Submission of study proposal by faculty sponsor to the department chairman one month in advance of the semester to be offered. Group studies of selected topics which vary from year to year.

This course will allow students to critically engage with the term and the reality of genocide. Students will learn how the term came to be, when it has and has not been used, and will engage with case studies to deepen their understanding. The class will be predominantly discussion-based, supplemented by using Samantha Power’s Pulitizer Prize winning book “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide,” as well as other readings and documentaries in the field of genocide. Throughout the DeCal we will focus on different themes around genocide in order to gain a deeper understanding of the different case studies and how to prevent such atrocities from happening in the future. Emphasis will be placed on modern genocides, genocides studies, genocide prevention/intervention, and the crime of genocide and R2P under international law.

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