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From the DIRECTOR Follow CHGS Dear Friends, From July 2019 through July 2020, CHGS has had more than 150,000 impressions on Twitter and gained 386 new followers. During the 2019-2020 academic year, we witnessed a widespread The CHGS Facebook page grew by 98 fans and 255 new instability that left our social-emotional landscape changed. Like followers. More than 11,000 articles were accessed on the CHGS elsewhere, with the pandemic, the Center’s events and workshops blog by more than 8,300 users from 129 countries. Over the had to switch to virtual, but this opened new avenues for course of the year, there were 28 articles posted. The top 3 articles were: connection, collaboration and learning. Our summer has been particularly productive in this sense. We organized four webinars • “German Colonists also Separated Children from Their Parents” with community organizations that shed light on Khmer, Jewish, by Adam Blackler (August 21, 2019). Armenian and Ukrainian genocide survivor communities in our • “The Evangelical Ethic and the Spirit of Escapism” by Henning state (see pg. 3). We also hosted a two-day virtual workshop and Schroeder (February 20, 2020). discussion on Education as Reparative Justice for Indigenous • “Anti-semantics and Antisemitics” by Demetrios Vital (March genocide in Manitoba and Minnesota (see pg. 2) that brought 27, 2020). together teachers, scholars, and curators from both locations. (See the back cover for CHGS “in the News” feature) The academic year 2020-21 will also represent a departure from the norm, and not only because of the pandemic’s grip on our At a time of uncertainties and instability on all fronts, we personal and professional routines. The brutal murder of George affirm the Center’s mission and legacy in documenting the Floyd in Minneapolis sent shockwaves throughout the world. As it extremes of persecution, ensuring that victims do not have grapples with the needs for health safety and social distancing, our their histories denied, supporting brave and rigorous campus is still in its own way a center for activity and activism – scholarship, and connecting communities and individuals to even when classes and meetings are confined to the internet. Our critical knowledge and perspectives that will educate and students, staff and faculty have embraced the call for racial justice empower them. and the need to achieve a more equitable university. The reactions to protests and demands in the aftermath of the murder also Thank you for all you do to support this work. became an indicator of how deeply fractured US society is and, Alejandro Baer sadly, along potentially irreconcilable values. Stephen C. Feinstein Chair and Director

Inside this issue 2 Research. 3 Students and Educators. 4 Scholarly and Public Program Listings. 5 People, Partners, and Friends. Photo left, Bdote walking tour at Fort Snelling State Park last October. One participant reflected, “The tour was incredibly helpful and informative, and Darlene St. Clair was so inviting of questions. I would love to bring my kids to a future tour -- we all have a lot to learn.” (Janet Walsh, senior fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs)

CLoremHGS Accomplishments, Ipsum 2019-2020 Public Education on Indigenous Select Faculty Research Activity Dispossession and Reparative Justice Across Minnesota and Manitoba Alejandro Baer co-wrote chapters “Spain and : Contested Past, Contested Present” in The Wiley-Blackwell

Companion to the Holocaust (2020) and a chapter in Spain, World The Human Rights Lab subgrant project had an War II, and the Holocaust: History and Representation (2020). auspicious start this academic year. After the previous Gary B. Cohen published a review of William H. Hagen, Anti-

summer's in-depth background research into the Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914-1920, in The Journal of Modern landscape of formal education in Manitoba and History (March 2020). Minnesota, our team, Alejandro Baer, George Dalbo, Joe Barbara Frey co-authored an article for the UMN journal Hispanic Eggers, and Jillian LaBranche, spent fall semester Issues Online, and wrote “Due Diligence to Prevent Foreseeable conducting key informant interviews with experts in the Harm: The International Human Rights Agenda on Civilian Gun field, and a focus group with social studies teachers, Violence” in the Washington University of Journal of Law and Policy making three trips to Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the (2019). She was awarded a Human Rights Initiative grant, and a Fulbright-Garcia Robles grant at the National Autonomous course of these trips we connected with the Manitoba University of Mexico to assess the impacts of responses to enforced Museum, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and disappearances in Mexico. presented at the annual meeting of the Manitoba Social Hiromi Mizuno co-instructed Global History of Word War II in Science Teachers' Association conference. Spring 2020, and prompted the visit of Ran Zwigenberg (see pg. 4). Leslie Morris co-wrote “Interrogating the Archive” in In We held a webinar that explored Indigenous Perspectives on History, Newsmagazine of the American Historical representation within educational institutions in both Association (December 2019) and moderated the discussion at our uniqueopportunities for interactingwith leadingexperts inthe field.

