This week, many leading scholars and historians will share their books and research on the events and aftermath of the Holocaust in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. To close the week out, attend Barnard President Rosenbury’s inauguration ceremony and celebration.

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Recommended:

  • 2024 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Webinar
    • Monday, January 29, 12 to 1:15 pm, online.
    • In commemoration of the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, this discussion will focus on the role of physicians and healthcare professionals who supported Hitler during the Holocaust. The webinar features opening remarks from Dean Katrina Armstrong.
    • Register here.
  • Book Talk: Red Orchestra: The Anti-Nazi Resistance in Berlin
    • Monday, January 29, 12 to 2 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1302 and online.
    • Hosted by the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, this discussion will center on prize-winning author and current Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute Anne Nelson and her book Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler. Nelson’s book details the experiences of Germans in the Red Orchestra movement, a resistance movement against the Nazi regime that began in 1935. The event will be moderated by Professor Jack Snyder.
    • Register here to reserve your seat or request the Zoom link here.
  • Abortion in Context: A Conversation about Reproductive Justice and Community Care in a Post-Roe World
    • Monday, January 29, 5:30 to 7 pm, Diana Center, Event Oval.
    • Associated with Barnard’s one-time course “Abortion in Context,” this event features a conversation with Byllye Avery, the founder of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, as well as Director of Milstein Center Exhibits, Programming, and Public Engagement Miriam Neptune and Ramya Arumilli (BC ’25).
    • Register here.
  • Politics of Memory: Anti-semitism in Contemporary Western Europe
    • Wednesday, January 31, 6 to 7:30 pm, Buell Hall.
    • Listen to a roundtable discussion on how events in the Middle East have impacted debates that arose during the Holocaust. Speakers include Stefanos Geroulanos, Gil Hochberg, Mark Mazower, Andrew Port, and Fabien Théofilakis.
    • Register here.
  • The 14th Annual Kenneth N. Waltz Lecture in International Relations
    • Thursday, February 1, 4 to 6 pm, Faculty House, Presidential Room 1.
    • Listen to a lecture by Dartmouth College Professor of Government William C. Wohlforth on scholars’ explanations for the major reduction in international violence after 1991. Wohlforth will explain the role of the US in this reduction as well as a potential future decline in international peace.
    • Register here.
  • The Inauguration of Barnard President Laura Ann Rosenbury
    • Friday, February 2, 2 pm, Riverside Church.
    • Join the Barnard community to officially inaugurate Laura Ann Rosenbury as Barnard’s ninth president. An all-campus celebration will be held on Barnard’s campus after the ceremony.
    • Register here to reserve a seat at the ceremony or watch the livestream here.
  • “The Discreet Monsters of the Past”: Angela Rodel on Translating Bulgarian Literature
    • Saturday, February 3, 3:30 to 4:30 pm, International Affairs Building, Harriman Institute Atrium. 
    • Attend a discussion between 2023 International Booker Prize-winning translator Angela Rodel and Harriman Institute Director Valentina Izmirlieva to hear about Rodel’s career as a literary translator. Throughout the event, Rodel will also read excerpts from Bulgarian works she has translated and discuss how these pieces reimagine traditional Bulgarian narratives.
    • Register here.

President Rosenbury via Barnard Events