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In this episode we are joined by human rights and memory activist and practitioner Nayat Karaköse from Turkey, based in Istanbul. Since 2015, Nayat has worked with the Hrant Dink Foundation, and is the Program Coordinator there. Standing Up to the Assault on Democracy is moderated by four international scholars and experts: Andrea Pető, Central European University; Tali Nates, Executive Director a...

In this episode we are joined by author, curator, activist and professor Kerry Whigham. Kerry is an assistant professor of genocide and mass atrocity prevention at the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University in New York. He is also the director of research and online education at the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. Amongs...

In this episode, we are joined by Polish poet and musician, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski. Standing Up to the Assault on Democracy is moderated by four international scholars and experts: Andrea Pető, Central European University; Tali Nates, Executive Director and Founder of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre; Bjorn Krondorfer, Director of the Martin-Springer Institute and Endowed Professor of Re...

In this episode we introduce our new series titled, Standing Up to the Assault on Democracy, moderated by four international scholars and experts: Andrea Pető, Central European University; Tali Nates, Executive Director and Founder of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre; Bjorn Krondorfer, Director of the Martin-Springer Institute and Endowed Professor of Religious Studies at Northern Ariz...

In this podcast, Mdu Ntuli talks to Prof David Frank(Professor of Rhetoric at Robert D. Clark Honors College & Director of the Forensics Programme at the University of Oregon). He is the author of six books and 23 articles, including 'Shared Land/Conflicting Identity: Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol Use' (with Robert C. Rowland, published in 2002) and 'Non-Policy Debate' (with Micha...

In this episode, the JHGC's Mdu Ntuli talks to Daniel Feierstein. Daniel is a sociologist and researcher, specialising in the study of genocidal social practices. He was President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) during the period 2013-2015. Among his published books is “Genocide as a Social Practice. Reorganizing Society under the Nazis and Argentina's Military Juntas"...

In this episode, the JHGC's Mdu Ntuli talks to Dr Andrew Woolford, Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba in Canada, and former President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Dr Woolford is also a member of the Consortium on Bigotry & Hate. Please be sure to listen to our previous episodes with members of the Consortium on...

In this episode, the JHGC's Mdu Ntuli talks to Dr Adam Muller, Professor of Genocide Studies and human rights at the university of Manitoba, Canada and Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies program. Dr Muller attended the Hate & Bigotry conference hosted by the JHGC in December 2022 as one of the members of the Hate & Bigotry global Consortium. Interviewer: Mdu Ntuli guest: Dr Adam Muller Dat...

In this episode, we speak with Eric Gozlan, from France, who is a government counselor and co-director of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue, and Valery Engel who is the president of the European Centre for the Development of Democracy in Latvia, and is a member of the European Jewish Parliament, where he represents Latvia. Both are also members of the Consortium on Hate and Bigo...

In this latest episode, Mdu is joined by Cora Alexa Doving & Vibeke Moe, from the Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Oslo in Norway. They are both senior researchers and have also published extensively. They both are also members of the Consortium on Hate and Bigotry, which was started in 2019, initiated by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, part of Rutge...

In this first podcast of 2023, Mdu talks to two members of the Global Consortium On Bigotry And Hate, Alexander Hinton & Nela Navarro from Rutgers University and the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights. Over a month ago, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre hosted a special conference on the Consortium on Hate and Bigotry. This conference was attended by members of the consor...

In this episode, Mdu speaks to Prof Steve Carr, who is the Director of the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Purdue University, in Fort Wayne, USA. The conversation centres on the use of film in Holocaust Education and the development and use of films about the Holocaust. Interviewer: Mdu Ntuli Guest: Prof Steve Carr ~ Please share your comments and questions! If you would like to kn...

In this episode, Mdu chats to David Deutsch, Head of International Seminars in English at Yad Vashem, focusing on the Asia and Africa Section, and renowned Educator and Professor in Holocaust and Genocide studies for many years. This conversation centres on eugenics, racial Nazi ideology and Social Darwinism. David also talks about the exhibition 'Deadly Medicine', which was also housed at the Joh...

