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17th Annual Arsham & Charlotte Ohanessian Chair Lecture

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Presented by Armen T. Marsoobian

Call For Nominations - 2019 Undergraduate Human Rights Awards

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Each spring, the Human Rights Program and the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies celebrates the tremendous work of University of Minnesota - Twin Cities undergraduate students in human rights by presenting the Inna Meiman Human Rights Award and the Sullivan Ballou Award.

Announcing the CHGS Spring 2019 Public Events Calendar!

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The center organizes lectures, conferences and symposia that feature leading scholars, practitioners, and activists, who provide critical analysis and tools to understand and effectively address the causes, impacts, and legacies of the Holocaust, genocides, and incidents of mass violence.

Explore the Archives with HGMV

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Special talk and tour of the amazing primary resources contained within the Andersen Library Archives by our resident expert archivists.

Register for Upcoming Educator Workshop on the Holocaust and Antisemitism

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Saturday, February 9, 8am-3pm in #317 Blegen Hall

CHGS Remembers Fern Badzin

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Staff, faculty and students affiliated with the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota grieve the passing of Fern Badzin.

Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellowship Program -- application submission beginning in...

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The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program "A Bridge to History" is accepting applications from faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students for 2019.

USC Shoah Foundation Research Opportunity - Deadline Nov 15, 2018

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The USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for its 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Week that will provide support for an interdisciplinary group of international scholars to develop and discuss a collaborative innovative research project in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies using the video testimonies of the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) and other related resources at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.