The roundtable explores what it means to be a survivor of traumatic violence in war and genocide, whether as victim, perpetrator, or descendant. It examines implications for individual and collective conscience regarding state-sanctioned or culturally-consecrated violence.
Speakers
Adam J. Sacks
Ph.D. Candidate in History, Brown University
Holds MA from Brown, MS (High Honors) from CUNY City College, BA (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Cornell University.
Ryan Tellalian
Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, The New School for Social Research
MA in Psychology from The New School, M.Div. from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Certificate in Armenian Studies from St. Nersess Armenian Seminary; fourth-generation...
Gottfried Wagner
Multimedia Director and Publisher
Musicologist and international lecturer on music and politics; PhD from Vienna; focuses on German culture/politics (19th-20th century) and Jewish history.
Eva Weil
Psychoanalyst, Researcher at the Sorbonne and University Paris I
Member of Paris Psychoanalytical Society; researcher at Sorbonne, University Paris I, CNRS, and University Paris VII.
Phil Zabriskie
Author and Journalist
Author of "The Kill Switch" (Kindle Single) about soldiers/Marines and combat trauma; formerly worked overseas as journalist.
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