Panelists
Panelists
Panel Four. The Role of Education and Awareness Raising in the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide
Suren Manukyan
Chair of Department of Genocide Studies at Yerevan State University, Visiting lecturer at American University of Armenia
Dr. Suren Manukyan is the Head of Department of Genocide Studies at the Yerevan State University, Head of the Department of Comparative Genocide Studies of the Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute (Yerevan, Armenia), and lecturer at the American University of Armenia. He is a member of the Advisory Board and Resolutions’ committee of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and a member of International committee of Memorial Museums (IC MEMO).
He is book-review editor of International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies (in English) and a deputy editor of Journal of Genocide studies (in Armenian).
His current research focuses on the socio-psychological dimension of the Armenian genocide, based on his Fulbright research project “The More
He is book-review editor of International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies (in English) and a deputy editor of Journal of Genocide studies (in Armenian).
His current research focuses on the socio-psychological dimension of the Armenian genocide, based on his Fulbright research project “The More
Suren Manukyan
Chair of Department of Genocide Studies at Yerevan State University, Visiting lecturer at American University of Armenia
Dr. Suren Manukyan is the Head of Department of Genocide Studies at the Yerevan State University, Head of the Department of Comparative Genocide Studies of the Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute (Yerevan, Armenia), and lecturer at the American University of Armenia. He is a member of the Advisory Board and Resolutions’ committee of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and a member of International committee of Memorial Museums (IC MEMO).
He is book-review editor of International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies (in English) and a deputy editor of Journal of Genocide studies (in Armenian).
His current research focuses on the socio-psychological dimension of the Armenian genocide, based on his Fulbright research project “The More
He is book-review editor of International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies (in English) and a deputy editor of Journal of Genocide studies (in Armenian).
His current research focuses on the socio-psychological dimension of the Armenian genocide, based on his Fulbright research project “The More
Joseph Nkurunziza
Executive Director of Never Again Rwanda
Dr. Joseph Ryarasa Nkurunziza is a medical doctor, public health practitioner and a social justice activist with over 15 years of experience in the civil society sector. Nkurunziza is a Co-founder & Executive Director of “Never Again Rwanda”, a peacebuilding and social justice organization that arose following the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. He is the president of the African Democracy Forum, a regional network for civil society organizations and individuals dedicated to democracy for peace, human rights and development in Africa.
Joseph Nkurunziza
Executive Director of Never Again Rwanda
Dr. Joseph Ryarasa Nkurunziza is a medical doctor, public health practitioner and a social justice activist with over 15 years of experience in the civil society sector. Nkurunziza is a Co-founder & Executive Director of “Never Again Rwanda”, a peacebuilding and social justice organization that arose following the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. He is the president of the African Democracy Forum, a regional network for civil society organizations and individuals dedicated to democracy for peace, human rights and development in Africa.
Stephan Dorgerloh
Former Minister of Education and Culture of Saxony-Anhalt
Stephan Dorgerloh served many years as the Director of the Protestant Academy in Luthertown Wittenberg. Appointed as Prelate by the German Protestant Church, he was responsible for the planning process of the International Reformation Jubilee. From 2011-2016 Dorgerloh worked as Minister of Education and Culture in Saxony-Anhalt. In 2013 he was elected as the President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers for Education, Culture and Science and initiated an agreement about Holocaust education between Yad Vashem and the German States. He also has supported many projects dealing with German-Armenian cultural and educational exchanges for which he has been honored with the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia.
Stephan Dorgerloh
Former Minister of Education and Culture of Saxony-Anhalt
Stephan Dorgerloh served many years as the Director of the Protestant Academy in Luthertown Wittenberg. Appointed as Prelate by the German Protestant Church, he was responsible for the planning process of the International Reformation Jubilee. From 2011-2016 Dorgerloh worked as Minister of Education and Culture in Saxony-Anhalt. In 2013 he was elected as the President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers for Education, Culture and Science and initiated an agreement about Holocaust education between Yad Vashem and the German States. He also has supported many projects dealing with German-Armenian cultural and educational exchanges for which he has been honored with the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia.
