Distance learning lectures, webinars, and university lectures on women and the Holocaust, sexual violence, and domestic violence have global impact
January 10, 2021
Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel presented a Zoom webinar for the University of Haifa, discussing sexual violence during the Holocaust for a Research Forum for students at the Weiss-Livnat International MA Program in Holocaust Studies, University of Haifa, Israel. This webinar was by invitation only.
January 28, 2021
Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel participated in a Zoom symposium organized by University of Essex, United Kingdom. The theme was The Nuremberg Trials 75 Years On: Precedents, Catalysts and Inevitable Limitations. A panel of experts looked back on the legal precedents set at Nuremberg, some of the major innovations of the trials, and some of their inevitable limitations. This was part of the university’s Holocaust Memorial Week Seminar and was open to the public.
February 16, 2021
Women, Trauma, and Genocide: Sexual Violence against Women in the Holocaust. Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel and Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth presented a webinar for Ferris State University. View a video of this lecture at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlfZTLdy6BY.