Genocide Studies 12

Class overview

This course will allow for a single fundamental focus, genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries, using the Holocaust as a blueprint. By building expertise on the topic of genocide students will be able to draw comparisons, analyses, and take action(s) to create awareness. Students will also examine genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur, for example. While the human capacity for evil in committing genocide will be explored, students will have an opportunity to examine how the world has worked to overcome and deal with genocide - from war crime trials, international intervention, to memorials and museums.