Past Events

Past RWI Co-Sponsored Events

  • "From Slavery to Revolution: Afro-Cuban Folkloric Drumming of Matanzas," with Kupferberg Holocaust Center, April 27, 2022
  • "Art Against War, Art Against Hate: A Conversation with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski," with Kupferberg Holocaust Center, April 13, 2022
  • "The Visual Archive: Documenting the Holocaust and Genocide Through Photography, with Kupferberg Holocaust Center, April 12, 2022
  • "Gendered Memories: The Legacy of Wartime Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina," with Kupferberg Holocaust Center, March 29, 2022
  • "Gendered Aspects of LGBTQIA+ Experiences During the Holocaust," with Kupferberg Holocaust Center, March 16, 2022
  • "Returning What Was Taken: How Museums Approach Repatriation," with Sam Sackeroff, Lerman-Neubauer Associate Curator at the Jewish Museum, and Erin Thompson, John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, (Kupferberg Holocaust Center) March 8, 2022.
  • Sahba Aminikia and Aleksandra Vrebalov, Flying Carpet Children's Festival, "Cultural Landscapes of Confinement: Strengthening Vulnerable Refugee Communities at the Syrian-Turkish Border," with Kupferberg Holocaust Center, February 23, 2022
  • Dr. Alexandra Lohse, "The Nazi Camp Universe, 1933-1945: Landscapes of Suffering and Paths of Persecution," with Kupferberg Holocaust Center, February 9, 2022
  • 60 Years Later: The Eichmann Trial in Media & Memory | A Panel Discussion, with UMN CHGS, Wednesday, November 17, 2021
  • Connecting the Present with the Past: Teaching with the CHGS Digital Collections, with UMN CHGS, November 13, 2021
  • Why Media Matters: Media Literacy through the Lens of the Rwandan Genocide | Dr. j. Siguru Wahutu (Media Studies, NYU), with UMN CHGS, October 5, 2021, 

WWU Fairhaven College World Issues Forum

  • "Immigrant Justice and Racial Justice: What's the Connection?" Hiroshi Motomura, UCLA School of Law"Immigrant Justice and Racial Justice: What's the Connection?" May 11, 2022
  • Hiroshi Motomura, UCLA School of Law"Settlers and Immigrants in the American Experience" Aziz Rana, Cornell Law School, May 4, 2022
  • "Transnational Accountability for Atrocity Crimes in Africa" Babafemi Akinrinade with Amir Abedi and Regina, Wednesday, April 13, 2022
  • "Understanding Russia’s War on Ukraine," Susan Costanzo, Yuliya Tverdova, Sarah E. Zarrow, WWU Faculty Experts, Wednesday, April 6, 2021
  • "Human Rights in Latin America: Accountability and History in Mexico and Uruguay" | Dr. Debbie Sharna and Eben Levy, Wednesday, October 20, 2021
  • "Why They Didn’t Want You to Know about Residential and Boarding Schools | Brandi Morin," October 13, 2021
  • "The Taliban’s Return and Afghanistan’s Cycles of Exclusion | Dr. M. Bashir Mobasher," October 6, 2021