harman Research Institute for Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  

Thursday, January 26, 2023

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (ET)

In-person

Classroom B125

Questions: Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation: Resilience and a Decolonial Future in Lenapehoking

Panelists Chief Mark "Quiet Halk" Gould, Artist Tyrese Gould Jacinto "Bright Flower," and Tyrone "Dancing Wolf" Ellis, the tribe's Annual Pow-Wow and Program Coordinator, will discuss how the resilience of the Nanticoke Lenni- Lenape Tribal Nation through centuries of settler-colonial and US state attempts to destroy them as a group informs their continued struggle to assert their sovereignty, adhere to their culture and teach it to their children and grandchildren, and protect the environment, their natural home for generations in Lenapehoking. In these and other ways, the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal
Nation charts a path for a decolonial future to the benefit of all who live here.

In-person and online via Zoom 

Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center Classroom (E206)

Zoom: https://stockton.zoom.us/j/98366409280

Questions: Raz.Segal@stockton.edu

Lecture & Discussion with Dr. Jeffrey Bachman: Author of The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to Protect

This book presents an important critique, demonstrating for the first time how the five permanent member states in the United Nations Security Council (P-5) have exploited the Genocide Convention to isolate themselves from the reach of international law, marking them as "outlaw states" that act with impunity, including when committing genocidal violence. The book therefore urges students and scholars in Genocide Studies to remove the special status accorded in the field specifically to the United States, one of the P-5, in order to recognize clearly genocide in the US, past and present; act to prevent genocidal violence in the US; and work to hold perpetrators accountable. Dr. Bachman will respond to questions from the audience during the discussion.

Thursday, December 1, 2022

12:00 pm (EST)

"Finding the Disappeared: The Role of Truth Commissions and Post-Conflict Justice Initiatives in Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico"

Monday, November 21, 2022

6:00 pm (EST)

"FULLY HUMAN: Personhood, Citizenship, and Rights: A Discussion with Dr. Lindsey Kingston"

Join us as Lindsey Kingston discusses her book Fully Human: Personhood, Citizenship, and Rights. Dr. Kingston will show how “citizenship within our current international system signifies being fully human or being worthy of fundamental human rights. For some vulnerable groups, however, this form of political membership is limited or missing entirely, and they face human rights challenges despite a prevalence of international human rights law.”

In her presentation, she will show how a more “inclusive understanding of functioning citizenship also acknowledges that political membership cannot always be limited by the borders of the state or proven with a passport.”

Lindsey Kingston is an associate professor of International Human Rights at Webster University in Saint Louis, Missouri. She directs the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, which includes overseeing the undergraduate program in International Human Rights.

Monday, November 7, 2022

7:00 pm (EST)

The Annual Kristallnacht Lecture:

THE NOVEMBER POGROM OF 1938

(Online via Zoom)

Presented by Dr. Michael Hayse, Associate Professor of History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University & Director of the Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey Project and Exhibition

Drawing from oral history testimonies and talking with Holocaust survivors and their children from Southern New Jersey, who were eyewitnesses to Kristallnacht, Dr. Michael Hayse will explore Kristallnacht as an important turning point for Jews in Germany and Austria. 

Questions/Zoom Link: 609-652-4699

Thursday, October 27, 2022 

12:00 - 1:00 pm (EDT)

"Women in Post-Roe America"

More information will be announced soon. 

Thursday, October 20, 2022

4:30 - 6:00 pm (EDT)

HOW TO STAY IN ACADEMIA:

Personal and Institutional Displacement as a Result of Russia's War Agains Ukraine

(Online via Zoom)

Dr. Yurii Kaparulin, Presenter
Dr. Kaparulin is Director of the Raphael Lemkin Center for Genocide Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of National, International Law and Law Enforcement at Kherson State University in Ukraine. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Weiser Center for Europe & Eurasia (WCEE) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Natalya Lazar, Moderator
Dr. Lazar is Program Manager of the Initiative on Ukrainian-Jewish Shared History & the Holocaust in Ukraine at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C.

