Northern Illinois University

Liberal Arts & Sciences External Programming




Perpetrators of genocide have learned from their own "study" of genocide that they can commit the crime under the cover of war, in the name of self-defense, will receive impunity, can deny that they committed genocide, and that the world will forget.
-Roger Smith




    INSTITUTE DETAILS

Tentative Schedule, DeKalb, June 16-21, 2008
Sunday, June 15
7:00p-9:00p Arrival On Campus
Stevenson hall
Monday, June 16
8:30a-12:00p Session 1
Genocide and Human Rights: Institute and Content Introduction (Bowers)
1:00p-4:30p Session 2
Preparing to Teach Genocide in the Elementary, Middle, and High School curriculums (Keiser & Maley)
6:30p-9:00p Session 3
Welcome Dinner & Keynote Address, (US Ambassador to UN, At Large, retired
Tuesday, June 17
8:30a-12:00p Session 4
The Historical Dimensions of Genocide and Human Rights (Bowers)
Case Study Selection
12:00p-1:00p Lunch
1:00p-4:30p Session 5
Children's Literature, Reading and Curriculum Development (Maley)
Electronic Resources for Teaching Genocide and Human Rights (Bowers)
6:30p-9:00p Session 6
Pre-modern Genocides: Context and Legacy (Bowers)
Wednesday, June 18
8:30a-12:00p Session 7
The Holocaust: Context and Legacy (Weiss)
12:00p-1:00p Lunch
1:00p-4:30p Session 8
Ukrainian Genocide and Famine (Worobec)
6:30p-9:00p Session 9
Interactive Readings of Plays and Literature on Genocide (Participants)
Thursday, June 19
8:30a-12:00p Session 10
Genocide in Southeast Asia: Cambodia (Ledgerwood)
Anthropology Museum Visit - Cambodia Exhibit
12:00p-1:00p Lunch
1:00p-4:30p Session 11
Genocide in Southeast Asia: Indonesia (Jones)
6:30p-9:00p Session 12
Resource Fair and Survivor's Stories

Organizational tables and presentations
Friday, June 20
8:30a-12:00p Session 13
Cyprus and the Question of Division (Bowers)
Kurdistan, Anfal, and the Arab World (Bowers)
12:00p-1:00p Lunch
1:00p-4:30p Session 14
Genocide in Eastern Europe: Bosnia (Nemec)
6:30p-9:00p Session 15
Genocide and Film Session (Participants)
Saturday, June 21
8:30a-12:00p Session 16
Genocide in Africa: Rwanda and Frontline: The Ghosts of Rwanda (Guzzaldo)
12:00p-1:00p Lunch
1:00p-4:30p Session 1-17
Genocide in Africa: Sudan (Bowers)
6:30p-9:00p Free Evening


Tentative Schedule, Washington, D.C. June 22-27, 2008
Sunday, June 22
8:30a-12:00p Departure for Washington D.C. Bus departs Stevenson Hall at 7 a.m.

United #610
Departs 11:02 a.m.
2:00p Arrive in D.C. at 1:57 p.m.
4:00p Transfer to American University via Metro and AU Shuttle
5:30p Dinner on your own
6:30p-9:00p Free Evening
Monday, June 23
10:00a-12:00p Genocide Watch, Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal, Mr. Gregory Stanton, President IAGS and Genocide Watch

AU Ward Hall 5
12:00p-1:00p Lunch
2:00p-4:30p Save Darfur: SDC Activism, Intro to Dollars for Darfur Program, and About Darfur and the Crisis
5:30p Dinner at American University
6:30p-9:00p Break-Out sessions (by grade level) on teaching genocide and research time (Participants)
AU Ward Hall 5
Tuesday, June 24
9:30a-12:00p The Cyprus Question and Human Rights

The Honorable Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus
12:00p-1:00p Lunch on your own
1:00p-3:30p The Cyprus Question Part II

Mr. Hilmi Akil
Office of the Representative of the Turkish Cyprus Community
5:30 Dinner at American University
6:30p-9:00p Roger Smith "Prevention of Genocide: Impediments and Possibilities."

AU Ward Hall 5
Wednesday, June 25
10:00a-1:00p United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
1:00p-2:00p Lunch at the Museum Cafe
2:15p-3:15p Visit/conversation with Mrs. Manya Friedman, Holocaust survivor, USHMM
3:30p-5:00p Meeting with Ms. Bridget Conley-Zilkic, Committee on Conscience, USHMM
5:30 Dinner on your own
6:30p-9:00p Free Evening

Smithsonian Folk-life Festival runs from June 25-July 6 and features exhibits on Bhutan
Thursday, June 26
8:30a-12:00p Embassy Walking Tour
or
Armenian National Committee
12:00p-1:00p Lunch on your own
1:00p-4:30p National Museum of the American Indian

1:30 Group Tour and 3-4:30 Educational Meeting on "Teaching Native American History in the Context of Genocide."
5:30p Dinner at American University
6:30p-9:00p Where do we go from here?
Lesson Plan Presentations and Teaching Ideas (Participants)

AU Ward Hall 5
Friday, June 27
8:30a-12:00p Meetings on Capitol Hill
US Representative Don Manzzulo on China and Human Rights
Or
Embassy Row Walking Tour
12:00p-1:00p Lunch at American University
1:00p-4:30p Return to DeKalb

United #625
Departs 4:40 p.m.
Arrives 5:52 p.m.

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