Tuesday, January 26, 2021
7 p.m.
Free virtual event, open to the campus and community.
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies invites the public to a lecture by professor James Waller, Keen State College, New Hampshire. A widely-acclaimed expert in the field of genocide studies and prevention, who researches, teaches and consults for memorials, research centers, colleges and governments around the world. Waller's talk offers an equally intriguing and disturbing psychological view of how (almost) anyone can participate in genocidal crimes.
The event also commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. Organized with Queens University’s Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice and UNC Charlotte’s Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies.
For more information and to register for this ZOOM-based program, please see visit https://holocaust.appstate.edu/node/372 or contact the Center at 828.262.2311 or holocaust@appstate.edu.
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About the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies was founded in 2002 to develop new educational opportunities for students, teachers and the community. Located administratively within the College of Arts and Sciences, the center seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust, and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement and the prevention of further genocides. The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies is an associate institutional member of the Association of Jewish Studies, a member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations and a member of the North Carolina Consortium of Jewish Studies.
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide with James Waller, Keen State College. Poster image submitted.
Poster depicting a genocide act for event hosting James Waller, Keen State College. Image submitted.