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A Monash initiative aims is to empower educators, students and the community to engage in meaningful and constructive conversations about the most pressing issues of our time.

With Holocaust survivors dwindling around the world, next month’s  conference, Aftermath, explores the ‘precariousness’ of Holocaust memory.

The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, in partnership with the Jewish Holocaust Centre, is hosting the Jan Randa Aftermath Series: The Precariousness of Holocaust Memory.

Australia’s social cohesion has withstood the COVID-19 pandemic, with attitudes largely positive and trust in government significantly higher, according to the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s 2020 Mapping Social Cohesion Report.

Monash Arts’ Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation has launched a new research project designed to capture the many different ways that Melbourne Jews adapted to life under quarantine.

The Director of the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Professor Rebecca Margolis, has been invited to join the State Government's Holocaust Education Expert Working Group. The Group was formed as an outcome of a 2019 Department of Education

Monash University is pleased to announce the appointment of Monash alumna and former director and CEO of the Jewish Museum of Australia, Rebecca Forgasz, as Associate Professor (Practice) in Community Engagement and Intercultural Communication at

What did the lives of Polish Jewish youth look like on the eve of the Holocaust? Drawing upon a treasure trove of letters, diaries, and autobiographies written by Polish Jewish youth in the 1930s, this lecture explores their dynamic and turbulent

With his recent passing, Claude Lanzmann, described as the ‘epic chronicler of the Holocaust’, has bequeathed to us a body of work that continues to inspire intense response, thought and debate. In this public event, our