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PEACE MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE:
GIVING PEACE A CHANCE
a lecture and discussion
with Joyce Apsel, New York University
on her new book
Thursday, October 27
2 pm to 4 pm
at
The School for Conflict Analysis and
Resolution,
Metropolitan Building
Room 5183
Sponsored by
the Center for Peacemaking Practice
Genocide Prevention Program
& the Program on History, Memory, and Conflict
at
The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University
At a time when global violence continues, talking about peace and peace museums is more
important than ever. Joyce Apsel, a professor in the Liberal Studies Program at New York
University, will discuss her new book Introducing Peace Museums. Her illustrated
talk discusses the art, music and other artifacts in peace museums from Guernica, Spain
and Kyoto, Japan to Dayton, Ohio. These museums trace the history of protest and
movements for social justice and include diaries of conscientious objectors to posters and
signs used in a range of disarmament, anti-war and other protests. From the original
designs for the international peace symbol to quilts sewn by Mothers of Peace from the
UK and Soviet Union exchanged during the Cold War, this talk traces little known cultures
of peace in museums and sites world-wide.
Professor Apsel is a professor of Liberal Studies at NYU, President of the Institute for Study of Genocide,
and Director of RightsWorks International. Her books include: Introducing Peace Museums; Genocide
Matters; Museums for Peace: Transforming Cultures; Museums for Peace: Past, Present and Future;
Teaching about Human Rights; and Teaching about Genocide