ADULT ED Speaker: Dr. Laura Auketayeva, Director of Education and Programs Join us for the opening of the 2025–2026 Adult Education series. Dr. Laura Auketayeva will introduce the course and […]
Join us for a lecture with Dr. Harry Merritt (Rhode Island College) as he explores the impact of Nazi and Soviet occupation on Latvian Jews and everyday life in Latvia during World War II.
An evening of cards, board games, and friendly competition. Light dinner and drinks included. Cost: $72 per person Co-Chairs: Audrey Weinreich and Donna Frank Bring your friends for poker, backgammon, […]
Commemorate by learning at a lecture with Professor Michael S. Bryant on how Hitler balanced law and violence, culminating in the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. Shattered storefront of a […]
Debórah Dwork Join us for an evening with renowned historian Debórah Dwork, Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at the CUNY Graduate […]
The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center is honored to welcome Professor James E. Young (University of Massachusetts Amherst) as the Fall 2025 BAXT Lecturer. Professor Young will present a lecture based on his acclaimed book The Stages of Memory, with new reflections and updates on Holocaust memorials, cultural memory, and the public dimensions of remembrance. […]
Join us for a program with Jeanne Gottfried, educator and 2G speaker, as she shares personal reflections on her mother Kitty’s escape from Vienna on the Kindertransport and her journey to safety in England. Free and open to the public. Child from the first Kindertransport upon arrival in Harwich, December 2, 1938 (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo)
Artificial intelligence has opened new opportunities for learning, communication, and research. Yet the same technology is also being used to spread falsehoods, manipulate images and voices, and fuel dangerous movements of denial. In this talk, Professor Michael Xiarhos will explore how AI tools are being harnessed to distort history and promote genocide denialism, why this […]
Pauline Getzoyan and Esther Kalajian will explore the history of the Armenian Genocide and its lasting impact on survivors, their descendants, and the Armenian American community in Rhode Island. Through history, memory, and lived experience, Pauline Getzoyan and Esther Kalajian trace a journey from devastation to resilience, highlighting the ways Armenians rebuilt their lives and […]
Holocaust Diaries: Memory, Testimony, and History Lecture by Professor Alexandra Garbarini, Williams College Join us as we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a lecture by Professor Alexandra Garbarini, whose pioneering work on Holocaust diaries explores how Jewish victims recorded, interpreted, and survived the experience of persecution. Drawing on her scholarship on Numbered Days, Lucien […]
Hosted by Martha Jamgochian Join us for a special evening at the Armenian Historical Association of Rhode Island. Explore exhibits that tell the story of Armenian history, culture, and survival, and learn about the Association’s vital work in preserving memory for future generations. This visit offers a rare opportunity to connect local history with global […]
What can maps reveal about genocide? Dr. Anne Kelly Knowles, a pioneer in applying geographic information systems (GIS) to Holocaust studies, will show how geography shaped both victims’ experiences and perpetrators’ actions. A co-founder of the Holocaust Geographies Collaborative and editor of Geographies of the Holocaust (2014), she uses innovative mapping and analysis to uncover […]