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THE GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA

Study the nature of hate: Prevent the escalation of prejudice into genocide

January 22: THE HOLOCAUST IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Professor Stephen Bittner, Ph.D., Sonoma State University

January 29: THE CONCEPT OF GENOCIDE
Professor Emerita Myrna Goodman, Ph.D., Sonoma State University

February 5: ORDINARY MEN AS PERPETRATORS: A REAPPRAISAL AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Professor Christopher Browning, Ph.D., Frank Porter Graham Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture

February 12: MAKING HUNGARY GREAT AGAIN: STATE BUILDING, MASS VIOLENCE, AND THE IRONIES OF GLOBAL HOLOCAUST MEMORY
Professor Raz Segal, Ph.D., Stockton University
Underwritten by Ivan Barta and Miriam Susan Dregéy

February 19: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Professor Sergio La Porta, Ph.D., CSU Fresno Armenian Studies Program
Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture

February 26: CROWS OF THE DESERT: A HERO’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE (Film)
Marta Houske, Emmy award-winning filmmaker with
Levon Parian, Armenian Genocide descendant, and Saud Attrache, Druze rescuer descendant
Presented in partnership with the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
Underwritten by Carl Van Dyke

March 5: REFUGEES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT
Professor Alex Alvarez, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University
Underwritten by Dennis Judd and by Carol & Ralph Swanson

March 12: ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ANTISEMITISM: DIFFERENCES, PARALLELS, AND CHALLENGES
Professor Mehnaz Afridi, Ph.D., Director, The Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center, Manhattan College

March 19: SPRING BREAK (campus closed)

March 26: WHY? EXPLAINING THE HOLOCAUST
Professor Emeritus Peter Hayes, Ph. D., Northwestern University
Underwritten by Pearl & David Furman in memory of Murray & Ruth Mruvka and Gussie & Edward Furman

April 2: THE SECOND GENERATION: A Panel Discussion
Christyne Davidian, Sanders Feldhorn, Dennis Judd, John Kornfeld, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor,
Sonoma State University; and Elaine Leeder, Ph.D., Emerita Professor, Sonoma State University
Sylvia G. Sucher Memorial Lecture

April 9: BECOMING EVIL
Professor James Waller, Ph.D., Cohen Endowed Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College

April 16th: GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA
Irfan Mirza, Voices of the Bosnian Genocide

April 23: GENOCIDE IN SYRIA
Professor David McCuan, Ph.D., Sonoma State University

April 30: THE DARFUR GENOCIDE AND EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
Alexis Herr, Ph.D., Associate Director,
Jewish Family and Children’s Services Holocaust Center of San Francisco
Underwritten by Arline Thomas & Myrna Goodman in memory of Lillian Judd

May 7: THE GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA
Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwandan Ambassador to the United States;
Simon Mudahogora, Genocide Survivor; and Ndahiro Bazimya, Genocide Descendant
Alexandre Kimenyi Memorial Lecture
Underwritten by Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana & Chiaya Rawlins

Interests: Arts & Culture, Israel, Meetings

Date:

May 07, 2019

TIME:

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Location:

Ives Hall (Warren Auditorium, ground floor)
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Avenue

City:

Rohnert Park

Cost:

All lectures are free and open to the public. A daily parking permit ($5.00) is required at all times, but it is not valid in reserved lots. Permit machines accept cash and major credit cards.

Organized By:

Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide,

Event Contact Person:

Barbara Lesch McCaffry

707.585.2291

alliance@sonoma.edu

Speakers:

Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwandan Ambassador to the United States

Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwandan Ambassador to the United States, will be joined by Simon Mudahogora, a Genocide survivor, and Ndahiro Bazimya, a Genocide descendant, to discuss the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsis and the subsequent recovery of the Republic of Rwanda. This lecture has been underwritten by Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana and Chiaya Rawlins.

Fluent in English, French, Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, Ambassador Mukantabana holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and Geography from the University of Burundi as well as a Masters degree in Social Work with special emphasis in Community Organization, Planning and Administration and a Master’s of Arts in History from California State University Sacramento. Prior to her appointment as the ambassador from the Republic of Rwanda to the United States, Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana was a tenured Professor of History at Consumnes River College (CRC) in Sacramento, California from 1994 to 2013. She is also co-founder and President of Friends of Rwanda Association (F.O.R.A), a non-profit American relief association created in the wake of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. Since its inception, FORA’s dual purpose has been to expand the circle of friends of Rwanda and to support survivors of 1994 Genocide through a variety of initiatives and relief efforts. In addition, under the aegis of United Nations for Development Programs (UNDP), Ambassador Mukantabana started the academic program of Social Work at the National University of Rwanda in 1999, and as an Invited Lecturer taught a variety of subjects in their summer program.