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• The Ritchie Boys

  Thank you for all that attended our Ritchie Boys event on November 12th at the MN History Center.

  To listen to the MPR interview with Dr. Guy Stern and Walter Schwarz click here.

  The Film "The Ritchie Boys" can be purchased here from Amazon.com or here from Barnes and Noble.

  Dr. Guy Stern referenced additional information that we would be posting to our website. This information can be found here.

  You can see photos from the Nov. 12th event and Dr. Stern's visit here.

• World Without Genocide Student Action Award

  World Without Genocide Student Action Award
  Knowledge + Action = Power

  This annual award, to be given by World without Genocide (formerly Genocide Intervention Network-Minnesota), recognizes community outreach projects by college and high school classes to raise awareness about any aspect of genocide: protection, prevention, prosecution, and remembrance.

  Click for more information.

• Dr. Ellen Kennedy received the "Outstanding Citizen" award from the Anne Frank foundation

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbCuDvDYoqo
  

• CHGS in the News

Courses

• Fall 2009 Courses

  HIST 3727W
  History of the Holocaust
  Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
  10:10 am - 11:00 am
  Herbert Hanson Hall 1-109
  Taught by Edward Snyder (snyd0208@umn.edu)

  PUBH 6801
  Health and Human Rights
  Wednesdays
  5:40 - 7:30 pm
  Mayo D199
  Taught by Kirk Allison (alli0001@umn.edu)

  GLOS 3900, SOC 3090
  Genocide and Global Conflict: From Armenia to Darfur
  Mondays, Wednesdays
  2:30 - 3:45 pm
  Blegen Hall 135
  Taught by Dr. Ellen Kennedy (ekennedy@umn.edu)
  More information

  POL4410/5410
  Justice in Times of Global Transition.
  Tuesdays, Thursday
  2:30 - 3:45 pm
  Anderson Hall 230
  Taught by Leigh Payne (lpayne@umn.edu)
  More information.

  GLOS 3401
  International Human Rights Law
  Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
  11:15 am - 12:05 pm
  Belgen Hall 150
  Taught by Barbara Frey (freyx001@umn.edu)
  More information.

  LAW 6886
  International Human Rights Law
  Fridays
  9:05 am - 12:10 pm
  Mondale Hall 50
  Taught by Barbara Frey (freyx001@umn.edu)
  More information.

  HSEM 3051H
  Honors Seminar, Political Psych of Conformity, Enmity & Heroism
  Tuesdays, Thursdays
  9:45 - 11:00 am
  Blegen Hall 105
  Taught by John Sullivan (jsull@umn.edu)
  More information.
  

• Spring 2010 Courses

  HIST 3729
  Nazi Germany and Hitler's Europe
  Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
  1:25 - 2:15 pm
  Blegen Hall 10
  More information
  Taught by Eric Weitz (weitz004@umn.edu)

  Hist 8245
  Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity: A Global History
  Tuesdays
  3:35 - 5:30 pm
  Heller Hall12010A
  Taught by Eric Weitz (weitz004@umn.edu)

  FREN 8270
  Critical Issues: Prose
  The Holocaust in France: Testimony/Fiction/Theory
  Thursdays
  2:30 - 5:00 pm
  Folwell Hall 131
  Taught by Bruno Chaouat (chaou001@umn.edu)