This is the story of Josephine (Fifi, born in 1984, in Rwanda, and survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. This was a devastating genocide, where Hutu extremists targeted and attempted to destroy all Tutsi in Rwanda. In a period of 100 days, from April to July 1994, approximately 800 000 people, most of whom were Tutsi, were murdered. Josephine was Tutsi and survived the genocide....

In this episode, Mdu chats to Jordy Sank and Gabriella Blumberg, the team behind Sanktuary films production company. Their debut feature documentary about Holocaust survivor Ella Blumenthal "I Am Here" won "Best South African Feature Documentary" at the Durban International Film Festival in 2021 and 4 South African Film and Television Awards or SAFTAs in 2022, amongst many other awards. We Apologi...

In this episode, Mdu chats to Florian Fitz, who is in Johannesburg to work as an intern or Gedenkdiener at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre as part of his Austrian Service Abroad. Date and time of interview: Sep 21, 2022 01:00 PM Johannesburg Interviewer : Mdu Ntuli - Mduduzi@jhbholocaust.co.za Guest Florian Fitz ~ Please share your comments and questions! If you would like to know mor...

In conversation with Phil Armstrong, Executive Director of the Greenwood Rising: Black Wall Street History Center located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was opened in August 2021, 100 years after the Tulsa race massacre. The Greenwood Rising Centre documents and commemorates the history of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 and educates Oklahomans and Americans about its impact on the state and Nation. In...

In this podcast, Mdu Ntuli unpacks the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program. Joined by: Ms Chanettia Nelson, Programme Officer in the Office of International Visitors in the United States Department of State; Ms Jasmin Ara the project Manager with the Institute of International Education; Ms Whitney Mittons, Founder a...

Dr Hikmet Karčić explores his latest book, "Torture, Humiliate, Kill: Inside the Bosnian Serb Camp System" on the use of the system of concentration camps during the genocide of Bosnian Muslims perpetrated by Bosnian Serb perpetrators. ~ Please share your comments and questions! If you would like to know more about the content of this podcast, or the JHGC generally please email Mduduzi@jhbholoca...

“Heartsounds” is an enchanting exhibition by South African artist Jennifer Kopping that creatively and magically tells the history of her family starting from the shtetls of Poland, to South Africa and America. In this podcast, Jennifer Kopping talks about her inspiration and intention for creating this magical exhibition which focuses on her grandfather and great aunt and their different life jou...

In this episode, we’re talking about how anti-democratic forces use fakes, counterfeits, forgeries, and other forms of distortion and manipulation to undermine public confidence in democratic structures and norms. Interviewer and moderator: Mdu Ntuli Panelists: Director Tali Nates: founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, South Africa; Prof Bjorn Krondorfer:...

The contribution of our team of interns is one that provides a pivotal contribution to the success of the JHGC’s work. In this podcast we are thrilled to present our newest intern from Charleston, South Carolina, Lea Neufeld. Lea is a full-time undergraduate student at the College of Charleston, Honors College. She is a Political Science, International Studies, and French triple major interested i...

When using survivor testimonies, particularly as an educational resource with students, a methodology of engaging with survivors can be a crucial foundation, for any organisation. Dr Ari Lander shares with us his insight from his extensive work and research into this important educational resource of survivor testimonies. Also, Dr Lander speaks to us about the impact of moderating conversations wi...

Each year, from 7 April to July, the world remembers and commemorates the tragedy of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. To reflect on the meaning of this annual period, Marc Gwamaka, from the Aegis Trust, speaks to us. The Aegis Trust is an international organization working to prevent genocide, and operates from Kigali, Rwanda. Mr Gwamaka, who lives in Kigali, is responsible for the d...

In this podcast, we are joined by Dr Khatchig Mouradian to unpack the history and the annual commemoration of the Armenian genocide and the significance of remembering it. Dr. Khatchig Mouradian is a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University, and he is the Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist at the Library of Congress(in the African and Middle Eastern Di...