Zoom Link: stockton.zoom.us/j/93449507909

Questions: 609-652-4699

Thursday, September 29, 2022

12:00-1:00 pm (EDT)

“Forgotten, Ignored, and Distorted Histories of Romani People: Past and Present”

The project documents the life stories of Jewish Holocaust survivors who lived in Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties. 

Groundbreaking scholars Ethel Brooks, Ioanida Costache, and László Csősz move between past and present as they plumb the history of anti-Roma racist violence, and the erasure of that history even as the violence persists. Drawing upon testimonies and documents, their presentations reveal individual, communal, and institutional obstacles to remembrance and education. Chair of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University, award-winning scholar Prof. Ethel Brooks serves (among many positions) as Chair of the Board of the European Roma Rights Center.  Dr Ioanida Costache, recipient of a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, focuses on Romani historical trauma and artistic practice.  Prof. László Csősz, historian and senior archivist at the National Archives of Hungary is also a Claims Conference University Partnership in Holocaust Studies Senior Lecturer at the ELTE University in Budapest. His current project explores the wartime history of the Hungarian Roma.  
Chair: Debórah Dwork

Thursday, January 27, 2022

2:30 - 4:00 pm (EST)

"Waste and Recycling from Nazi Germany to the World Around Us Today"

Please join the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program and the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University for this conversation commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dr. Anne Berg and Dr. Carl Zimring will discuss the links between waste, recycling, and state violence that are key in addressing the urgent environmental and political challenges we face. After the conversation, attendees will have the opportunity to raise questions for discussion.

Questions: 609-652-4699

Zoom Link: https://stockton.zoom.us/j/92859847339

Friday, December 10, 2021

2:00 - 4:00 pm (EST)

Virtual Fall 2021 MAHG Capstone Presentations via Zoom

Join the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) Program and MAHG students Marisa Campbell and Allison King for their final Capstone presentations.

Click here to view the recording.

Questions: 609-652-4699

Thursday, October 28, 2021

4:30 - 6:00 pm (EDT)

Stockton University Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Alumni Panel Discussion: Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education (Online via Zoom)

Learn from MAHG alumni who are now working as Holocaust and genocide educators in museums and institutes across the United States. The panelists will discuss current opportunities available in the field of Holocaust and genocide education and key issues and challenges for those teaching Holocaust and genocide studies in the classroom and beyond. Dr. Jordan Corson, Assistant Professor of Education and Affiliated MAHG faculty, and Dr.Mary Johnson, Adjunct Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University, will moderate the panel. Attendees will have the opportunity to raise questions for discussion with the panelists. Questions: 609-652-4699

Thursday, October 21, 2021

4:30 - 5:30 pm (EDT)

IN HONOR OF MULTICULTURAL MONTH AT STOCKTON UNIVERSITY

Virtual Book Presentation: The Mexican of Buchenwald

By Julio Godínez

Please join us for a conversation with author and journalist Julio Godínez who will discuss his new book, El mexicano de Buchenwald (The Mexican of Buchenwald). The book tells the unknown and brave story of one of the few Mexicans captured by the Nazis.

Julio Godínez is a Mexican journalist specialized in international current affairs. Godínez has reported for Newsweek en Español, Esquire Latin America, & GQ.

Questions: 609-652-4699

Thursday, October 14, 2021 – Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide: Virtual Artist Talk & Watch Party with Ara Oshagan & Levon Parian – 3:00 - 4:30 pm – Online via Zoom

The exhibition, Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide is on display at the Stockton University Art Gallery September 7 – October 17, 2021. The Stockton Community is invited to this virtual Artist Talk with Ara Oshagan and Levon Parian. Both artists’ work is featured in the Before, After exhibition.

Monday, October 4, 2021 – Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide: Artist Talk with Talin Megherian & Marsha Nouritza Odabashianon– 3:00 - 5:00 pm – Stockton University Art Gallery

The exhibition,Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide ison display at the Stockton University Art GallerybeginningSeptember 7 – October 17, 2021. All are invited to join curator Ryann Casey and two of the featured artists for a discussion of the exhibition and reflections on the genocide through their artwork. This is an in-person event with limited seating in the Stockton Art Gallery. A live stream with overflow seating will be available in L-112. Contact the Stockton Art Gallery with any questions: 609-652-4566 

This is an in-person event.

