Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Congregation Beth Israel is partnering with Village Books to present author Diane Sue, who will discuss her new book, “Remarkable Resilience: The Life and Legacy of Noémi Bán Beyond the Holocaust,” in person at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 6 at Congregation Beth Israel.
The book is written in…
Western's Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity will co-host a free virtual event, “60 Years Later: The Eichmann Trial in Media & Memory” on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m.
The 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann is…
Award-winning journalist Brandi Morin will present at the virtual event "Hunting Down the Killers of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls" Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 4 p.m.
Her presentation will discuss how Indigenous women and girls are vulnerable to predators because of a lack of…
Free Workshop WHY MEDIA MATTERS: Media Literacy through the Lens of the Rwandan Genocide
Open to Teachers/Educators and Pre-Service Teachers / Students currently enrolled in Woodring College of Education at WWU
Thursday, Oct. 5, at 4 p.m.
REGISTER AT: z.umn.edu/…
Western Washington University’s Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity will host free and open streaming of Christian Petzold’s 2018 film “Transit” from May 7-14.
“Transit” is a modern-day retelling of Anna Seghers' 1944…
This fall, Western will launch a new interdisciplinary minor in Human Rights, a combined program of study offered through Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies (FCIS) and the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (RWI).
The…
WWU Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Babafemi Akinrinade recently sat down with Western Today to talk about his new book, “Atrocity Crimes, Atrocity Laws and Justice in Africa.”
Akinrinade has spent his career studying international law and international human rights, mass…
Awarded through the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, Western’s recently endowed Kohlmeier-Mikulencak Scholarship in Honor of Arthur Poznanski has an important mission: to reward a student who possesses not only strong moral courage, but…
2021 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture
"The Wannsee Conference Now & Then" 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27 via Zoom Presenter: Dr. Matthias Haß, Director of Education, House of the Wannsee-Conference Memorial Site and Conference Center, Berlin, Germany.…
2021 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture
"The Wannsee Conference Now & Then" 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27 via Zoom Presenter: Dr. Matthias Haß, Director of Education, House of the Wannsee-Conference Memorial Site and Conference…