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Welcome to the 2025 series of podcasts recorded by students in the international course on ‘Cultures of Hate and Oppression: Connecting the Conversations between Antisemitism, the Holocaust, Colonialism and Gender’. Coordinated by Dr Adam Levin and Professor Merle Williams for the 2024/25 academic session. ‘Cultures of Hate and Oppression’ is a collaborative course which brings together colleagues and students from four highly regarded universities: our institution, the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Central European University in Vienna, as well as Birkbeck and the School of Oriental and African Studies (both affiliated to London University). Our collaboration has been greatly enriched by our partnership with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. This partnership has been integral to developing the timely, thoughtful and creative work produced by our students in the podcasts. ‘Cultures of Hate’ is a challenging and pathbreaking course because it brings together 4 topics that are often treated separately in academic discourse or even approached as somehow incompatible with one another: antisemitism, the Holocaust, colonialism and gender. Our aim is to trace and elucidate the overt or sometimes hidden connections between these phenomena. In this way, we explore the darkly intertwined legacies of prejudice, discrimination, racism and oppression that have shaped our contemporary world. For the ‘Cultures of Hate’ course assignment, students are invited to develop a podcast concentrating on one of the 4 major thematic areas treated in the course. They are allocated to cross-institutional groups consisting of 4–7 members each. These groups work under the guidance of a mentor to frame a clearly defined topic and to decide on a suitable approach, as well as assigning roles to individuals, writing a script and applying the necessary technical skills. This year, podcasts were recorded on aspects of antisemitism, the Holocaust, colonialism and gender. Here, we showcase the best three podcasts that were produced.

Welcome to the 2025 series of podcasts recorded by students in the international course on ‘Cultures of Hate and Oppression: Connecting the Conversations between Antisemitism, the Holocaust, Colonialism and Gender’. Coordinated by Dr Adam Levin and Professor Merle Williams for the 2024/25 academic session. ‘Cultures of Hate and Oppression’ is a collaborative course which brings together colleagues and students from four highly regarded universities: our institution, the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Central European University in Vienna, as well as Birkbeck and the School of Oriental and African Studies (both affiliated to London University). Our collaboration has been greatly enriched by our partnership with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. This partnership has been integral to developing the timely, thoughtful and creative work produced by our students in the podcasts. ‘Cultures of Hate’ is a challenging and pathbreaking course because it brings together 4 topics that are often treated separately in academic discourse or even approached as somehow incompatible with one another: antisemitism, the Holocaust, colonialism and gender. Our aim is to trace and elucidate the overt or sometimes hidden connections between these phenomena. In this way, we explore the darkly intertwined legacies of prejudice, discrimination, racism and oppression that have shaped our contemporary world. For the ‘Cultures of Hate’ course assignment, students are invited to develop a podcast concentrating on one of the 4 major thematic areas treated in the course. They are allocated to cross-institutional groups consisting of 4–7 members each. These groups work under the guidance of a mentor to frame a clearly defined topic and to decide on a suitable approach, as well as assigning roles to individuals, writing a script and applying the necessary technical skills. This year, podcasts were recorded on aspects of antisemitism, the Holocaust, colonialism and gender. Here, we showcase the best three podcasts that were produced.

Welcome to the 2025 series of podcasts recorded by students in the international course on ‘Cultures of Hate and Oppression: Connecting the Conversations between Antisemitism, the Holocaust, Colonialism and Gender’. Coordinated by Dr Adam Levin and Professor Merle Williams for the 2024/25 academic session. ‘Cultures of Hate and Oppression’ is a collaborative course which brings together colleagues and students from four highly regarded universities: our institution, the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Central European University in Vienna, as well as Birkbeck and the School of Oriental and African Studies (both affiliated to London University). Our collaboration has been greatly enriched by our partnership with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre. This partnership has been integral to developing the timely, thoughtful and creative work produced by our students in the podcasts. ‘Cultures of Hate’ is a challenging and pathbreaking course because it brings together 4 topics that are often treated separately in academic discourse or even approached as somehow incompatible with one another: antisemitism, the Holocaust, colonialism and gender. Our aim is to trace and elucidate the overt or sometimes hidden connections between these phenomena. In this way, we explore the darkly intertwined legacies of prejudice, discrimination, racism and oppression that have shaped our contemporary world. For the ‘Cultures of Hate’ course assignment, students are invited to develop a podcast concentrating on one of the 4 major thematic areas treated in the course. They are allocated to cross-institutional groups consisting of 4–7 members each. These groups work under the guidance of a mentor to frame a clearly defined topic and to decide on a suitable approach, as well as assigning roles to individuals, writing a script and applying the necessary technical skills. This year, podcasts were recorded on aspects of antisemitism, the Holocaust, colonialism and gender. Here, we showcase the best three podcasts that were produced.

