
The Research Institutes of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at UMass Amherst launch a new, transnational program called “Encounters”: a series of meetings on new books in the research fields of the Holocaust, genocide, and mass violence. “Encounters” offers a unique opportunity for a broad audience, scholars and laypeople, interested in these topics across national borders, to be acquainted with the most recent works on these topics.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
IHGMS (via ZOOM)
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
"Gulag Literature and the Literature of Nazi Camps" by Leona Toker
Online via ZOOM Webinar
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
"The Joshua Generation", by Rachel Havrelock
Online via ZOOM Webinar
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
"Advancing Holocaust Studies", by Carol Rittner & John Roth
Online via ZOOM Webinar
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
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In the academic year 2020-2021, IHGMS brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from the Five Colleges to explore the topic of "Race and Representations"
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