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.
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.
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’S 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
Thursday February 1st to Friday, February 2nd, 2024
Thursday November 30, 2023
JUSTICE LAB PRESENTS: LAW IN ACTION
Wednesday November 22, 2023
ARCHIVE TESTIMONY USE IN THE CLASSROOM: A WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
Wednesday November 22, 2023
OVER YET UNRESOLVED: THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT, FROM SELF DETERMINATION TO ETHNIC CLEANSING
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
VIOLENT TURNS: SOURCES, INTERPRETATIONS, RESPONSES
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
GUEST LECTURE: CAROLINE IBOS AND ERIC FASSIN
Friday, April 14, 2023
FABRICATING THE PAST: SYMBOLIC TOPOGRAPHY OF THE FORMER WARSAW GHETTO
Monday, December 5, 2022
GUEST LECTURE: DR. SEAMUS POWER ON FIELD SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Monday, October 10, 2022
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF PERSECUTION: PICTURES OF THE HOLOCAUST
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
REINVENTING/RECONSTRUCTING COSMOPOLITANISM IN CONTESTED SPACES AND POST-CONFLICT ZONES
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
COLLECTING LIFE STORIES IN THE JEWISH WORLD, 19TH-21ST CENTURIES
Thursday, May 19, 2022
VIRTUAL FORUM: UNDERSTANDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Friday, April 22, 2022
FRANCOPHONIE THROUGH DECOLONIALITY
Tuesday April 12, 2022
FIGURING MEMORY: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION WITH JOANNA WAWRZYNIAK
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
LE REFORMISME ET LA PLACE DE LA FEMME DANS L’ISLAM CONTEMPORAIN
REFORM AND THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM (HYBRID)
Thursday, March 10, 2022
FIGURING MEMORY: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION WITH DR TOM PETTINGER
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
FIGURING MEMORY: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION WITH CHANA TEEGER
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
FIGURING MEMORY: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION WITH THOMAS VAN DE PUTTE
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
GUEST LECTURE: BETA UMUBYEYI MAIRESSE AND JAKUTA ALIKAVAZOVIC ON SPECTERS OF VIOLENCE
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
FIGURING MEMORY: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION WITH LEA DAVID
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
GUEST LECTURE: CLIMATE JUSTICE AND HISTORICAL EMISSIONS WITH PROF. DR. LUKAS. H. MEYER
Friday, October 29, 2021
FIGURING MEMORY: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION WITH REBECCA HALE
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Thursday, June 10, 2021
EMANCIPATION AND THE UNJUST PAST (ONLINE)
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
PART II OF NARRATING VIOLENCE: MAKING RACE, MAKING DIFFERENCE (ONLINE)
Monday, March 29, 2021
PART I OF NARRATING VIOLENCE: MAKING RACE, MAKING DIFFERENCE
Monday, March 15, 2021
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Monday, November 22, 2020
Monday, September 21, 2020
GUEST LECTURE: VAHE TACHJIAN ON THE DIARIST AS A WITNESS TO CATASTROPHE
February 12, 2020
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019 - 18:30
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 - 10:10
PATTERNS OF INVALIDATION IN AUGUSTINE'S PASTORAL CARE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 - 17:00
IS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE “MODEL” 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’S 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
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
THE ETHICAL POTENTIAL AND DANGERS OF NARRATIVES: SIX EVALUATIVE CONTINUUMS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018 - 18:30
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 - 18:30
REFUGEES AND THE POLITICS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CALAIS JUNGLE AND BEYOND
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 - 18:30
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
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018 - 13:00
WHEN DENIAL BECOMES STATE POLICY
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018 - 17:30
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018 - 17:30
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: HOME AS A PLACE FOR ANTI-JEWISH PERSECUTION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 - 09:00
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
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
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 - 17:30
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017 - 18:00
OLIVIER LECOUR GRANDMAISON DISCUSSES "COLONIAL MASS VIOLENCE AND/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
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 - 17:30
FILM SCREENING AND CONVERSATION WITH ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED RITHY PAHN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016 - 18:30
LEGAL LEGACIES OF GENOCIDE: FROM NUREMBERG TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016 - 09:45
TEACHING WITH THE VISUAL HISTORY ARCHIVE TESTIMONIES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 - 17:00
THE ARCHIVES IN PERSPECTIVE: A PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 - 18:00
INTRODUCING THE VISUAL HISTORY ARCHIVES: WORKSHOPS LED BY USC
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 - 17:00
FILM SCREENING AND LECTURE ON THE HISTORY OF LE CHAMBON-SUR-LIGNON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016 - 18:30
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 - 18:30
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’s YouTube channel.
You can find the most recent event replays below and a complete list of replays on