All Helix Center events are free and open to the public, including this one!
Roundtables are streamed live our website and the recording remains available after the event events.
This is a past event that happened on Saturday, May 2, 2015 2:30-4:30 pm.
What does it mean to be a survivor of the traumatic violence of war and genocide, as victim or perpetrator—or descendant of either? What are the implications for the individual and collective conscience of doing violence to others sanctioned by the state or consecrated—or condemned—by one’s culture or that of other cultures?
Participants:
Adam J. Sacks
Ph.D. Candidate in History, Brown University
Adam J Sacks is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Brown University. He holds a Masters of Arts from Brown University, a Masters of Science (High Honors) from the City College of the City University of New York, and a Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University.... read more! »Ryan Tellalian
Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, The New School for Social Research
Ryan Tellalian is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at The New School for Social Research. He holds an MA in Psychology from the same institution, an M.Div. from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, and a certificate in Armenian Studies from St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. Ryan is a fourth generation Armenian-American, the great-grandson of Genocide... read more! »Gottfried Wagner
Multimedia Director and Publisher
Gottfried Wagner is a musicologist, multimedia director and publisher. He works internationally as a lecturer of music and politics. He completed his PhD in Vienna and is now based close to Milan. His studies are centered on German culture and politics of the 19th and 20th century, in connection with Jewish culture and history. He... read more! »Eva Weil
Psychoanalyst, Researcher at the Sorbonne and University Paris I
Eva Weil is a psychoanalyst and a member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society. She is a researcher at the Sorbonne, University Paris I, and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS )in the program Identities, International Relations & Civilizations of Europe” (IRICE). She is a researcher at University Paris VII in the team “Psychoanalysis &... read more! »Phil Zabriskie
Author and Journalist
Phil Zabriskie is the author of the The Kill Switch, a highly-acclaimed Kindle Single about American soldiers and Marines learning to take life in combat and then dealing with this particular aspect of their experience once they return home. Previously, he spent nearly a decade living and working as a journalist overseas, primarily as a... read more! »