Dunwoody Symposium focuses on Genocide
January 4, 2007
The Weekly
DUNWOODY, GA (January 4, 2007) - Incidents of genocide from more than 90 years of 20th century history will be explored during “Never Again,” Georgia Perimeter College’s annual Dunwoody Symposium to be held from Tuesday, Jan. 23 to Thursday, Jan. 25 on the Dunwoody campus. All symposium events are open to the public and will be held in room 1100 of the C building.
A collection of more than 20 speakers, moderators and panelists, including Emory University’s Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, author of “Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust,” and the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Mark Bixler, author of “The Lost Boys of Sudan,” will examine the episodes, significance and the psychology of genocide during the three-day symposium.
“We’ll talk about Armenia in World War I, look at genocide in World War II and other events in the 20th century,” said Dr. Thomas Graham, GPC history professor and an organizer of the symposium. “We’ll look at everything from 1915 up to three or four years ago.”
Along with speakers, presentations and panels discussions, Graham said “Never Again” will also show a collection of films including one that inspired this year’s symposium.
“The theme for this year’s symposium is something I came up with last summer in the middle of the night while I was watching “Judgment at Nuremburg,” Graham said. “The film came out 40 years ago. The Nuremburg Trials took place 60 years ago. Our focus is to reflect on the 60th anniversary of the trials in Nuremberg and Tokyo and how the promise of ‘never again’ was not fulfilled. I thought this would be a good idea for this year’s symposium. We just have to get students out of their apathy. We can’t let this happen again.”
Speakers, panelists, and films were selected to help participants “question broad themes of historical and philosophical significance,” said Dr. Randy Finley, who serves as a symposium organizer.
“For example,” Finley adds, “why do genocides occur in the modern and postmodern world? What are the economic, political, and social causes of genocide? Are they inevitable? Are there signs that might indicate an oncoming genocide? Are there international organizations that can successfully combat genocide?”
Finley said selected panelists include representatives of history, science, business, law, music, cinematography, art, psychology and political science.
“All will bring their academic fields’ interests in the subject for student thought and reflection,” he said.
The Dunwoody Symposium which began in 1980 is an annual event that has featured such prominent speakers as former President Jimmy Carter, Ted Turner, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., entrepreneur Truett Cathy, novelist Peter Taylor, and poet James Dickey.
“We’re excited about beginning the spring 2007 semester with the symposium,” Finley said. “Questions discussed here in January should reverberate through many disciplines throughout the academic year.”
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
The Weekly
DUNWOODY, GA (January 4, 2007) - Incidents of genocide from more than 90 years of 20th century history will be explored during “Never Again,” Georgia Perimeter College’s annual Dunwoody Symposium to be held from Tuesday, Jan. 23 to Thursday, Jan. 25 on the Dunwoody campus. All symposium events are open to the public and will be held in room 1100 of the C building.
A collection of more than 20 speakers, moderators and panelists, including Emory University’s Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, author of “Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust,” and the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Mark Bixler, author of “The Lost Boys of Sudan,” will examine the episodes, significance and the psychology of genocide during the three-day symposium.
“We’ll talk about Armenia in World War I, look at genocide in World War II and other events in the 20th century,” said Dr. Thomas Graham, GPC history professor and an organizer of the symposium. “We’ll look at everything from 1915 up to three or four years ago.”
Along with speakers, presentations and panels discussions, Graham said “Never Again” will also show a collection of films including one that inspired this year’s symposium.
“The theme for this year’s symposium is something I came up with last summer in the middle of the night while I was watching “Judgment at Nuremburg,” Graham said. “The film came out 40 years ago. The Nuremburg Trials took place 60 years ago. Our focus is to reflect on the 60th anniversary of the trials in Nuremberg and Tokyo and how the promise of ‘never again’ was not fulfilled. I thought this would be a good idea for this year’s symposium. We just have to get students out of their apathy. We can’t let this happen again.”
Speakers, panelists, and films were selected to help participants “question broad themes of historical and philosophical significance,” said Dr. Randy Finley, who serves as a symposium organizer.
“For example,” Finley adds, “why do genocides occur in the modern and postmodern world? What are the economic, political, and social causes of genocide? Are they inevitable? Are there signs that might indicate an oncoming genocide? Are there international organizations that can successfully combat genocide?”
Finley said selected panelists include representatives of history, science, business, law, music, cinematography, art, psychology and political science.
“All will bring their academic fields’ interests in the subject for student thought and reflection,” he said.
The Dunwoody Symposium which began in 1980 is an annual event that has featured such prominent speakers as former President Jimmy Carter, Ted Turner, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., entrepreneur Truett Cathy, novelist Peter Taylor, and poet James Dickey.
“We’re excited about beginning the spring 2007 semester with the symposium,” Finley said. “Questions discussed here in January should reverberate through many disciplines throughout the academic year.”
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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