Bearing Witness to the 1937 Haitian Massacre

Edward Paulino

February 16, 2016

Bearing Witness to the 1937 Haitian Massacre

Event Description

Professor Edward Paulino will examine the 1937 Haitian Massacre and how Dominicans both inside and outside of the Dominican Republic remember and respond to the memory of this 20th century genocide in the Americas.

Speaker

Edward Paulino is an assistant professor in the Department of Global History at John Jay College/CUNY where he teaches a course on the history of genocide. His forthcoming book traces the origin and relationship of the Dominican state with Haiti.

Cosponsors

Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the International Human Rights Law Clinic.