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May 29, 2023

Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights – U.S. Edition

2019 U.S. Lemkin Seminar Reading Materials ------------------------------------------ _Seminar participants are **strongly urged** to read the following materials before their arrival in Poland. This will allow participants to take full advantage of the opportunities presented throughout the course._ Please download and familiarize yourself with the full agenda of the seminar before beginning the readings. It will provide an important framework for preparation. **[[PDF Download Link]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-USG-Lemkin-Program-2.pdf)** ### Monday, August 19 - Introductions and Context - \full agenda] \full agenda] **Introduction to the Concepts of Genocide, Atrocity Crimes, and Prevention** James Waller, “Transcending Fratricide: The Politics of Naming” from Srda Pavlovic and Marko Zivkovic (eds.), Transcending Fratricide: Political Mythologies, Reconciliations, and the Uncertain Future in the Former Yugoslavia (Germany: Nomos, 2013), pp. 31-49 UN Genocide Convention (1951) **The Holocaust: The Death of Democracy and the Rise of Nazism (1933-1939)** “Historical Overview” from Donald Niewyk and Francis Nicosia, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000), pp. 3-9 **Guided Study Visit of Auschwitz I** “Auschwitz” from Adrian Weale’s Army of Evil: A History of the SS (New York: Penguin, 2010), pp. 366-397 ### Tuesday, August 20 – Process and Place - \full agenda] \full agenda] **The Holocaust: The Final Solution as Process (1939-1945)** “Historical Overview” from Donald Niewyk and Francis Nicosia, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000), pp. 9-41 **Between Memory, Commemoration and the Authentic Site: Auschwitz as a Reference Point for Contemporary Societies** Selections from The Holocaust: Voices of Scholars, edited by Jolanta Ambrosewic-Jacobs (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2009) **Guided Study Visit of Auschwitz II-Birkenau** Selection from Primo Levi’s _If This Is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz)_, translated by Stuart Woolf (1959), pp. 19-27 **Informal Group Debriefing of Auschwitz Experience** Orlando Crowcroft, “Did Poland Take Part in the Holocaust? New Claims Contradict Law That Makes It Illegal to Blame the Country,” _Newsweek_ (April 26, 2018) ### Wednesday, August 21 - Identity-Based Marginalization and Violence - \full agenda] \full agenda] **Identity in Deeply Divided Societies** “The Characteristics of Deeply Divided Societies,” from Adrian Guelke, _Politics in Deeply Divided Societies_ (2012), pp. 13-32 **Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Atrocity** James Waller, “The Ordinariness of Extraordinary Evil: The Making of Perpetrators of Genocide and Mass Killing” from Olaf Jensen and Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann (eds.) _Ordinary People as Mass Murderers: Perpetrators in Comparative Perspective_ (UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), pp. 145-164 Excerpt from Jean Hatzfeld’s _Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak_ (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003), pp. 21-27, 36-40 **Protection Approaches: Prevention of Identity-Based Marginalization and Violence** Protection Approaches, “A Gathering Storm: Assessing Risks of Identity-Based Violence in Britain” (2019) ### Thursday, August 22 – Continuum of Atrocity Prevention: Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream - \full agenda] \full agenda] **Case Study: Representation of Native American Experiences in US History** Walter R. Echo-Hawk, “A Context for Understanding Native American Issues” (2010) **Case Study: The Continuum of Black-White Race Relations in the U.S.** Maria Krysan, “Prejudice, Politics, and Public Opinion: Understanding the Sources of Racial Policy Attitude,” _Annual Review of Sociology_ (2000), pp. 135-168 **Case Study: Federal Hate Crimes and 2017 Statistics Report** Three selections from the FBI’s _Uniform Crime Report_, “Hate Crime Statistics, 2017” (released Fall 2018) **Trauma and Mental Health Legacies of Identity-Based Marginalization and Violence** “The Scale of Conflict-Related Trauma in Northern Ireland” (2018). ### Friday, August 23 – Genocide and Atrocity Prevention in Action - \full agenda] \full agenda] **Capstone Simulation: Promoting and Protecting Civil & Human Rights in the US** US Capstone Simulation Briefing **A Way Forward: Lessons Learned and Next Steps** _National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and Other Atrocity Crimes: Integration Into the State Architecture for Prevention_ (AIPR, 2018) pp. 5-22
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