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The Â鶹³ÉÈ˾«Æ· for Holocaust and Genocide Studies invites educators to participate in a one-day workshop on trauma and memory in the aftermath of the 1990s Bosnian Genocide. With presentations by Bosnian Genocide survivor and author Jasmina Dervisevic-Cesic and SSU professors, the workshop will offer an historical overview of the Yugoslav Wars and their aftermath with a focus on Bosnia. Educators will learn about various narratives of memory that have been created in the wake of mass violence and genocide at important historical sites such as Srebrenica. Separate sessions will integrate the topic inside the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, explore survivor testimonies, visual culture about memory and trauma and other essential primary sources, and identify best practices for teaching these complex and sensitive issues in the classroom.

School districts wishing to send teams of teachers as well as individual teachers wishing to reserve a spot for the workshop should contact us at chgs@salemstate.edu.

Before she turned 20, Jasmina Dervisevic-Cesic lost her home, husband, two beloved brothers, uncle, grandmother, numerous friends, and her right arm. She was the first Bosnian refugee to the United States after escaping genocide in her country. Now, 31 years later, Jasmina has forged a new life in Boston as an author, wife, mother, businesswoman, and human rights advocate. Her memoir, The River Runs Salt, Runs Sweet, is a story of her life in Bosnia before and during the war that tore apart former Yugoslavia. (Complimentary copies of her memoir will be distributed to workshop participants.)