Tuesday, January 7, 2024, 8:00-9:30PM EST / 5:00-6:30PM PST / 6:00-7:30PM MST / Wednesday, January 8, 2024, 8:00-9:30AM ICT / 12:00-1:30PM AEDT
Today’s International Center for the Study, Prevention, and Treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma’s webinar is held in collaboration with Documentation Center of Cambodia Organization. January 7 marks the 46th anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge or Pol Pot regime that killed 2 million people, nearly 25% of Cambodia’s population in 1975, in what is known as the Cambodian Genocide which lasted from 1975 to 1979. On this 46th anniversary of Cambodia’s Victory Day, international multigenerational panelists will review and reflect upon the meanings and legacies of the genocide, the victory, their implications and multidimensional aftermaths for generations of Cambodian people at home and abroad.
Youk Chhang
A survivor of the Khmer Rouge (KR) genocide, Youk Chhang has directed the Documentation Center of Cambodia – DC-Cam for KR atrocities since its creation (1995). He helped found the Institute for International Criminal Investigations – IICI and was senior fellow at Rutger’s University Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights. Currently fundraising for the Queen Mother Library — Asia’s future primary genocide studies center, his awards include Ramon Magsaysay Award and Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom.
Director of Anlong Veng Peace Center, oldest of four children of Khmer Rouge survivor farmer parents of Kandal province, Kheang earned his Bachelor’s Degree at Royal University of Phnom Penh, his Master’s and PhD at Coventry University, United Kingdom. He authored the book “Reconciliation Process in Cambodia: 1979-2007 Before the Khmer Rouge Tribunal” and co-authored “Guidebook for Tour Guides: A History of Anlong Veng Community: The Final Stronghold of the Khmer Rouge Movement.”
Rekha Khuon
Born in California to Pol Pot survivors, Rekha Meng Khuon is a first-generation Cambodian American. Her parents and older brothers were Cambodian refugees. She works as a licensed clinical social worker with patients impacted by intergenerational trauma and is pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology. Her dissertation focuses on healing intergenerational trauma. She is dedicated to providing inclusive, culturally competent mental health care to BIPOC communities.
Maurice Eisenbruch
Maurice Eisenbruch is a medical anthropologist and transcultural psychiatrist. He holds professorial-level appointments in Psychiatry at Monash University and Anthropology at University of Melbourne. He has worked at University of Cambridge, Harvard Medical School, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and been a consultant with UN agencies. He has been awarded International Distinguished Fellowship of the American Psychiatric Association. his research for 35 years has focused on traditional healing, Buddhist psychotherapy and disasters in Cambodia.
Dr. Ly Sok-Kheang
Moderator:
Dr. Yael Danieli
A Clinical psychologist, traumatologist, victimologist and psychohistorian, Dr. Danieli is Founder, Executive Director and Senior Representative to the United Nations of the International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT); Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children and Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