Thank you for tuning in to this week’s podcast. In this episode, Mdu talks to Dr Hikmet Karcic, who is the senior researcher at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The conversation centers on the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia, and briefly mentions the temporary exhibition hosted by the JHGC that looks at the 1990s as a decade of change - looking at South Africa’s end of apartheid in 1994; the genocide in Rwanda against Tutsi in 1994; and the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia between 1992-1995. Date of recording: 12 September 2024 Guest: Dr Hikmet Karcic - X : @hikmet_karcic Interviewer : Mdu Ntuli - [email protected]

What are International Crimes? Who commits them? And who punishes those perpetrators? Mdu unpacks these questions in today’s episode on International Criminal Law, with special guest, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre’s education & Research specialist, Dr Mispa Roux, who specializes in International Criminal Law. Date of recording: 2 December 2024 Interviewer: Mdu Ntuli - [email protected] www.jhbholocaust.co.za Guest: Dr Mispa Roux - www.jhbholocaust.co.za

Listen to part 2 of this conversation between Mdu Ntuli and Dr. Mispa Roux as they unpack International Criminal Law. Date of recording: 2 December 2024 Interviewer: Mdu Ntuli - [email protected] www.jhbholocaust.co.za Guest: Dr Mispa Roux - www.jhbholocaust.co.za

Hello everyone and welcome back to this part three of my conversation with Prof Alexander Hinton about the Cambodian genocide. Just to remind you, (between 1975 and 1979), the Cambodian Genocide saw between 1.5 and 3 million people killed at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, a communist political group. The Khmer Rouge had taken power in the country following the Cambodian Civil War. During their brutal four-year rule, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of nearly a quarter of Cambodians. Professor Alexander Hinton has written extensively on the Cambodian genocide and, in 2016, was an expert witness at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Date of recording : 12 December 2023 Guest : Prof Alexander Hinton : global.rutgers.edu/cghr Interviewer: Mdu Ntuli: [email protected]

Hello everyone and welcome back to this part two of my conversation with Prof Alexander Hinton about the Cambodian genocide. Just to remind you, (between 1975 and 1979), the Cambodian Genocide saw between 1.5 and 3 million people killed at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, a communist political group. The Khmer Rouge had taken power in the country following the Cambodian Civil War. During their brutal four-year rule, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of nearly a quarter of Cambodians. Professor Alexander Hinton has written extensively on the Cambodian genocide and, in 2016, was an expert witness at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Date of recording : 12 December 2023 Guest : Prof Alexander Hinton : global.rutgers.edu/cghr Interviewer: Mdu Ntuli: [email protected]

We hope that you will find this episode uplifting and encouraging! Dr Tracey Farber, a Clinical Psychologist, talks to us about the quality of Resilience. Many of us are experiencing high levels of fear, stress, anxiety and trauma brought about by various challenging situations, globally and in our personal lives. Tracey also talks about the book she co-authored "Catastrophic Grief, Trauma and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors", launched at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in 2023. Date of recording: 18 July 2024 Guest: Dr Tracey Farber Interviewer: Mdu Ntuli: [email protected] www.jhbholocaust.co.za

Hello everyone and welcome to this latest episode of Standing Up to the Assault on Democracy, moderated by our 4 experts. Just to remind you, this is a special series part of the Johannesburg Holocaust and genocide Centre's podcast series. In this episode of Standing Up to the Assault on Democracy our 4 experts talk to JoJo Mehta, the formidable Eco activist and cofounder of “Stop Ecocide International”. Date of recording : 25 June 2024 Moderated by Tali Nates; Andrea Peto; Bjorn Krondoffer; Steven Carr Guest : Jojo Mehta : www.stopecocide.earth. For any question or more resources, please contact [email protected]. or visit our website: www.jhbholocaust.co.za