April 29, 2026
Bellwether International Strategic Convening
Hosted by Bellwether International.
A strategic convening of genocide scholars, hosted by Bellwether International with support from the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, explored new approaches to closing the persistent gap between early warning and effective response in genocide prevention. Centered on the SIGMA project, the discussion highlighted a systems-based model that helps stakeholders understand the dynamics of escalation and restraint while testing interventions and exploring pathways to prevent mass atrocity.

April 23, 2026
Who Knows First? Ukraine and the Expertise of Targeted Communities
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues, public discussion has largely focused on military developments, often overlooking how those under attack recognize patterns of violence in real-time. This talk asks a different question: who is recognized as a credible knower in times of mass violence?

April 23, 2026
The Russia–Ukraine War: What’s Happening Now and What Comes Next
What does the Russia-Ukraine war look like right now, how is it changing—and what will the global implications be? In this workshop, Kristina Hook will draw on her long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Ukraine since 2015—and nearly a year on the ground since Russia’s full-scale invasion began—to move beyond the headlines and offer a close-range view of the war as it is lived and fought.

April 21, 2026
Memory, Responsibility, and Action: A Dialogue on Genocide and Atrocity Prevention
Hosted by the Democracy and Dialogues Initiative.
Dodd Impact’s Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies is grounded in the belief that preventing genocide is an achievable goal. There are lessons to be learned and taught in preventing genocide from ever taking place, preventing further atrocities once genocide has begun, and preventing future atrocities once a society has begun to rebuild after genocide.

March 18, 2026
Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust 
Hosted by Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford and Voices of Hope in support from the River Bend Bookshop.
After his mother’s death, Charlie Scheidt uncovered a trove of family documents that revealed hidden stories of survival and loss during the Holocaust. Together with fillmmaker Kat Rohrer, granddaughter of a Nazi officer, he set out to trace this fractured past across borders and generations.

February 12, 2026
Lunch Discussion: The Roots of Extremism
Co-sponsored by the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, the Laboratory for the Study and Prevention of Global Antisemitism, and the Office of Global Affairs.
The goal of this academic session is to analyze the roots and mechanisms of extremist ideologies and to examine how such ideologies gain legitimacy, spread through modern communication channels, and destabilize democratic and social institutions.

January 28, 2026
Exploring the Nuremburg Trials
K-12 educators are invited to join this professional development workshop on teaching Holocaust and genocide studies. This session has a special focus on the Nuremberg Trials and teaching with archival materials.

November 4, 2025
The Nuremburg Trials After 80 Years: Where Does International Criminal Law Stand Today?
Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. At the University of Connecticut, it is co-sponsored by Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium, Humanities Institute, and Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life.
Eighty years after the Nuremberg Trials, Professor Christoph Safferling traces their enduring influence on international criminal law, the evolution of legal accountability for state crimes, and states’ shifting relationship to this defining moment in legal history.

June 9-13, 2025
Scheidt Family Seminar on Genocide Studies and Prevention
A week-long residential seminar at UConn bringing together educators and scholars to advance the study and teaching of genocide prevention. Supported by the Charles E. Scheidt Family Foundation, fellows receive lodging, meals, and a travel stipend. Open to faculty, PhD students, and civil society educators.