Women, Gender, and Sexuality During the Holocaust: How Historians Know What We Know
Join Carli Synder, Ph.D., as she explores the evolution of research on women, gender, and sexuality during the Holocaust, highlighting key scholars and methods that have shaped the field. The talk traces how scholars have developed historical knowledge about gender roles, sexual violence, gendered dimensions of resistance, and the roles of women as victims, bystanders, rescuers, collaborators, and perpetrators within the Nazi regime. To conclude, the presentation will discuss new directions in Holocaust studies related to these topics.
This webinar is free and open to everyone. Please register to attend using the link below.
This event is hosted by the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University and supported by the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College as part of its 2025-2026 series on "Gender and Genocide." Speakers in this series represent a wide range of scholarly research and views; their perspectives should not be taken as representative of the Cohen Institute or Keene State College as a whole.
This event is part of the Cohen Center calendar.
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