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Apply for our 2024-25 scholarship!

Check out our scholarship page for more information.

Deadline: May 3rd, 2024

2024 Office Hours

Monday-Friday: 8:30-4:30 pm

Email: wolpow.institute@wwu.edu

Welcome to The Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (RWI) at Western Washington University!

The RWI is a member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO) and the National Higher Education Leadership Consortium of Directors of Centers in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies.

Upcoming RWI-sponsored Events

Performance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence

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April 2, 2024 11:00 am EDT

Virtual lecture co-organized by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the QCC-CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium, and is co-sponsored by the Ray Wolpow Institute.

Genetic Discrimination: Exploring the Echoes between Nazi and American Eugenic Histories

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April 10, 2024 12:00pm EST

Virtual lecture co-organized by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center and the QCC-CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium, and is co-sponsored by the Ray Wolpow Institute.

MAKING SENSE OF THE ROLE OF RELIGION In Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Making sense of the role of religion in Russia's invasion of Ukraine poster
April 19, 2024 4:00pm PST

This lecture is the 15th Annual Distinguished
Speaker of the Department of Global Humanities
and Religions.

Co-sponsored by the Ray Wolpow Institute, the Institute
for Global Engagement, College of Humanities and
Social Sciences, Fairhaven College, History Department,
Political Science Department, Ray Wolpow Institute, and
The Foundation for WWU & Alumni

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Hidden Silence lecture, with powerpoint on screen and audience