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Northeastern University is hosting the first academic gathering to explore the contemporary impact of the Shoah on Third World societies. The event will illuminate how the Holocaust influences writers, scholars and intellectuals from Asia, Africa, and Latin America/Caribbean. Please see preliminary program below:
THIRD WORLD VIEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Reception for Symposium Guests, 5:30-6:30
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2001
Opening Session: The Shoah's Impact Beyond Europe and America
Xu Xin (China) - Holocaust Studies in China
Locksley Edmondson (Jamaica) - Reparations: Pan-African and Jewish Experiences
Shawkat Toorawa (Mauritius) - Meditations of a Multicultural Muslim
Second Session: Pursuing Justice and Preserving Memory
Youk Chhang (Cambodia) - Holocaust Commemoration and the Cambodian
Documentation Center
Gerald Gahima (Rwanda) - Nazi Hunting and the Prosecution of Genocide in Africa
Roberto Cabrera (Guatemala) - Justice and Reconciliation? Accounting for 'Dirty Wars'in Light of the Shoah
Evening Films and Discussion - "Legacies of Nuremberg" and "Pursuit of Justice"
FRIDAY, April 20, 2001
Guest Moderated by Steven Katz, Director of Judaic Studies Center, Boston University
Third Session: Shoah in Third World Literature
Kinue Tokudome (Japan) - Japanization of the Holocaust
Ilan Stavans (Mexico) - Versions and Perversions of the Holocaust in Latin America
Anita Desai (India) - A reading from "Baumgartner's Bombay"
Closing Session: Problems of Politicization
Edward Kissi (Ghana/Ethiopia) - Uses and Abuses of the Holocaust Paradigm in Ethiopia
Nadim Rouhana (Israel/Palestine) - The Holocaust and Psychological Dynamics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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