Thursday, September 23, 2021 – Panel Discussion: Afghanistan At Risk: Politics, Refugees, and Women’s’ Rights – 12:30 - 2:00 pm – Online via Zoom

The Stockton community is invited to join “Afghanistan at Risk: Politics, Refugees, and Women’s Rights.” During this panel discussion Dr. Robert Nichols, Professor of History at Stockton University, will join in conversation with several experts and scholars to discuss the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. Featured panelists include: Dr. Husnul Amin, Executive Director of Iqbal International Institute for Research & Dialogue at the International Islamic University Islamabad, Lucy Rabbaa, Director of Social Services for HIAS Philadelphia, and Sunita Viswanath, Founder of Women for Afghan Women. This event is part of the Globalization Lecture Series, and is held in cooperation with Global Studies, Historical Studies, Office of Global Engagement, and Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University.

Tuesday, July 27 - Thursday July 29, 2021 – 4th Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag summer Educator Seminar: "LESSONS OF HOPE: Learning about RESCUE, RESISTANCE and FAITH during WWII and the Holocaust – Online via Zoom

Open to all New Jersey Educators and MAHG students: The 4^th Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar, organized by the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, in partnership with Yad Vashem (Jerusalem, Israel), Echoes & Reflections, The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, and the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage at Stockton University will take place July 27 - July 29, 2021. This three-day workshop features lectures from scholars and professionals from the above-mentioned organizations focused on rescue, resistance, and faith during the Holocaust. 

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 – 106th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide: Commemoration and Panel Discussion, 5:00 – 7:00 pm – Online via Zoom

In commemoration of the 106^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Visual Arts and Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies programs at Stockton University are pleased to present a panel discussion among several Armenian authors, artists and scholars. Featured speakers include: Allan Arpajian and Susan Arpajian Jolley, authors of Out of My Great Sorrows: The Armenian Genocide and Artist Mary Zakarian; Dr. Asya Darbinyan, Visiting Research Scholar at Clark University; artists Diana Markosian and Silvina der Meguerditchian. This commemoration is generously supported by the following sponsors at Stockton University: The School of General Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Minor, Jewish Studies Minor, Judge Gerald and Claire Weinstein Professorship in Jewish Studies fund, Migration Studies Minor, and the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.  

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 – Panel Discussion: The Weaponization of Discourse: Israel/Palestine, Antisemitism, and Free Speech on Campus – with Kenneth S. Stern and Joyce Ajlouny, 7:00 – 9:00 pm – Online via Zoom

In collaboration with Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia, PA) and the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University, the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program presents a panel discussion with Kenneth S. Stern, Director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate at Bard College, and Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, on the weaponization of the discourse on antisemitism.

Missed the event? Watch the recording here: 

Monday, April 5, 2021 – Virtual Yom HaShoah 2021: Meet Holocaust Survivors via Zoom and Hear Their Life Stories – 7:00 - 8:00 pm (EDT) – Online via Zoom

Please join us for this year's virtual Yom HaShoah Service for 2021 with Stockton University's Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust Studies (1999-2000), Dr. Michael Berenbaum, and Holocaust survivors: Maud Dahme, Betty Grebenschikoff, Laura Oberlener, and Rosalie Simon. The event will be held on Monday, April 5, 2021, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (EDT), online via Zoom. Please contact Gail Rosenthal for more information at 609-652-4699.

