ATLANTA — Georgia State University Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Institute for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University and TCV Faculty, Dr. Jennie Burnet, spoke on a virtual panel commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda on Monday, June 17th, at 12:00 p.m. Video from the webinar is now available.
The event was co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law, Georgia State University, Atlanta Global Studies Center, University of Florida, Aegis Trust, International Association of Genocide Scholars Inc, International Network of Genocide Scholars, Association of American Law Schools, Law and Society Association, and the Association for Africanist Anthropology. Other speakers included Zachary D. Kaufman, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law; Freddy Mutanguha, CEO, Aegis Trust; Director, Kigali Genocide Memorial and Consolee Nishimwe, Survivor, the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda; motivational speaker; women’s rights advocate; and author. This webinar described and analyzed rescue, resistance, and other forms of upstanderism during the genocide.
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