Colloquium on Religion & Genocide
April 12-14, 2010
The three day conference will bring major scholars on the holocaust, genocide, and peace-making to Centre's campus for convocations and workshops. All events are free and open to the public.
- Meals will be available for purchase in the Campus Center.
RSVP for lunch by April 7 to Beth Glazier-McDonald at
(859)238-5252 or beth.glazier@centre.edu
Schedule of Events:
April 12 (MON) 7 p.m.
Roy Gutman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for reporting on Serbian death camps. Address: “Identifying and Reporting on Genocide:
Lessons from Bosnia” [Newlin Hall, Norton Center for the Arts]
April 13 (TUE) 11:20 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Darrell Fasching, Professor of Religious Studies at University of South Florida; author of The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima. Address: “Ethics without Choice: Lessons Learned from the Nazi Doctors and The Christians of Chambon” [Chowan Building, near the viaduct]
- Brown Bag lunches are available for this event.
RSVP for lunch by April 7 to Beth Glazier-McDonald
at (859)238-5252 or beth.glazier@centre.edu
Workshops. (Snacks and drinks available.) [Campus Center]
- Glen Stassen, Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena; author of Just Peacemaking: The New Paradigm for the Ethics of Peace and War.
Workshop: “Beyond Pacifism and Just War: Just Peacemaking” - Steven Peyton Lee, Professor of Philosophy at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and editor of Intervention, Terrorism, and Torture: Contemporary Challenges to Just War Theory.
Workshop: “Genocide Intervention: Moving Beyond Awareness to Involvement” - Rose Gatens, Director of the Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education at Florida Atlantic University.
Workshop: “Teaching Genocide: Beyond the Nazi Holocaust” - Alex Meixner, Senior Advisor, Save Darfur Coalition.
Workshop: “Genocide Prevention: The Case for Darfur”
Rose Gatens, Director of the Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education at Florida Atlantic University. Address: “Is the Holocaust Still Relevant for American Education?” [Newlin Hall, Norton Center for the Arts]
April 14 (WED) 7—8 p.m.
Steven Peyton Lee, Professor of Philosophy at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and editor of Intervention, Terrorism, and Torture: Contemporary Challenges to Just War Theory. Address: “Killing and Kindness” [Vahlkamp Theater, Crounse Hall]
