Stories about "Rwanda"
Refusing to let the killers have the last word, survivors of the genocide in Rwanda share their story with Bates students
Friday, March 29, 2024 5:00 am
Three survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide visited with Bates students this week, sharing how their stories of survival and reconciliation ensure that the killers do not "have the last word.”
$10,000 grant to help Gwendolyn Whidden ’19 create debate program in Rwanda
Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:06 am
Whidden, who spent time at a rural high school in Rwanda in 2017, will return to the school to promote critical thinking and open dialogue.
Rwandan filmmaker Kivu Ruhorahoza to present two works
Friday, February 26, 2016 1:34 pm
Kivu Ruhorahoza, an award-winning Rwandan filmmaker, presents two of his films at Bates College on Feb. 29 and March 2.
What we owe genocide survivors
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:22 am
Alexandre Dauge-Roth, recipient of the 2015 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching, delivers the Kroepsch lecture.
Six questions with Professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth on the 20th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Friday, April 18, 2014 1:17 pm
French Professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth traveled to Italy to take part in events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.
Project for Peace award goes to Tatro, Schriger for humanitarian work in Rwanda
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:56 pm
A Davis Project for Peace award has gone to seniors Simone Schriger and Devin Tatro to support an initiative in Rwanda to support children of incarcerated people.
Rwandan filmmaker to screen latest documentary
Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:31 am
A filmmaker dedicated to producing documentaries about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Gilbert Ndahayo shows his new film at Bates on March 4.
Senior Exhibition 2010: Emma Scott
Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:21 pm
Scott’s photography presents networks of images surrounding each of her subjects, members…
Films, speakers at Bates College examine Rwandan genocide
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:00 am
Through documentary films and the testimony of survivors, two Monday evening events at Bates explore both the experiences of people who survived the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the process of documenting this horrific episode in history. The events will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and 8 p.m. March 1, both in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
A Place We Can Talk
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 7:46 am
In Alex Dauge-Roth's Short Term course, Bates students learn with, not from, orphan survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.