Educator Sarah Federman
Sample of Invited Talks
Atonement for the Holocaust: French National Railways
-The Ralph Bunche Library Speaker Series U.S. Department of State, worldwide U.S. Embassy broadcast.
Engaging Corporations in Transitional Justice: From the Holocaust to US Slavery
-Law & Society Annual Conference
Victims, Heroes, and Perpetrators: in Post-Conflict Contexts
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
-Harvard University
A Genealogical Approach to Conflict Resolution
-Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Conflict Narratives
-Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State
Universities and Slavery: A Reparations Proposal
-Universities Studying Slavery
Teaching
In the classroom, I take inspiration from the Coalition of Essential Schools whose principles include learning to use one’s mind well, less is more, demonstration of mastery, democracy, and equity and trust. Students engage with ideas through student-created simulations, discussions, role plays, independent research, participant observation, and even a flipped classroom. These formats create room for students’ own questions and interests. I especially enjoy role plays because they create space for diverse perspectives.
Educational Videos
La SNCF: un passé non résolu aux Etats-Unis
Aller Simple: Corporate Accountability for Mass Atrocity- A study of the French National Railroads
How to Sustain Your Work in Peacebuilding: Never Too Little, Never Too Late:
Corporate Accountability for Genocide
Stuck in Your Writing? Try this!
10 Ways Not to Finish Your Dissertation This Year
Planning and Completing Your Dissertation This Year
Family Businesses: Changing Stories, Resolving Conflict
Productive Political Conversations: Using Double Listening
4 Survival Tips for Folks Studying Massive Human Rights Violations
Narrative Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Classes Taught
Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State
Complex Narratives
Exxon in Indonesia (case study)
College of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore
Negotiation: Theory and Practice,
Approaches to Conflict
Cultural and Ethnic Conflict
Paris Institute of Political Studies (SciencesPo) (France)
Approaches to Conflict in a Globalized World
Conflict Resolution Tools
Grinnell College
The Role of Market Actors in Mass Atrocity (April 2017)
University of Malta
Facilitation/Reflective Practice
Latest Blogs
4 Survival Tips for Folks Writing About or Researching Mass Atrocity or Human Rights Violations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOPT-CzKOeA
The Dark Side of Forgiveness
There's a lot of talk about forgiveness these days. The health benefits alone, they say, are astounding. I don't disagree. Hanging on to resentment and blame for years can do a number on our lives and our bodies. Hatred long held can be like a cancer literal or...
North Korea versus North Koreans
In the spirit of The Language of Conflict, this blog demonstrates in the context of North Korea that how we talk about groups matters. How we frame groups even justifies and legitimize violence even before it has occurred. When you read The New York Times or...
Indonesian “Coup” or “Genocide”?
Back in April, I popped into Grinnell College for a few weeks to teach a course on the role of market actors in mass atrocity and to give a campus-wide presentation on the French National Railways (SNCF) as a case study. The school organized a lovely talk, filling...
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