The psychology of genocide and terrorism will be examined in a public conference on Friday, April 11.
The event, titled "Genocide and Terrorism: Probing the Mind of the Perpetrator," will take place 9 a.m.-6:15 p.m. in Rm. 208 of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.
Dori Laub, professor of psychiatry, is the coordinator of the conference, which is organized by the Genocide Studies Program of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies.
The keynote speaker will be Matthias Kuntzel, a political scientist from Germany, who will present a talk on "Islamic Terrorism and Anti-Semitism: The Mission Against Modernity," at 9 a.m.
Nazism will be the subject of the first panel, 10 a.m.-noon. The speakers (all from Yale) and their topics are: Bernhard Giesen, visiting professor of sociology, "The Trauma of the Perpetrator"; Ernst Prelinger, professor of psychology, "Thoughts on Hate and Emptiness"; and Aleida Assmann, visiting professor of Germanic languages and literatures, "The Discrepancy Between Official and Social Memory in Germany After World War II." A discussion between the panelists and audience members will follow at noon.
"Islamic Jihad -- A Case of Global, Non-state Terrorism?" is the focus of the second panel, 2-3:30 p.m. Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan, will speak on Muhammad Atta, the alleged leader of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the psychology of religious terrorism. Raphael Israeli, professor of history at Wesleyan University, will discuss "Islamikaze and Its Ramifications."
The final panel, 3:30-5:30 p.m., will address the changes wrought in individuals and societies by large-scale violence. The speakers are Martha Bragin, a psychoanalyst affiliated with the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research; Charles Mironko, and anthropologist and visiting fellow at the Watson Institute; and Arjun Appadurai, the William K. Lanman Professor of International Studies and Anthropology at Yale.
Following the final session, there will be an open discussion with the panelists, a reception and a dinner.
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