The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of History, University of Minnesota Announce a Call for Applicants for the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
The Fellowship is for the 2013-2014 academic year.
The Badzin Fellowship will pay a living stipend of $18,000, and the cost of tuition, mandatory fees and health insurance.
Eligibility: An applicant must be a current student in a Ph.D. program in the College of Liberal Arts, currently enrolled in the first, second, third, or fourth year of study, and have a doctoral dissertation project in Holocaust and genocide studies. The fellowship will be awarded on the basis of the quality and scholarly potential of the dissertation project, the applicant's quality of performance in the graduate program, and the applicant's general scholarly promise.
Required application materials:
1) A letter of application (maximum 4 pages single-spaced) describing the applicant's intellectual interests and dissertation research and the research and/or writing which the applicant expects to do during the fellowship year
2) A current curriculum vitae for the applicant
3) An unofficial transcript of all graduate work done at the University of Minnesota
4) TWO confidential letters of recommendation from U of MN faculty, discussing the quality of the applicant's graduate work and dissertation project and the applicant's progress toward completing the degree, sent directly to the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (chgs.umn.edu).
All application materials must be received by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies electronically chgs.umn.edu, no later than 3:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013. The awardee will be announced no later than Friday, April 26, 2013.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
CHGS and Department of American Indian Studies Announce Panel Discussion on Dakota Exile
Nażicapi (Exile)
The Dakota Exile: Impact and Resistance
"The Sioux Indians of Minnesota must be exterminated or driven forever beyond the borders of the state."
Message of Governor Ramsey to the Legislature of Minnesota: September 9, 1862.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
7:00 p.m.
275 Nicholson Hall
Free and Open to the Public
A Panel Discussion Featuring:
Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair: Moderator, introduction and context for the exile order.
C̣aƞte Máza Neil McKay: Terminology and impacts of "benevolent" language. How Euro-Minnesotans benefited from the Dakota Exile.
Ahdipiwiƞ Katherine Beane: Impacts of the Exile and the efforts to rescind the exile order.
Ṡiṡokaduta Joe Bendickson: Dakota language revitalization.
Introductions by:
Alejandro Baer, Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Jean O'Brien, Chair, Department of American Indian studies
In May of 1863 1,300 Dakota were loaded onto steamboats and sent to Crow Creek reservation. Crowded onto the boats and weakened by imprisonment, many died on the voyage. The new reservation was desolate and food was scarce. In the first six months at Crow Creek more than 200 Dakota people died, most of them children.
The panel will focus on the exile order, the efforts to rescind the order and its impacts, as well as how Euro-Minnesotans benefited from the Dakota exile.
Sponsored by: The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Department of American Indian Studies, Institute for Global Studies and the Human Rights Program.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Human Rights Program assistant Whitney Taylor to present at CHGS workshop
Perceptions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Interdisciplinary Workshop for Graduate Students and Faculty Holocaust, Genocide and Mass Violence Studies
Thursday, March 14
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Room 710 Social Sciences
International criminal tribunals are internally and externally contested spaces, and they necessarily operate in political environments. In the case of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), domestic groups have vocally challenged the legitimacy of the ICTY and its ability to do justice. Importantly, domestic public perception of the court appears to be divorced from the actual operations of the court.
In this presentation, Taylor seeks to better explain the apparent disconnect between the relative successes of ICTY in terms of its intended outputs and domestic public perception of the court in the Balkans. Her focus is the interaction of actors within the Balkans--how they propagate different narratives about the work of the ICTY and how these contestations affect domestic public perception of the court. In particular, she investigates the role of political elites, civil society organizations, and the media.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop please contact Shannon Golden at golde118@umn.edu.
Remaining Workshop Schedule:
March 29: Friday, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (710 Social Sciences)
Erma Nezirevic, "Mobile Memories: Collective Memory of Mass Violence in Spain and the (ex) Yugoslavia"
April 11: Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. (609 Social Sciences)
Matthias Falter, " 'Antifascist Consensus' & the 'Club of Political Correctness': Addressing National Socialism in Austrian Parliamentary Debates on Right-wing Extremism"
April 26: Friday, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (710 Social Sciences)
May 9: Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. (710 Social Sciences)
Eric Harkleroad
Interdisciplinary Workshop for Graduate Students and Faculty Holocaust, Genocide and Mass Violence Studies
Thursday, March 14
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Room 710 Social Sciences
International criminal tribunals are internally and externally contested spaces, and they necessarily operate in political environments. In the case of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), domestic groups have vocally challenged the legitimacy of the ICTY and its ability to do justice. Importantly, domestic public perception of the court appears to be divorced from the actual operations of the court.
In this presentation, Taylor seeks to better explain the apparent disconnect between the relative successes of ICTY in terms of its intended outputs and domestic public perception of the court in the Balkans. Her focus is the interaction of actors within the Balkans--how they propagate different narratives about the work of the ICTY and how these contestations affect domestic public perception of the court. In particular, she investigates the role of political elites, civil society organizations, and the media.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop please contact Shannon Golden at golde118@umn.edu.
Remaining Workshop Schedule:
March 29: Friday, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (710 Social Sciences)
Erma Nezirevic, "Mobile Memories: Collective Memory of Mass Violence in Spain and the (ex) Yugoslavia"
April 11: Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. (609 Social Sciences)
Matthias Falter, " 'Antifascist Consensus' & the 'Club of Political Correctness': Addressing National Socialism in Austrian Parliamentary Debates on Right-wing Extremism"
April 26: Friday, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (710 Social Sciences)
May 9: Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. (710 Social Sciences)
Eric Harkleroad
Friday, March 1, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Holocaust Films to be screened at the Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
Three of the films to be introduced by Alejandro Baer and Jodi Elowitz
Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
February 28-March 17, 2013
For information on the Festival and all films please click here.
These Holocaust Films will have their Minnesota premier at the Minneapolis Film Festival.
No Place on Earth
Saturday, March 9 at 8 pm
Sabes JCC Theatre
Becoming Henry (Short) /I Shall Remember
Sunday, March 10 at 4pm
Sabes JCC Theatre
Introduction by Jodi Elowitz, Outreach Coordinator, CHGS
For complete descriptions of the films and ticket information please click here.
Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
February 28-March 17, 2013
For information on the Festival and all films please click here.
These Holocaust Films will have their Minnesota premier at the Minneapolis Film Festival.
No Place on Earth
Saturday, March 9 at 8 pm
Sabes JCC Theatre
Becoming Henry (Short) /I Shall Remember
Sunday, March 10 at 4pm
Sabes JCC Theatre
Introduction by Jodi Elowitz, Outreach Coordinator, CHGS
For complete descriptions of the films and ticket information please click here.
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