Minnesota and Manitoba. Two renowned scholars, commemorative performance (pg. 4). Karine Duhamel (Anishinaabe-Métis) (Canadian Museum Karen Painter wrote “Music and Memory on for Human Rights) and Iyekiyapiwin Darlene St. Clair Volkstrauertag/Heldengedenktag,” in Memory Studies (Springer, (Bdewakantunwan Dakota) (St. Cloud State University), 2020) and was invited to moderate the “War and Propaganda” panel discussed their work in Indigenous education, as well as at the American Musicological Society meeting (Boston). the limits and possibilities of education to serve both for Joachim J. Savelsberg was the featured speaker at the 105th anniversary commemoration of the Armenian genocide (April 24), and as reparative justice in both contexts. Research was held by the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota. He presented at several conferences (see “Scholarly received a grant from the Human Rights Initiative on gendering Activities” at right), and in addition to planning to collective memories of mass violence for the case of Serbia, and continue and broaden the conversations in the future, the awards from the Society for the Study of Social Problems: 2019 Lee team is beginning to construct a resource guide covering Founders Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award (Crime and issues of Indigenous representation in formal public K-12 Delinquency Division). education in Minnesota. The resource guide aims to Daniel Schroeter co-instructed Global History of Word War II in

organizingresearch workshops, offeringfellowships, and providing support the breadth of those people involved in decision- Spring 2020, and gave a keynote lecture on forced migration of by making around educational policy and implementation in Sephardi/Mizrahi in Modern History at Ben-Gurion University Minnesota from classroom educators to legislators. (Israel).

CHGS Collections Update

guides graduate students students graduate guides The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) stewards a physical collection of art and artifacts related to the Holocaust, as well as a database, the CHGS Collections on “Elevator”. CHGS was awarded a Summer RA to work CHGS

exclusively on implementing priority projects in Elevator. Funding for the RA-ship as well as project management support came from CLA Liberal Arts Technologies and Innovation Services (LATIS). This summer's aim was to prepare and enhance the Elevator interface and metadata, in order to present the CHGS full collections to UMN and CLA faculty as a resource for digital learning on relevant content this Fall (and beyond). We connected Holocaust survivor records to best feature the unique testimonies and artwork across the CHGS collections (MN survivor records, Felix de la Concha’s portraits and videos of local survivors, and the Voice to Vision project). We also worked on including Library of Congress subject headings into our book collection, enhancing keyword searching and tagging.

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GEO Scholar-to-Educator Program Educator Training The Genocide Education Outreach (GEO) Program Educators from around the state and world continue to access connects interested community educational institutions CHGS’s online resources. 350 Minnesota educators (high schools, religious communities, human rights organizations, public libraries, community colleges) downloaded “From the ‘Sioux Massacres’ to the ‘Dakota with qualified graduate students who can lead a guest Genocide’: Minnesota’s ‘Forgotten War’ in the State’s

