Lecture in Review: Mass Democracy and the New Populist Challenge
The KHC welcomes our online audience to view our September 25th event on Mass Democracy and the New Populist Challenge. Thank you to the Division…
Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center
The lessons of the Holocaust offer an unparalleled opportunity to address the cultural, educational, and civic needs of our diverse community. The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) is neither a museum nor a library: We are a learning laboratory where students, survivors, and community members learn through their hearts, minds, and actions.
Featured Event
Ideologies of Racism Past and Present
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- Wednesday, November 20 at 12:00 PM
Notions of race, racialization, and racism are often used to construct authoritarian ideologies. Our speakers will address strategies for opposing such racism and racist ideologies in the United States today. Speakers include Dr. Trevor Milton, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at QCC-CUNY and Dr. Judy Yu, Professor and Project Director of the Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services at Queens College-CUNY.
Part of the KHC/NEH 2019-2020 Colloquium: Authoritarianism on the Continuum
This event is FREE, but registration is requested.
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Survivance and Sovereignty on Turtle Island: Engaging with Contemporary Native American Art
Survivance and Sovereignty on Turtle Island: Engaging with Contemporary Native American Art will be on view at the KHC from August 27, 2019, through May 21, 2020. The exhibit is curated by Danyelle Means (Oglala Lakota) and QCC Art & Design faculty member, Kat Griefen, in collaboration with students and alumni from the QCC Gallery and Museum Studies Program and the KHC Fellowship Program. The exhibition addresses the histories and present-day realities of the first people of this continent through contemporary art. Turtle Island is the name given to North America by the Anishinabek, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), and the Lenape—some of the Indigenous people of this region. The sixteen works on display address survivance: a term that emphasizes both cultural survival and resistance in the face of hundreds of years of genocide and mass atrocities. Survivance and Sovereignty on Turtle…
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To use the lessons of the Holocaust to educate current and future generations about the ramifications of unbridled prejudice, racism, and stereotyping.
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In addition to student fellowships, survivor discussion groups and docent training, the KHC hosts dozens of events each year to investigate the Holocaust and global violence as historical and present-day realities.
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The KHC has, over the course of 35 years, received artifacts from Queens and Long Island survivors and their families, including survivor oral histories, films and videos, primary sources from World War II, and an extensive library.
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Through exhibits, events, archival resources and survivor speakers, students and the broader community grasp the significance of the past, the dangers that remain, and a sense of themselves as advocates for social change.
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