This course explores the emergence, evolution, varieties, underlying causes, and means of confronting and coming to terms with genocide and other crimes against humanity in the nineteenth and twentieth century. The aim is to provide an opportunity for students to analyze the dangers of unchecked biases, stereotypes, intolerance, prejudice, and conformity that have occurred throughout history. Students will examine the causes and effects of such historic tragedies, as well as evaluate human relations from a historical perspective.

Units of study include:

• Genocide

• Early Native American Genocide

• Eastern European Genocide

• The Holocaust

• African Genocide - Darfur and Rwanda

• Ethnic Cleansing