On May 2, 2019, UCLA Professor David N. Myers presented "Mass Displacement in the Mid-Twentieth Century: A Comparative Look at Europe and the Middle East"  for the UConn Center for Judaic Studies annual Academic Convocation on the Holocaust. The event was made possible by the I. Martin and Janet M. Fierberg Fund that supports lectures at the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life. Co-sponsors included the American Studies Program, the History Department, the Human Rights Institute, the Humanities Institute, the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, the Middle East Studies Program, and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.