More than 40 genocides have taken place since the Holocaust, resulting in the loss of millions of lives and much harm to peoples and communities worldwide. In this talk, Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira will address why genocide happens, including efforts to predict and prevent this grave crime. The talk will likewise consider why people commit genocide and how communities rebuild in the aftermath. This talk is appropriate for high schoolers and beyond.
Dr. Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira is an associate professor of sociology at Ohio State. She conducts atrocity forecasts for the U.S. government and has interviewed hundreds of people who have committed genocide. Every summer she leads an Ohio State study abroad program focused on genocide in Rwanda, and she has received Ohio State's highest teaching honor (the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching) as well as the highest early-career research awards from the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the American Society of Criminology.
Reception Location: Ohio Union Ohio Staters Traditions Room
Science Sundays is a free lecture series open to the public that provides a wide range of current and emerging topics and issues in science that touch our everyday lives. Speakers are experts in their fields from on campus and around the world with experience in making their topics interesting and accessible for audiences of all ages, with or without a science background.
Each lecture is followed by a free, informal reception from 4-5 p.m. at the Ohio Union.
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