This lecture took place on March 10, 2021 and was part of the 2020-21 Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and National Endowment for the Humanities Colloquium entitled, “Internment & Resistance: Confronting Mass Detention and Dehumanization. ” This colloquium is aligned with KHC’s original exhibition, “The Concentration Camps: Inside the Nazi System of Incarceration and Genocide” - http://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/camps/
This event features two faculty members from Queensborough Community College’s English Department in conversation about the internment of Japanese-Americans in the United States during WWII. John Yi, Lecturer, discusses QCC’s 2020-21 Common Read text, George Takei’s graphic novel, “They Called Us Enemy,” while Dr. Aliza Atik, Associate Professor, reviews Mine Okubo’s “Prisoner 13660.” Co-sponsored by Queensborough Community College’s Art & Design Department and the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL). For more information about the KHC at Queensborough Community College, please visit http://khc.qcc.cuny.edu