International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD) is a globally recognized day of commemoration established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005. Observed annually on January 27th, it serves as a poignant reminder of the Holocaust's victims while aiming to foster education and awareness regarding its historical significance and enduring lessons.
Since 2019, Stichting CHAJ, in collaboration with the municipality of The Hague and the Embassy of Israel in The Netherlands, has been organizing a lecture at the Peace Palace Academy Building. This lecture aims to delve into the profound impact of the Holocaust on international law, providing a meaningful platform for commemoration.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day The Hague will take place on Monday January 27th 2025.
Painful beginnings
The reconstruction of Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe after the Holocaust
András Kovács D.Sc., sociologist, professor emeritus at the Nationalism Studies Program, and former academic director of the Jewish Studies Program at Central European University.
Professor Kovács studied philosophy, history, and sociology, and completed his PhD in sociology at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. In 2006 he became a Doctor of Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 2013 he received the Széchenyi Prize, a Hungarian state distinction acknowledging outstanding scholarly achievement. He held teaching and research positions at New York University, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, among others. He served as Ustinov-Professor of the City of Vienna at the University of Vienna, and as Humboldt fellow at the Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung at TU Berlin.
His research interests include prejudice, antisemitism, sociology of post-Holocaust Jewry, and far right movements in Europe.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day The Hague 2024
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