Professor Philip Spencer is the founding Director of the Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights, Conflict & Mass Violence at Kingston University outside London, England. His research interests include the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and comparative genocide. He has written and spoken widely on these issues and comes to Charlotte in advance of the community’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the tragedy of Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass. Refreshments will follow. The lecture and parking are free and open to the public.