Eminent Scholar of Genocide to Speak at Holy Cross

Saturday, September 20, 2014

GoLocalWorcester News Team

James Waller - Cohen Endowed Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College – will give a talk on genocide awareness on Monday September 22 at 7 pm in the Seelos Theater at the College of the Holy Cross.

At the talk, Waller will discuss public policy, advocacy on genocide, and mass killing prevention. This lecture is free and open to the public.

Prior to his appointment at Keene, Waller was the director of academic programs with Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. He was recently selected to a position on the Advisory Board for the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and named a Centennial Senior Ethics Fellow by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

A former professor of social psychology, Waller grew interested in Holocaust and genocide studies to try to understand the perpetrator behavior. He is the author of “Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing” (Oxford University Press, 2002).

His lecture at Holy Cross is co-sponsored by the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, the Garrity Professorship, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. To learn more about this event and find lectures online, visit http://www.holycross.edu/mcfarlandcenter.