A recording of this event will be available shortly 

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – Right to Truth: Envisioning Truth and Justice in the United States: A Community Conversation, 6:00 – 8:00 pm – Online via Zoom

In honor of the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and Dignity of Victims, this event will facilitate a dialogue with community leaders, students, and faculty about what  a "right to truth" means to them and what they envision a “right to truth” process in the US would look like. Community organizations will also discuss the importance of truth in an age of disinformation and the justice initiatives and processes they envision that can confront historical (and recent) human rights violations in the US. To learn more about “Right to Truth,” visit: un.org 

Thursday, March 25, 2021 – Lecture and Panel Discussion: "Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism" presented by Dr. Jelena Subotić, 4:30 - 6:00 pm – Online via Zoom

Join the MAHG program for a lecture with Dr. Jelena Subotić, Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Dr. Subotić will discuss Holocaust memory in Eastern Europe after communism and the appropriation of Holocaust memory, symbols, and imagery. Following the lecture Dr. Christina Morus, Associate Professor of Communication & Genocide Studies at Stockton University and Dr. Anat Plocker, Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies at Stockton University, will join in conversation with Dr. Subotić to discuss key issues and answer audience questions.

Friday, March 19, 2021 – MAHG Faculty-Student book discussion of Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism by Dr. Jelena Subotić, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Online via Zoom

Join the MAHG program for a discussion of Dr. Jelena Subotić’s book Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism. Students are welcome to join the discussion. MAHG students who would like to attend and are in need of a copy of the book should put in a request with the MAHG Society. Please e-mail mahg@stockton.edu to request a book. 

Thursday, March 18, 2021 – Book Review Event: Through the Lens of Now: Good Neighbors, Bad Times Revisited: New Echoes from my Father's German Village with Dr. Mimi Schwartz and Dr. Rivka Weinstein, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm – Online via Zoom

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center presents a conversation with Dr. Mimi Schwartz, an award-winning author, educator, and Stockton University Professor Emerita in Writing. From 1980-2005, Dr. Schwartz was a faculty member in Stockton University’s School of General Studies.  Dr. Rivka Weinstein, who grew-up in Germany after WWII, will lead a conversation with Dr. Schwartz, sharing perspectives on being a neighbor in the 1930s and today. Professor Mimi Schwartz first wrote about her father’s German village during WWII. Now 12 years after her first book about the impact of the rise of Nazism for her father’s Jewish family in a village in Germany, she has written a new book, Good Neighbors, Bad Times Revisited: New Echoes of My Father’s German Village. Mimi Schwartz will share a new perspective of looking through the lens of now by connecting with a neighbor of her family whose diary chronicles daily life in the village in the 1930s and the power of being a good neighbor. 

Cosponsors include: Milton & Betty Katz JCC, MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program at Stockton University, School of Arts and Humanities at Stockton Universiy, and the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage

A recording for this event will be available shortly. 

Monday, March 8, 2021 – MAHG Ph.D. Colloquium with MAHG alumna Tiara N. Yahnian-Murta, 4:30 – 6:00 pm – Online via Zoom

MAHG students interested in applying to a Ph.D. program are encouraged to join a discussion with MAHG faculty and MAHG alumna, Tiara N. Yahnian-Murta. Tiara graduated from the MAHG program in December 2020. She applied and was accepted to six doctoral programs and will pursue a Ph.D. in History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst beginning in Fall 2021. Current students will have the opportunity to learn more about the application process and to ask questions.

Thursday, February 25, 2021 – Panel Discussion: Advancing Holocaust Studies, 4:30 – 6:00 pm – Online via Zoom

In collaboration with the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University and the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the MAHG program will host a panel discussion with some of the leading scholars in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies field! Co-editors of Advancing Holocaust Studies (2020) Dr. John Roth and Dr. Carol Rittner will join in conversation with contributors Dr. Debórah Dwork, Dr. Lisa Leff, and Dr. James Young. 

