The historical record is marked by events, people, and communities that remain just out of the frame. They are there, clearly visible, but no one pays attention to them. And we should.

The Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (Graduate Center—City University of New York), in cooperation with Marion Kaplan, Professor Emerita of Hebrew and Judaic Studies (NYU) and Raz Segal, Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide (Stockton University), offers a year-long virtual series, Out of the Frame, to center topics long overlooked. Please join us for the last of the series:

Wednesday 17 April 2024. 12:00-1:00 PM (EDT) Virtual
“Out of the Frame: Crises in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo”

The ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan have witnessed mass killings of civilians, internal displacement, and the destruction of infrastructure. Yet the humanitarian crises in two of Africa’s largest countries remain outside the international spotlight.

This roundtable discussion features human rights activist/scholars Fred Bauma and Nisrin Elamin. Executive Secretary of Ebuteli, a Kinshasa-based research institute, Mr Bauma is a member of Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA), a key pro-democracy movement in the DRC; he is a leading exponent of non-violent politics in Africa today. Prof Elamin (University of Toronto) investigates the connections between land, race, belonging and empire-making in Sudan and the broader Sahel region. She uses land and struggles over land as a lens through which to examine state surveillance of Sahelian migration. Chair: Prof Zachariah Mampilly, Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College.