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Claudia Koonz

Peabody Family Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
History
Dept of History, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
226 Classroom Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Genocide and the Moral Order in a Globalized World, · November 9, 2010 Lecture Annual Abel Lecture on Dictatorship, Democracy and Genocide., University of Central Michigan
Kopftuch and Leitkultur: Ethnic Panic in the Federal Republic after 9/11/01. · October 7, 2010 Lecture German Studies Association, Oakland, CA
What can Representations of the hijab in Mass-Market Print and Visual Culture tell us about Germanness? · November 19, 2009 Lecture UNC
Nazi Ethics and Ideology · October 9, 2009 Lecture Crystal City, Arlington, VA
The Muslim Headscarf in Europe: Veiled Threat or Religious Freedom? · March 11, 2009 Lecture University of Maryland Baltimore County
The Muslim Headscarf: Veiled Threat or Religious Freedom? · November 26, 2008 Lecture Venice International University
What if anything Can Women's History & the History of Sexuality tell us about Genocide? · June 13, 2008 Lecture Berkshire Conference, University of Minnesota
Making Racism Respectable in the Third Reich · April 17, 2008 Lecture Bloomsburg University
The Right to Cover: The Muslim Headscarf Wars in Britain, France and Germany. · April 16, 2008 Lecture Bloomsburg University
Making Racism Respectable · March 27, 2008 Lecture Florida Atlantic University, Baton Rouge
How Racism Became Respectable · March 4, 2008 Lecture Uppsala University, Sweden
European Law and Muslim Customs · March 3, 2008 Lecture Oslo, Senter for studier av Holocaust og livssynsminoriteter
Making Racism Respectable · February 26, 2008 Lecture UC Santa Barbara
Covering the Muslim Headscarf in European Law · January 16, 2008 Lecture Law School University of Winnepeg, Manitoba

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


DukeEngage Program Leader - Addressing human rights and the global refugee crisis · May 2017 - July 2017 Service Learning flag Serbia
Instructor - DukeEngage in Serbia · 2014 Service Learning SIT Study Abroad, Belgrade, Serbia flag Serbia Students address issues related to human rights, post-conflict transformation and democratization processes, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable groups, including homeless people, refugees, and asylum seekers. The program's service themes include community development/outreach, human rights/civil liberties, and immigration/refugees.
Unknown - developed Duke Engage Internships for 2011 in Western China and Sarajevo, Bosnia · July 1, 2010 Other Service to the Community ; Working closely with Duke Engage and staff members at NGOs in Zhongdian Yunan and Sarajevo Bosnia, I developed independent DE internships for the summer of 2011.