lecture or workshop session on a topic that matches Newspapers from 1862 to 2012.” Our most popular resource, n. community needs. CHGS places students with “Collective Responsibility & the International Community in community opportunities based on their area of the Rwandan Genocide: ‘The Blame Game,’” was downloaded specialization, facilitates session development and 3091 times over the past academic year. In addition we planning, and provides material and logistical support. During the 2019-2020 academic year, GEO reached offered the following workshops: over 250 students and educators: Educators at the State Capital during the July 29-August 2, • October – “The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and its 2019 educator training on Aftermath in Minnesota’s Newspapers” at annual “Teaching about Genocide”. Northern Lights Academy at the Minnesota History Center. • January – Student workshops on topics related to World War II and the Holocaust for 40 middle school students at Minnetonka Middle School East. • February – “Defining Genocide” at Cook County Higher Education in Grand Marais community programming. • April – “Understanding the History and Legacy of October – “The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and its Aftermath the Rwandan Genocide” to 16 high school students at in Minnesota’s Newspapers” curriculum presented to 60 Mounds Park Academy teachers at the annual Northern Lights Academy at the • May – "Critical Reading of the News and Other Minnesota History Center. Media” at Cook County Higher Education in Grand November – “Facilitating Difficult Discussions in the Marais community programming; “U.S.-Dakota War” presented at the American Indian Magnet School in Classroom: An Educator Workshop,” presented by Dr. Riv- St. Paul; and “History of the Holocaust” at Cook Ellen Prell, Professor of American Studies (UMN). The County Higher Education in Grand Marais workshop featured 16 in-person participants and 12 online. community programming. Summer – In addition to the workshop we ran in 2019 (see supports educatorsthrough workshops and seminars, facilitated byleading experts in Holocaustand genocide educatio We recognize the contributions from Avraham Shaver, photo caption) in 2020 we ran a “Connecting Communities Christine Delp, and Jillian LaBranche to GEO this year.

CHGS and Classrooms” series as part of the Bridges of Memory program (pg. 5): “Navigating Difficult Histories and Difficult Select Course Offerings FALL 2019 Knowledge in Education: A Workshop for Educators," with GLOS/JWST/SOC SPRING 2020 16 teachers; "Navigating Trauma in Education: A Workshop HIST 1362/3362: Global 4315/5315: ! for Educators" attended by 12; and "Dear My Teacher: Letter History of World War II Memory & Politics after of Joy, Pain, and Triumph from Today’s Teenage Hmong Genocide (Baer) (Mizuno and Schroeter) HIST 3872: American GER 1911W: Film, Art, and Students " with 25 participants. These were conducted via Indian History: 1830 to the Memory: Post-Holocaust Zoom and available on the CHGS YouTube channel. Present (O'Brien) Berlin (Morris) HIST 3244: History of GLOS 3407: Global Eastern Europe Islamophobia (Abdel Salam) Graduate Workshop on Studies in Mass Violence

and EDUCATORS GER 3633: The Holocaust: (Tchoukarine) The Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Violence Studies (HGMV) JWST 3034: Introduction Memory, Narrative, History group is a collaborative of graduate students, faculty, and guest to Jewish History and (Morris) scholars to foster interdisciplinary conversations on the subject Cultures (Paradise) SOC 1930: Democracy areas of Holocaust and genocide studies, human rights, LAW 6886: International under Threat in Times of Populism and Racial representations of violence and trauma, transitional justice, and Human Rights Law(Ni collective memory. The 2019-2020 presentations gave Aolain) Nationalism (Walker) GLOS 4104: Crime and graduate students opportunities to develop their research with constructive feedback. (See following listings for HGMV talks.) STUDENTS Human Rights (Savelsberg)

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October 3-4. Symposium. "Memory, Trauma, and Human Katongole, theology and peace studies, University of Notre Rights at the Crossroads of Arts and Science."* Dame.*

October 9. Community event. Exhibit tour, "Treasures of December 5. HGMV presentation by Maximilian Breger Memory and Hope" by Father Tadeos Barseghyan, St. Sahag (visiting scholar, University of Siegen) “Violent Interrogation, Armenian Church. Psychology, and Body Knowledge: Torture in the ‘War on Terror.’” October 10. Lecture. "States of Exclusion: What German History Can Teach Us About Trump's America." Richard January 27. International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Film Frankel, history, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.* screening of Who Will Write Our History [motion picture] (2018). October 13. Community event. Talk and walking tour, “Minnesota’s Complex History: Bdote Dakota Site at Fort February 12. Book talk. "On Belonging: WWII and German Snelling State Park” by lyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair, St. Cultural Identity." Nora Krug, author. Cloud State University. February 13. Book talk. “On Who Will Write Our History? October 16. Lecture. "German Family Memory and the Nazi Rediscovering a Hidden Archive From the .” Past: A Reckoning across Generations." Angelika Bammer, Professor Samuel D. Kassow, history, Trinity College, and comparative literature, Emory University.* author.

