Photo: Service Academy cadets and midshipmen of the Joint Service Academies Mass Atrocity Prevention Symposium tour look at pre-Holocaust photos from Eyshishok, present-day Lithuania. USHMM, courtesy of the Shtetl Foundation
The symposium inspires service academy cadets and midshipmen to draw upon lessons of the past to develop innovative means of preventing mass atrocities in the future. As future military officers representing a nation that continues to place the highest value on human rights, service academy students must be aware of and engaged in the causes, contexts, and consequences of mass atrocity perpetration and prevention. Selected students to serve on the panel will share their original research on issues related to mass atrocity.
Program Eligibility
The symposium is free and available to students currently enrolled in the United States Military Service Academies. Registration is required.
*Note: Registering on this website secures your participation in the symposium but does not serve as clearance with your institution. Please make sure to clear travel and participation through your appropriate institution.
Panel Participation: A Call for Papers
We invite all service academy students working on genocide or mass atrocity issues to submit a 250- to 300-word proposal that includes a clear thesis statement and outlines what the full-length paper will/does cover.
Previous topics have included:
- Early warning efforts
- The Holocaust and other historical genocides and mass atrocities
- Contemporary mass atrocities
- Responsibility to protect and atrocity prevention
- Justice, reconciliation, memory, and/or rebuilding
- The roles of the military in mass atrocity
To be considered for panel participation, you must complete the application and submit your proposal by March 3, 2025.
Your proposal will be evaluated in an anonymous review process. If your proposal is selected, you will be notified by March 11, 2025, with next steps and further information. (Final paper must be submitted by April 10, 2025.)
Panelist Application and Proposal Deadline: March 3, 2025
Questions
For more information, please contact Yael Friedman at yfriedman@ushmm.org.