Campaigner for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide to speak on "Creating the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial" (Feb. 22)
The Department of History and the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies invite the public to an online lecture by Hasan Nuhanovic, a survivor of the Srebrenica Genocide in Bosnia, on "Creating the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial." The presentation will take place on Tuesday, February 22, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm EST. To register for this program, please click here.
Hasan Nuhanovic spearheaded the creation of the Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Bosnian Genocide. As a survivor and UN translator during the Bosnian Genocide, Hasan envisioned a hallowed space that included a cemetery, or the "sacral part" and a "memorial" or historical and archival parts. He will discuss the difficulties in creatingsuch a site, like determining what to include, what each component should represent, and how to maintain the integrity of the site in a primarily Serbian area.
Co-organized by Appalachian State University's History Department and the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, this program is co-sponsored by ASU's Department of Justice and Government Studies and the Peace and Genocide Education Club.
Like all Center events, this online program is free of charge and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Center at 828.262.2311 or holocaust@appstate.edu.