The Genocide Treaty: Its Origin and Present Status

Join Bob Skloot, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Letters and Science, theatre and drama, and Jewish studies.

Professor Skloot’s talk will concentrate on the life and career of Raphael Lemkin (1900-59), a Polish-born lawyer who, after fleeing war-time Europe, became responsible for the creation and adoption of the United Nations’ “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” The talk will reference the politics of that time in the United States and look at the text of the Convention itself. It will conclude with some discussion of the Treaty in connection with current events. If time permits, Skloot will read some passages from his play If the Whole Body Dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty Against Genocide which as been presented around the world.

The Genocide Treaty will be presented in the Waupaca Area Library lower level meeting rooms with light refreshments. This program is provided by BadgerTalks and is free with no registration required.

Professor Skloot is an expert on the theater and the Holocaust and the arts and genocide; teacher; theater director and playwright. https://experts.news.wisc.edu/experts/robert-skloot