• Mapping the Holocaust: What Geography Reveals about Genocide

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    Adult Education

    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 […]

  • The Rwandan Genocide: Media, Memory, and History

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    Adult Education

    with Dr. Jean-Marie Higiro, Western New England University How can words and images fuel mass violence, and later shape how it is remembered? Dr. Jean-Marie Higiro, a survivor and scholar, […]

  • Film Screening: The Look of Silence

    Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    Adult Education

    Join us for a screening of Joshua Oppenheimer’s acclaimed documentary The Look of Silence. The film follows an Indonesian man confronting the people responsible for the murder of his brother […]

  • Field Visit: Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum

    Tomaquag Museum 390A Summit Rd, Exeter, RI 02822
    Adult Education

    Join us for a guided tour and conversation at the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, Rhode Island’s only Indigenous-run museum. The visit will explore Indigenous history, the impact of genocide and […]