October 17. HGMV presentation by Jillian LaBranche (PhD February 18. HGMV lecture. "Practical Musicology: Audio Student, Sociology) "Violence in the Classroom: How Guides, Sound Ethics, and Holocaust Memory." Kathryn Teachers Negotiate Historical Narratives in Rwanda and Huether, PhD Candidate, musicology. Sierra Leone”. February 27. Lecture. "'Not a Suicide Pact': Rethinking November 7. Kristallnacht commemorative event. "Piercing the and Liberalism in Postwar Jewish America." Silence: Holocaust Memories and Lessons in Concert" Professor James Loeffler, Jewish history, University of reflections on witnessing from a child of . Virginia.* Performance by Janet Horvath, former associate principal March 3. Lecture. "Survivors: Psychological Trauma and cellist for the Minnesota Orchestra, with introduction and Memory Politics in Hiroshima and Auschwitz." Professor Ran Q&A moderation by Professor Leslie Morris, Department of Zwigenberg, Asian studies and Jewish studies, Pennsylvania German, Nordic, Slavic, and Dutch. State University. November 13. Panel discussion. "'The Great Replacement': March 4. Lecture. "Entangled Memories: Hiroshima, Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Jerusalem, and the Emergence of Global Memory Culture." Trump Era" panel discussion with UMN faculty Riv-Ellen Professor Ran Zwigenberg, Asian studies and Jewish studies, Prell, American studies, Bruno Chaouat, French and Italian, Pennsylvania State University. Joseph Gerteis, sociology, and Malinda Linquist, history and African American studies. April 14. HGMV workshop: "Remote Fieldwork During a Pandemic" presentation by Francisco Ferrándiz (Professor of November 14. HGMV workshop led by George Dalbo (PhD Social Anthropology, Spanish Research Council) and author Student, Social Studies Education) and Jillian LaBranche (PhD Contemporary Ethnographies Moorings, Methods, and Keys Student, Sociology) “Unsettling Narratives: Indigenous for the Future (Routledge 2020) and response from George Representation in the Formal Curriculum in Manitoba and Dalbo (PhD student Curriculum & Instruction & CHGS Minnesota.” Education Outreach Coordinator). November 14. Lecture. "Resisting Violence and the Journey * Designates event organized outside of CHGS (see page 5 for Partners). of Reconciliation: Lessons from Rwanda." Emmanuel 5

Staff Strengthening Community Congratulations to St. Sahag Church for being awarded this Alejandro Baer Stephen C. spring’s College of Liberal Arts’ CHGS was awarded an inaugural CLA Feinstein Chair and Director, Civitas Community Partner Community Engagement Hub position for our Associate Professor, Award, recognizing community Department of Sociology project, Bridges of Memory. The aim of the organizations whose mission George Dalbo Research project was to bring communities impacted by aligns with the college's goal of Assistant, GEO Coordinator genocide and mass violence together and create a betterment for society. We were Joe Eggers Outreach better conduit between them and the University. honored to nominate St. Sahag Coordinator Jennifer Hammer for their years of partnership with CHGS, the Arsham and Program Administrator Bridges of Memory kicked off with a reception for Charlotte Ohanessian Chair, and Kathryn Huether, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Treasures of Memory and Hope, the photography support of students across the exhibit of heirlooms from survivors of the Fellow, HGMV Coordinator university community. Taylor Johnson Research Armenian genocide and shared family stories in Assistant We also congratulate Natalie October in which several community Tyler Ofstad Student Ringsmuth of #unitecloud for representatives attended. The goal of the project Worker, History receiving the ADL’s inaugural Abinav Sinha Intern, UMN was to organize a series of small conversations with Excellence in Community Morris communities, culminating with a day-long Service award in Fall 2019. Jacob Smiley Student symposium in April. Unfortunately, the COVID CHGS was proud to have made Worker, History

FRIENDS pandemic has put those plans on hold. the nomination.

