Genocide in History

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The last two centuries have seen mass violence on a scale unprecedented in human history. Among the most horrifying forms this violence took was the attempt to systematically exterminate whole religious/ethnic/national groups, which Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide” to describe. In this course, we examine individual historical cases of genocide and also consider theoretical approaches that seek to explain its causes and dynamics. Offered through dual credit agreements at selected high schools.