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I would like to invite you to the following lecture.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Panagiotis Roilos<font color="000000" size="2"><br>
George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature<br>
<font color="000000">Harvard University</font><br>
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<h1 rel="nofollow"><i><font size="4">Weatherhead Center for International Affairs</font></i></h1>
<p><i><b><font size="4">Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives</font></b></i><br>
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<div><span><span>November 21<br>
2:00pm</span> to <span>4:00pm</span></span></div>
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<h2>Location: </h2>
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<div>CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Room K354 <br>
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<h2>"The Case for the Establishment of Truth Commissions in Europe"</h2>
<h3>Speaker:</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas Weber,</strong><em> Professor of History and International Affairs and Director, Centre for Global Security and Governance, University of Aberdeen; Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University.</em></p>
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<i><b>This talk makes the case for the establishment of Truth Commissions in Europe to deal with the darkest chapters of the continent’s living past. In the case of Holocaust-era crimes,
<span>Weber</span> argues that Truth Commissions would serve the cause of Holocaust education and the historical record far better than court cases where aging death camp guards brought in on stretchers stand a too-high chance of acquittal. Even though dealing
with WWII-era crimes is most pressing due to the very advanced age of its perpetrators, victims, and bystander, the talk argues that it is high time Europe and the states of the Mediterranean Basin consider how they can learn from the example of truth commissions
in the rest of the world for how best to deal with all the dark chapters of the region’s recent past.</b></i><br>
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Contact: Professor Roilos at: <a href="mailto:roilos@fas.harvard.edu" target="_blank">
roilos@fas.harvard.edu</a></div>
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