A special note of thanks to Collin In summer Bridges of Memory formed the basis of Diver, Noah Goodwin, Jillian the CHGS summer educator workshop, allowing LaBranche, Meyer Weinshel, Bruno Chaouat community groups to share their stories and and Emma Jasnoch for helping to Associate Professor, experiences with teachers across the state (see steer the HGMV graduate Department of French & details on pg. 3). workshop group. Italian Gary Cohen Emeritus Professor, Cosponsors & partners Department of History

Evelyn Davidheiser UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS Director, Institute for Global

Studies Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair CHAIM (Children of Holocaust Ana Forcinito Center for Austrian Studies Survivors Association in Professor, Department of Spanish & Center for German and European Studies Minnesota) Portuguese Center for Jewish Studies Deutscher Akademischer Barbara Frey College of Liberal Arts Austauschdienst (DAAD) PEOPLE, PARTNERS, and and PARTNERS, PEOPLE, Director, Human Rights Program Department of African American and African Studies Jewish Community Relations Lisa Hilbink Department of French and Italian Council (JCRC) of Minnesota Associate Professor, Department of Department of German, Nordic, Slavic, and Dutch and the Dakotas Political Science Department of History Khmer Legacy Museum Hiromi Mizuno Department of Religious Studies Spanish National Research Associate Professor, Department of Department of Sociology Council (CSIC) History Department of Spanish and Portuguese St. Cloud State University Center Leslie Morris Human Rights Program for Holocaust and Genocide Professor, Department of German, Immigration History Research Center Education Nordic, Slavic & Dutch Institute for Advanced Study St. Sahag Armenian Church Karen Painter Institute for Global Studies Ukrainian American Community Associate Professor, School of Memory, Trauma, and Human Rights Center Music Interdisciplinary Collaborative University of Bayreuth (Germany) Joachim Savelsberg School of Music University of Southern California Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota Libraries, Archives and Shoah Foundation and Arsham and Charlotte Special Collections Ohanessian Chair Wexler Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Daniel Schroeter Professor, Department of History A Special Thanks to our supporters and partners in the community Annual Report, 2019-2020

Your generous support is key to maintaining the important work of the Center. Donations CHGS in the Media help us continue to promote the highest quality of scholarship and provide the programs and “Europe’s Last Monument to resources we have created over the years. Generous annual gifts help to fund undergraduate Fascism and Spain’s Memory and graduate research, conferences, exhibitions, development of teaching resources and the Problem” in Minnpost. By Alejandro Baer (Oct 23, 2019). Genocide Education Outreach (GEO) program. Endowments established by major contributors fund the ongoing operations of CHGS. For more information on how you can “Voting ‘present’: Ilhan Omar’s make a difference, please visit our giving page at z.umn.edu/supportCHGS or contact: disheartening response to the problem of genocide” in Office of Institutional Advancement, Minnpost. By Joe Eggers (Oct 31, 2019). College of Liberal Arts University of Minnesota “U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's 220 Johnston Hall 'present' vote on recognizing Armenian Genocide is 101 Pleasant Street S.E. distressing" in the StarTribune. By Alejandro Baer, Tadeos p 612.624.2828 | c 651.226.5096 Faculty and Teaching Assistants for HIST 1362, GEOG 3388, and GER Barseghyan and Steve Hunegs 3633, together with CHGS Director Alejandro Baer and guest speaker, Ran (Oct 31, 2019). f 612.625.3504 | w cla.umn.edu/chgs Zwigenberg, for the combined class meeting attended by over 200 students. “The Pox of Vox. The Spread We Are Grateful To Our 2019-2020 Donors: of Far-Right Populism in Spain” in Minnpost. By Alejandro Baer (Nov Walter A. & Ludmila Anastazievsky, Susan J. Beaubaire, Mary Anne & Donald B. Bennett, 18, 2019). Demoret Stiftung, David & Tina S. Edstam, Pamela S. & Stephen J. Gruber, Alan M. & Sharon Miller, Henning Schroeder & Esther Haskvitz, Gerald D. Swarsensky, Norman A. Greenberg & “La lección de Auschwitz en Beth Silverwater, Brian J. Traxler. España” in El País (Spanish daily). By Alejandro Baer (Jan 27, 2020).

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