On-site: Voices of Genocide Exhibition Preview & Teaching About the Psychology of Perpetrator Behavior
For Educators in Grades 7-12
Join us for an evening open house to preview our new exhibition, Voices of Genocide, a first-of-its-kind exhibition anchored in survivor testimony that details the “how” and “why” genocide happens, explores the common conditions that can lead to genocide, and provides the tools to work toward intervention and prevention.
Afterwards, the workshop will address teaching about the psychology of perpetrator behavior during genocide. While the most common teaching approaches to genocide focus on victims, survivors, resisters, rescuers, and bystanders, this workshop is grounded in the recognition that there is no such thing as a “perpetrator-less” genocide. For genocide to be successful, from the perpetrators’ perspective, thousands of men and women must be willing to do the hard work of killing on the frontlines of the mass violence. Who are these people and how do they come to do this evil? How do we teach about rank-and-file perpetrators? How can understanding the psychology of their behavior lead to prevention? This interactive workshop, led by Dr. James Waller, Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice at the University of Connecticut and author of Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing, will address these questions and offer concrete pedagogical strategies for 7th-12th grade educators.
Workshop Includes:
- Classroom Resources
- Preview of New Exhibition
- Dinner & Cocktail Reception
- 3 Clock Hours/CPDUs