Fwd: Lecture on Russian Memorial Society

[Andrew Grigorenko]

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From: Catherine Fitzpatrick

Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Subject: Tomorrow! Lecture on Russian Memorial Society
Cc: Robe...@exchange.law.nyu.edu

Dear Friends and Colleagues,   I would be delighted for you to attend this event next Tuesday to hear our Russian colleague Elena Zhemkova, executive director of Memorial Society.  If you plan to come, please RSVP to Nick Robertson, cc'ed above.   Many thanks, Mary Holland       Remembering Russia's Past Mass Crimes and Addressing the Human Rights Challenges of the Present:  The Work of Russia's Memorial Society     Elena Zhemkova, Executive Director, Memorial Society of Russia     Tuesday, June 16 6:00 - 8:00 Light refreshments; Lecture to start at 6:30   NYU Law School Furman Hall 245 Sullivan St. (South of Washington Square Park) New York, NY 10012     Elena Borisovna Zhemkova, executive director of Russia's Memorial Society is among the top Russian NGO leaders today. Since the 1980s, she has worked to build the organization's membership and profile as one of largest and best-known civic organizations in Russia, designing and managing programs on historical research, school education, human rights, reparations, and cross-border dialogue. Memorial is a movement which arose in the years of perestroika, attempting to uncover and preserve the memory of society of the severe political persecution of the Soviet era and prevent its recurrence in the present. Today, the organization has chapters throughout Russia and affiliations with similar organizations in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Georgia. Memorial works on a range of human rights issues, specialized research, and public education. It also maintains a museum, documents repository, and libraries. Recently, Elena has been deeply involved in responding to challenges to her organization and civil society in general from the new, more restrictive NGO law and a new governmental history commission, see http://windowoneurasia.blogspot.com/2009/05/window-on-eurasia-medvedev-historical.html.     Mary S. Holland Director, Graduate Legal Skills Program NYU Law School 245 Sullivan St. New York, NY  10012 (212) 998-6212 mary.h...@nyu.edu