The Center's 2016 International conference began Monday, September 12, with welcome remarks from Stephen Smith, and conference organizers Wolf Gruner (USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research) and Victoria Sanford (Lehman College, CUNY). After welcome remarks, Fredy Peccerelli from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) presented on “Guatemala: New Testimonies and the Guatemalan Genocide.”

Chair/Moderadora: Bonnie Taub, Latin American Studies, UCLA

Chair/Moderadora: Norma Chinchilla, Sociology, CSU Long Beach

Keynote/Presentación: Rosalina Tuyuc, CONAVIGUA (Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala / National Association of Guatemalan Widows), Guatemala Roundtable/Mesa redonda: Sobrevivientes y refugiados del genocidio guatemalateco (Survivors and Refugees of the Guatemalan Genocide) Rosalina Tuyuc  Dr. Marvyn Perez (Los Angeles) Victoria Sanford (Moderator/Moderadora)

Chair/Moderadora: Beatriz Cortez, Central American Studies, CSU Northridge

Chair/Moderadora: Marjorie Becker, History and English, USC

Victoria Sanford, Lehman College, CUNY Wolf Gruner, USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research