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 –Sergeant Leon Bass During World War II in Nazi-Occupied Europe, 4:30 – 5:15 pm – Online via Zoom

In honor of Black History Month, the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center is pleased to announce a Zoom presentation on Dr. Leon Bass on Wednesday, February 17^th. The presentation “Sergeant Leon Bass During World War II in Nazi-Occupied Europe,” will focus on the life story of Dr. Leon Bass, who joined the U.S. Army during World War II and was a liberator of the Buchenwald concentration camp. As an 18 year old African American soldier, he encountered the brutal realities of racism in the United States Armed Forces. Decades later, Dr. Bass used his experiences to teach high school students about the consequences of racism.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 – Book Discussion with Azmat Ashraf, author of Refugee: Unsettled as I Roam: My Endless Search for a Home, 4:30 – 6:00 pm – Online via Zoom 

Join the MAHG program and the Migration Studies minor program for an online book discussion with author Azmat Ashraf.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021– A Personal Account: Looking Back at the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Ceremony – 4:30 - 5:30 PM – Online via Zoom

The MAHG program is proud to cosponsor this event hosted by the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University. Doug Cervi, Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and Adjunct Professor at Stockton University, will discuss his experiences in Kraków, Poland at the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz last January (2020). Professor Cervi attended the gathering with Holocaust survivors David Wisnia and Rosalie Simon. 

This event is cosponsored by the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, Minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Minor in Jewish Studies at Stockton University. 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 – Book Discussion with Khatchig Mouradian, author of The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915- 1918, with discussant, Dr. Henry Theriault, 7:30 pm – Online via Zoom

In collaboration with Worcester State University, the MAHG program and the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center will cosponsor a book launch event for Khatchig Mouradian’s newest publication The Resistance Network. Dr. Henry Theriault, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Worcester State University, will discuss the book with Khatchig Mouradian, author and lecturer at Columbia University, and answer audience questions.  

Watch a recording of this event here:

Monday, December 14, 2020 – Fall 2020 MAHG Capstone Presentations, 5:00 - 7:00 PM – Online via Zoom 

Join MAHG students Paulina McCaluso, Gabriele Morgan, and Tiara Soares Murta for presentations on their final Capstone research. Topics include Holocaust memory, media repsentation of the Rohingya Genocide, Holocaust literature in public education, and an exploration of post-conflict discourse on the Holocaust. 

*Zoom information for this event will be available soon*

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 – Lecture: “Holocaust Horror,” with Dr. Kobi Kabalek of Pennsylvania State University, 12:00pm – Online via Zoom

Join the MAHG program for “Holocaust Horror,” a lecture presented by Dr. Kobi Kabalek, Assistant Professor of Holocaust, Visual, German, and Jewish Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Kabalek will examine the portrayal of vampires, demons, and other supernatural monsters within written and visual Holocaust survivor testimony and discuss the origins, functions, and meanings of portraying the Holocaust as a “horror tale come true.”

**Join online via Zoom with Meeting ID: 931 8232 5469

Monday, November 9, 2020 - THE ANNUAL IDA E KING MEMORIAL LECTURE
Remembering Kristallnacht 82 Years Ago (November 9 – 10, 1938): “HIDING PLACES DURING THE HOLOCAUST: NETWORKS OF SOLIDARITY UNCOVERED”

Dr. Dienke Hondius, Ida E King Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust Studies (Spring 2020)will present the latest findings of the “Mapping Hiding Places Research Project,” including Stockton University student research. This historical project presents findings on where and how Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe found hiding places. All can share and contribute knowledge about this topic in Holocaust Studies.

**Join online via Zoom with Meeting ID: 975 9510 2922

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 – Screening of The Voices of Rohingya Refugees and Discussion with Dr. Srobana Bhattacharya of Georgia Southern University, 6:00 - 8:00pm –Online via Zoom

Dr. Srobana Bhattacharya, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Georgia Southern University will present her documentary film, The Voices of Rohingya Refugees followed by a lecture on Rohingya refugees and ethnic violence. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask Dr. Bhattacharya questions following the screening and lecture. This event is supported by the following sponsors: Global Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Minor, Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Migration Studies Minor, Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.

Thursday, October 29, 2020–Film screening: There Were Good People...Doing Extraordinary Deeds: Leo Ullman's Story and Panel Discussion, 4:00 - 5:45 pm–Online via Zoom 

Stockton Communication Studies Speaker Spotlight 2020, in cooperation with the Stockton History club and Historical Studies program presents a film screening of There Were Good People...Doing Extraordinary Deeds: Leo Ullman's Story. After the film, Communication Studies Teaching Specialist Toby Rosenthal will lead a panel discussion with Holocaust Survivor, Leo Ullman, Coordinator of the Historical Studies program and the Director of the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center. 

