seated next to him is our faculty director and assistant director of european history, paul steege, who is focused on history of everyday life. he has done scholarship on germany, berlin, and we will begin the evening by learning more about our scholars and where they come from on the topic and from there, we will dive into the conversation. for now, i will go back to jennifer. allow me to welcome you to the lepage center. the easiest way to get into the conversation is for you to tell us a little about the center you direct and a little about your research in your area of study. >> hi, everybody. i am the executive director for the study of holocaust studies and human rights. it is a bit of a mouthful. we are in glassboro, new jersey. we look at, certainly, the holocaust, also other genocides. one question we are asked most often is so what. what can we do about it now, so we made this decision this semester to switch our emphasis and push into human rights to answer the so what question that so many students have. my own research focuses on holocaust memory, what do the generations of