The conference on November 3 & 4, 2005 is the centerpiece of a year long reflection on the Legacies of the Nuremberg Trials. Additional events, including guest lectures, films, discussion groups, a library display and a dance performance will be presented throughout the fall.

• A series of lunchtime discussions led by faculty from the Law School, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Yale University. Topics will range from the history of the Nuremberg trials and post-war reconstruction to modern human rights challenges. For dates and speakers, please click here



• A series of film screenings and discussions documenting and narrating the events that lead up to mass violence; the experience of perpetrators, victims, and survivors; and the personal, communal, and international aftermath. For more information, please click here



• An exhibit will be presented in the Harvard Law School Librarys Casperson Room from October 17, 2005 through January 17, 2005. The Exhibit will display some of the most captivating documents and photos from the Librarys collection of approximately one million pages of documents relating to the Nuremberg Trials. For more information on the display, please click here.



• The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange will present the premiere of a piece, commissioned by Harvard Law School and Facing History and Ourselves. The piece will focus on Pursuing Human Dignity and other conference themes. The performance will take place on Friday, November 4, 2005. For more information please click here