 **Join online via Zoom with Meeting ID: 971 8002 5907 and Password: FILM (all UPPERCASE)

Friday, October 23, 2020 – Book Discussion: Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity by Ersula Ore, 11:00am - 1:00pm – Online via Zoom

Join MAHG faculty for a discussion of Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity by Ersula Ore, Lincoln Professor of Ethics in the School of Social Transformation and assistant professor of African and African American studies and rhetoric at Arizona State University.

Stay tuned for Zoom information for this event.

Thursday, October 8, 2020 – Globalization Lecture Series with Dr. Lauren Balasco, “The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Human Rights,” 4:30pm – Online via Zoom

Dr. Lauren Balasco, Assistant Professor of Political Science and affiliated MAHG faculty at Stockton University will discuss the global impact of COVID-19 on human rights. This lecture is sponsored by the Office of Global Engagement at Stockton University. Visit their website for more information about the Globalization Lecture Series and other events: https://stockton.edu/global-engagement/index.html 

Watch the full lecture here or on our YouTube channel: 

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 – Historical Studies Distinguished Historian Lecture with Dr. Johnathan Wiesen, “From Birmingham to Berlin: Racial Terror Lynching and Public Violence in the United States and Nazi Germany,” 4:30-5:45pm – Online via Zoom

Join the School of Arts and Humanities at Stockton University for a lecture presented by Dr. Jonathan Wiesen, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. This event is sponsored by Historical Studies and the American Democracy Project/Political Engagement Project.

Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Online Lecture and Zoom session: "Self-Help During the Armenian Genocide: Recovering Refugee Voices," presented by post-doctoral Fellow in Holocaust and Genocide studies at Stockton University, Dr. Asya Darbinyan  

In commemoration of the 105th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program, Hughes Center for Public Policy, and Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center present an evening of Armenian culture and remembrance. Dr. Asya Darbinyan, Post-Doctoral Fellow of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University, will present a lecture entitled “Self-Help during the Armenian Genocide: Recovering Refugee Voices.” 

On Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 join us for a live discussion with Dr. Asya Darbinyan to discuss and answer questions about her lecture. Click "View full Event flyer" button below for more details! 

The lecture will be available for viewing starting at 10:00 am on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Watch here, or join us on Facebook or YouTube to watch!

We hope you can join us! Please email mahg@stockton.edu with any questions. 

Monday, March 9, 2020 - Film Screening and Panel Discussion - The Prosecutors - Campus Center Theatre, 6:30 pm 

The Stockton American Democracy Project/Political Engagement Project, the Global Studies minor, the Master of arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, Model United Nations and Amnesty International at Stockton University present a screening of the documentary film The Prosecutors. The film documents the story of three lawyers who are fighting to end impunity of sexual violence during war, focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Columbia and others. The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring MAHG faculty Dr. Lauren Balasco and Dr. Christina Morus! Dr. Balasco and Dr. Morus will be joined by Dr. Tina Zappile and Political Science student Mariam Eskandar.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - MAHG Society fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings!

Help support the MAHG program and the MAHG Society at Buffalo Wild Wings (431 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, New Jersey). Proceeds go to MAHG programming support, student trips, conference fees, student research-related travel, and more! The fundraiser runs from 11:00 am to 11:30 pm!

We hope you can join us! Please call the Holocaust Resource Center with any questions: 609-652-4699 or email mahg@stockton.edu

Please bring the event flyer with you and present to your server:

Thursday, February 13, 2020 - Lecture with Dr. Monika Rice 

Dr. Monika Rice will visit Stockton University on Thursday, February 13th to present a lecture on Jewish experiences in post-WWII Poland. Dr. Rice is Assistant Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Gratz College (Philadelphia, PA), where she also serves as the Director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies programs (MA & PhD). All are invited to join the Master of arts in holocaust and Genocide Studies program for this lecture! Online students can join via Zoom.

