The Challenge of "Never Again":
Engaging with Protection and Prevention of Genocide
17th Biennial Meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars
20-24 October 2025, Johannesburg, South Africa
Venues
The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre is a place of memory, education, dialogue, and lessons for humanity. The JHGC explores the history of genocide in the 20th century with a focus on the case studies of the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It examines the connections between genocide and contemporary human rights issues, urging visitors to understand the consequences of prejudice, discrimination and othering, so as to prevent the recurrence of mass atrocities and genocide in all its forms.
The JHGC was founded in 2008 and officially opened to the public in March 2019 as a public-private partnership with the City of Johannesburg. The JHGC, together with its sister Centres in Cape Town and Durban, forms part of the association, the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation.
Inside Out Centre for the Arts
The Inside Out Centre for the Arts in Johannesburg's Forest Town was founded in 2023 by Roger Ballen. The centre aims to foster the arts in Johannesburg by hosting exhibitions, talks and workshops around art, photography and contemporary issues in Southern Africa.
Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation
JCAF is an academic research institute, a platform for museum exhibitions and an innovative technology laboratory. It is a foundation dedicated to research, technology and art. As a hybrid institution, JCAF combines an academic research institute, an innovative technology laboratory and a platform for museum-quality exhibitions.
20 – 24 October 2025
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Genocide Studies and Prevention(GSP)
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (GSP) is the official journal of The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS). GSP is a peer-reviewed journal that fosters comparative research, important new work, case studies, the links between genocide, mass violence and other human rights violations, and prevention and punishment of genocide and mass violence. The E-Journal contains articles on the latest developments in policy, research, and theory from various disciplines, including history, political science, sociology, psychology, international law, criminal justice, women's studies, religion, philosophy, literature, anthropology, and museology, visual and performance arts and history. The journal accepts scholarly articles, essays, and non-traditional forms of genocide research such as creative works
IAGS (International Association of Genocide Scholars) Conference 2025 Sponsors
Founded in 2006, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) is an international non-governmental organization that supports States through education, training, and technical assistance to develop or strengthen policies and practices for the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities. With regional offices in Bucharest, Romania; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Kampala, Uganda; New York, United States; and Oswiecim, Poland, AIPG also encourages and supports the cooperation of governments through regional and international networks to advance prevention efforts. Through its work with over 8,900 government officials from more than 92 countries, AIPG has developed unique expertise working with states and civil society on atrocity prevention. This has allowed the organization to create a global network of actors – from government officials to civil society leaders – who are actively working toward building a world that prevents genocide and other mass atrocities.
For more information, please see www.auschwitzinstitute.org or email info@auschwitzinstitute.org
For further information on how an organisation can sponsor the conference, please email IAGS First Vice-President Stephanie Wolfe at stephanie.wolfe@genocidescholars.org