Lena Casiez
Senior Researcher, Camp des Milles Foundation, UNESCO Chair “Citizenship Education, Human Sciences and Convergence of Memories”
Dr. Lena Casiez is Senior Researcher at the Camp des Milles Foundation and in the Unesco Chair “Education for Citizenship, Human Sciences and Convergence of Memories” shared with Aix Marseille University and directed by Prof. Alain Chouraqui, President of the Camp des Milles Foundation. Currently acting as an IHRA French delegate, she is also a Fellow of the Institute for International Humanitarian Studies and Coordinator of Aix Global Justice Legal Clinic. She holds a Ph.D. in International Law focused on the Responsibility to Prevent mass atrocity crimes. Before her appointment to the Camp des Milles Foundation, she was a Legal Assistant for two defense teams at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 2010 to 2013.
Lena Casiez
Senior Researcher, Camp des Milles Foundation, UNESCO Chair “Citizenship Education, Human Sciences and Convergence of Memories”
Dr. Lena Casiez is Senior Researcher at the Camp des Milles Foundation and in the Unesco Chair “Education for Citizenship, Human Sciences and Convergence of Memories” shared with Aix Marseille University and directed by Prof. Alain Chouraqui, President of the Camp des Milles Foundation. Currently acting as an IHRA French delegate, she is also a Fellow of the Institute for International Humanitarian Studies and Coordinator of Aix Global Justice Legal Clinic. She holds a Ph.D. in International Law focused on the Responsibility to Prevent mass atrocity crimes. Before her appointment to the Camp des Milles Foundation, she was a Legal Assistant for two defense teams at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 2010 to 2013.
Ilya Altman
Director of the International Center for Holocaust and Genocides Studies at Russian State Universities for Humanities (RGGU)
lya Altman founded the Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center in 1991 and has since been its co-chairman. In 1992 he started teaching the Holocaust at RGGU, where he is currently is a Professor. Since 2016 he is the Director of the International Center for Holocaust and Genocides Studies at RGGU. His works on the Holocaust have been published in 17 countries, including Armenia. He is the author of the monograph “Victims of Hate: The Holocaust in the USSR (1941-1945)”. Co-editor of Unknown Black Book (2008). Editor-in-chief of “The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in USSR” (2011).
Ilya Altman
Director of the International Center for Holocaust and Genocides Studies at Russian State Universities for Humanities (RGGU)
lya Altman founded the Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center in 1991 and has since been its co-chairman. In 1992 he started teaching the Holocaust at RGGU, where he is currently is a Professor. Since 2016 he is the Director of the International Center for Holocaust and Genocides Studies at RGGU. His works on the Holocaust have been published in 17 countries, including Armenia. He is the author of the monograph “Victims of Hate: The Holocaust in the USSR (1941-1945)”. Co-editor of Unknown Black Book (2008). Editor-in-chief of “The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in USSR” (2011).
John Weiss
Associate Professor of History at Cornell University
Since 1974 John Weiss has taught nineteen different courses on modern European history and international history at Cornell University. He has also served as director of the University’s Institute for European Studies and chair of its liaison committee to the officer training programs. He has published articles in various collective volumes concerning aspects of the history of genocide.
His work as an anti-genocide activist began with his formation of the Bosnia Coordinating Committee of Ithaca, New York. He took aid items to Bosnia during the war/genocide there and taught at Tuzla Summer University 1996-2002. After founding the Darfur Action Group-Cornell in 2005 he continued various public education and protest activities while also briefing the President’s Special Envoys and the National Security More
His work as an anti-genocide activist began with his formation of the Bosnia Coordinating Committee of Ithaca, New York. He took aid items to Bosnia during the war/genocide there and taught at Tuzla Summer University 1996-2002. After founding the Darfur Action Group-Cornell in 2005 he continued various public education and protest activities while also briefing the President’s Special Envoys and the National Security More
John Weiss
Associate Professor of History at Cornell University
Since 1974 John Weiss has taught nineteen different courses on modern European history and international history at Cornell University. He has also served as director of the University’s Institute for European Studies and chair of its liaison committee to the officer training programs. He has published articles in various collective volumes concerning aspects of the history of genocide.
His work as an anti-genocide activist began with his formation of the Bosnia Coordinating Committee of Ithaca, New York. He took aid items to Bosnia during the war/genocide there and taught at Tuzla Summer University 1996-2002. After founding the Darfur Action Group-Cornell in 2005 he continued various public education and protest activities while also briefing the President’s Special Envoys and the National Security More
His work as an anti-genocide activist began with his formation of the Bosnia Coordinating Committee of Ithaca, New York. He took aid items to Bosnia during the war/genocide there and taught at Tuzla Summer University 1996-2002. After founding the Darfur Action Group-Cornell in 2005 he continued various public education and protest activities while also briefing the President’s Special Envoys and the National Security More