Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine
Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History
Luxembourg Centre for European Law
Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental Systems
As part of her visit to the C²DH, Dr. Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman will present the mission, work, and activities of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. She explains: “Since 1999, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) has ignited a global movement to confront the world’s most entrenched injustices. By harnessingthe profound power of collective memory, ICSC has forged a dynamic network of over 1,200 museums, historic sites, memory initiatives, survivor networks, activists, and civil society organizations spanning 80 countries. Together, we are not just confronting the past; we are actively building more inclusive, just, and peaceful futures.”
Ereshnee is the Executive Director of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience ICSC. Since joining in 2007, she has led the expansion of ICSC’s regional networks across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), extending its reach to human rights and victims’ organizations from post-conflict contexts. Her leadership in advancing ICSC’s memory and memorialization work led to the creation of the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR) in 2014, a program she co-founded that pioneered ICSC’s multidisciplinary, trauma-informed, and survivor-centered approach to transitional justice and peacebuilding. Born and raised in South Africa, Ereshnee’s work bridges the worlds of arts, culture, justice, and human rights. With experience across the non-profit and public sectors and in a range of contexts, Ereshnee holds a Bachelor of Arts and two Master of Arts degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand—the first in Dramatic Arts and the second in Forced Migration Studies. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.