Ecocide: Environmental Destruction from the Holocaust to Today
At this webinar, Dr. Ellen Kennedy will examine the weaponization of environmental destruction during the Holocaust and in Syria, Ukraine, and Nagorno-Karabakh and steps for justice. Ecocide is the mass damage and destruction of nature: severe, widespread, or long-term environmental devastation caused by unlawful or wanton acts. It is a ‘force multiplier’ of violence and often a precursor of genocide and mass atrocities. Ecocide is criminalized in countries and regions around the world, penalizing individuals and organizations that cause it and establishing procedures to prevent it.
This event is free and open to the everyone but registration is required. Please note that, due to the use of copyrighted materials, we are not able to record this talk. This will be a fully synchronous offering.
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Speaker Biography: Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., Executive Director of World Without Genocide, has received many awards for her work, including the Director’s Community Leadership Award from the FBI, Distinguished Alumni Award from Northern Michigan University, Woman of Valor Award from Forward Global Women, among many others, and she is designated as a Prominent Minnesotan for her human rights work. Kennedy has a BA degree from the University of Michigan, three masters’ degrees, and two doctorate degrees from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Kennedy is the representative of World Without Genocide to the UN Department of Global Communications. World Without Genocide has Special Consultative Status to the United Nations.
This event is part of the 2026-2027 series on "Genocide and the Environment" being offered by the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College. Speakers in this series represent a wide range of scholarly research and views; our guests' perspectives should not be taken as representative of the Cohen Institute or Keene State College as a whole. The lecture is made possible through donor funding. If you would like to make a gift to support this lecture or other Institute offerings, please visit ourwebsite.
This event is part of the Cohen Institute calendar.
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