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The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention regularly host guest speakers, panel discussions, and large-scale conferences at The American University of Paris.听

Topics include genocide, Jewish history, mass violence and human rights to colonialism, gender, democracy and acts of resistance. Conversations are often held within the context of education and research, as well as collective and individual memory, as well as historical, ideological or psychological narratives, and more. The centers events have incorporated a multitude of cultural contexts and national backgrounds, including France, Germany, Armenia, Ukraine, Poland, Armenia, Rwanda and more.

Below, you can find some of our most recent events, including conferences, workshops, lectures, and more. You can also find a list of replays we have available.

Past Events
at the Schaeffer Center

2024

PUBLIC MEMORY AND THE SHOAH WORKSHOP II

Monday and Tuesday,听October 7-8, 2024

GUEST LECTURE WITH IBRAHIM听SALAMA

Friday, October 4, 2024

ACTS OF WITNESSING ON FILM

Monday, June 17, 2024

ETHICAL USE OF DIGITAL ARCHIVES

Friday, May 17, 2024

FAITH, HUMAN RIGHTS & CO-EXISTENCE

Thursday, May 2, 2024

SYRIA ROUND TABLE II: SYRIAN GULAG: INSIDE ASSAD鈥橲 PRISONS

Monday, April 8, 2024

GENOCIDE AND GENEALOGY: HOW ARMENIAN FAMILY TREES SPEAK OF 1915

Friday, April 5, 2024

A CONVERSATION WITH PEACE ACTIVISTS ABOUT THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN WAR IN GAZA

Thursday, March 28, 2024

SYRIA ROUND TABLE I: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPUNITY IN SYRIA

Thursday, February 29, 2024

PUBLIC MEMORY AND THE SHOAHWORKSHOP

Thursday February 1st to Friday, February 2nd, 2024

2019

INTERGENERATIONAL MEMORIES OF IMPORTANT EVENTS: THE INTERSECTION OF THE PERSONAL AND THE HISTORICAL - WILLIAM HIRST

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019 - 18:30

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP: EARLY HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE IN THE JEWISH PRESS, FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO THE 1960S

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 - 10:10

PATTERNS OF INVALIDATION IN AUGUSTINE'S PASTORAL CARE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - 17:00

IS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 鈥淢ODEL鈥 JUSTICE?

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019 - 17:30

UNJUST BORDERS: MIGRATION TO AND WITHIN EUROPE AND THE AMBIVALENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 - 18:30

A WORK OF MOURNING ALWAYS INCOMPLETE: CLAUDE LANZMANN鈥橲 ARCHIVE OF THE CATASTROPHE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019 - 18:30

THE NINE: THE TRUE STORY OF FEMALE RESISTANCE FIGHTERS - GWEN STRAUSS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 - 18:30

COMPARATIVE LENSES: VIDEO TESTIMONIES OF SURVIVORS AND EYEWITNESSES ON GENOCIDE AND MASS VIOLENCE

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 - 09:00

MUSLIMS IN NAZI EUROPE

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019 - 15:00

LATE SUICIDE AMONG HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN ISRAEL: TWO LIFE STORIES- AMIA LIEBLICH

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 - 18:30

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THINKING ABOUT THE 1915 ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN TURKEY? - HAKAN SECKINELGIN

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 - 18:30

FRANCE, A LABORATORY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM(S)?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 - 18:00

JUSTICE AFTER GENOCIDE: PROSECUTING HUTU PERPETRATORS - ALAIN AND DRAFOZA GAUTHIER

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019 - 17:30

2018

THE ETHICAL POTENTIAL AND DANGERS OF NARRATIVES: SIX EVALUATIVE CONTINUUMS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018 - 18:30

WHAT RESEARCH ON HMONG REFUGEE GIRLS IN THE U.S. AND THAILAND HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT GENDER IN HIGHER EDUCATION

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 - 18:30

REFUGEES AND THE POLITICS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CALAIS JUNGLE AND BEYOND

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 - 18:30

WORDS THAT KILL CONFERENCE

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018 - 00:00

FORCED CONFRONTATION: THE POLITICS OF DEAD BODIES IN GERMANY AT THE END OF WWII

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018 - 18:00

ORDERS OF VIOLENCE

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018 - 13:00

WHEN DENIAL BECOMES STATE POLICY

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018 - 17:30

BIG DATA AND TESTIMONIES

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018 - 17:30

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: HOME AS A PLACE FOR ANTI-JEWISH PERSECUTION

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 - 09:00

2017

ROGER FRIE: WITNESSING THE CRIMES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS: REMEMBERING AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WAKE OF THE HOLOCAUST

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017 - 17:30

THE VISUAL HISTORY ARCHIVE: RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017 - 14:15

MARK ROSEMAN SPEAKS ON "RESISTANCE AND RESCUE IN NAZI GERMANY"

THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017 - 16:00

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND THEIR NETWORKS: COMPARATIVE AND TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017 - 09:30

VISUAL HISTORY ARCHIVE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2017 - 09:00

THE BRAINS THAT PULL THE TRIGGERS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 - 09:00

HELIOS AZOULAY CONCERT

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017 - 19:00

ORAL HISTORY OF A BI-NATIONAL COMMUNITY: CHALLENGING FACTORS AND UNIQUE OUTCOMES WITH AMIA LIEBLICH

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 - 17:30

CLIMATE CHANGE GUEST LECTURE

TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 - 17:30

THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND THE REASSEMBLING OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY, WITH MIKAEL RASK MADSEN

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017 - 18:00

OLIVIER LECOUR GRANDMAISON DISCUSSES "COLONIAL MASS VIOLENCE鈥疉ND/OR COLONIAL GENOCIDE?

TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017 - 18:00

BOOK LAUNCH & LECTURE: WHOSE STORY? WHOSE WORLD? LIFE & NARRATIVE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 - 18:30

STEPHANIE WOLFE: PEACEBUILDING INSTITUTE WITH NEVER AGAIN RWANDA

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 - 14:30

BUILDING PEACE AFTER GENOCIDE: LESSONS FROM RWANDA WITH DR STEPHANIE WOLFE

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 - 17:30

BECOMING EVIL: HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE COMMIT GENOCIDE AND MASS KILLING, WITH JIM WALLER

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017 - 17:30

GENS DE PARIS / PEOPLE OF PARIS

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017 - 17:30

THE HOLOCAUST BY BULLETS, THE PROTOTYPE FOR MODERN GENOCIDES: YAHAD - IN UNUM鈥橲 RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCES

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 - 17:30

Event Replays
to Watch Again

Several of the events hosted and organized by the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention at The American University of Paris are captured on video and shared via the University鈥檚 YouTube channel.

You can find the most recent event replays below and a complete list of replays on

Over Yet Unresolved: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, From Self Determination to Ethnic Cleansing
"Impudent Jews" The Forgotten Individual Jewish Resistance in Hitler's Germany | with Wolf Gruner
The Rhetoric of Hate | with G茅rard Noiriel
91视频 Talk: Armenian Feminists鈥 Post-Genocide Expectations from their Turkish Counterparts
91视频 Events | 鈥淭he Diarist as Witness to Catastrophe鈥 | with Vah茅 Tachjian
91视频 Events | "Gendered Aspects Of The Armenian Genocide" | with Anna Aleksanyan
91视频 Events | "Intergenerational Memories of Important Events" | with William Hirst