We hope you can join us! Please call the Holocaust Resource Center with any questions: 609-652-4699 or email mahg@stockton.edu

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - MAHG Career Colloquium

Join the MAHG program for a presentation by Patrick Burns from the Stockton University Career Center and from recent MAHG alumni who are now working in the field! Participants will be able to ask questions about job searching, applications, interviewing and more. Light refreshments will be served. All are invited to join the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program for this program! Online students can join via Zoom.

We hope you can join us! Please call the Holocaust Resource Center with any questions: 609-652-4699 or email mahg@stockton.edu 

Thursday, December 12, 2019 - MAHG Capstone Presentations - Holocaust Resource Center Classroom - 4:30 pm 

Join the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program and MAHG students Elisa DeSimone, Jade Pietroluongo, Cynthia Ruggerio, and Cara Starkes-Thapa for their final Capstone presentations. 

We hope you can join us! Please call the Holocaust Resource Center with any questions: 609-652-4699 or email mahg@stockton.edu 

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - MAHG Colloquium: Conference Submissions and Presentations - Holocaust Resource Center Classroom - 4:30 pm 

Join the MAHG faculty and MAHG students Lexi Poston and Theresa McMackin for an information session about conference submissions and presentations. Both students attended and presented at the Biannual International Association of Genocide Scholars conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  Lexi and Theresa will discuss their experience in applying, traveling, and presenting at the conference. 

Resources for writing conference proposals and a list of Calls for Papers (CfP) will be available. 

We hope you can join us! Please call the Holocaust Resource Center with any questions: 609-652-4699 or email mahg@stockton.edu 

Friday, October 18, 2019 – Panel Discussion: Immigration, Refugees, and Responses to State Violence – Stockton University Atlantic City - Residential Complex, Room B120 - 5:00 - 8:00 pm 

Lucia de los Angeles Diaz Genao will join Stockton University faculty and students and Atlantic City community members in conversation about ongoing issues of immigration, the status of refugees, and state violence in Mexico and the United States. Following the panel discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to network and meet with local community organizations and Stockton University organizations. Online students can join via Zoom.

We hope you can join us! Please call the Holocaust Resource Center with any questions: 609-652-4699 or email mahg@stockton.edu 

Thursday, October 17, 2019 - Lecture: "Mothers in Search for their Missing Children" with Lucía de los Ángeles Díaz Genao - Campus Center Meeting Room 5 - 4:30 pm 

We are pleased to welcome Lucía de los Ángeles Díaz Genao to our campus on Thursday (10/17) and Friday (10/18). Lucia is a founding member of “Colectivo Solecito de Veracruz,” a grassroots group of mothers searching for kidnapped children in Veracruz, Mexico. Since 2013, Lucia has been raising awareness about state and drug trafficking-related violence and kidnappings in Veracruz. “Colectivo Solecito de Veracruz” was responsible for discovering one of the largest mass graves in Mexico. We look forward to hearing her speak about her experiences.  Lucia will share her story with the Stockton community.

Watch Lucía's full lecture here:

Monday, October 7, 2019 - MAHG Society Movie Night: The Silence of Others - Holocaust Resource Center Classroom - 6 pm 

The film, "The Silence of Others," focuses on the victims and survivors of General Francisco Franco's 40-year dictatorship in Spain as they try to organize a lawsuit against Spain (in Argentina). The film also talks about the Spanish Amnesty Act of 1977 that granted amnesty to all political prisoners in Spain and amnesty for crimes committed under Franco's dictatorship. The film screening is free and open to the public, but seating is on a first come, first served basis. The screening will be held on Monday, October 7, 2019, at 6:00 pm in the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center. The film screening is sponsored by the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (M.A.H.G.) Society, the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, and Stockton UNIDOS. The screening of the film was made possible by PBS and POV - a production of American Documentary, INC. 

We hope you can join us! Please call the Holocaust Resource Center with any questions: 609-652-4699 or email mahg@stockton.edu