The Holocaust and Modern Genocides: Representations in History, Literature and Film

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This learning community will introduce students at one of the most troublesome aspects of the modern world; the systematic exclusion and killing of populations defined by ethnicity, nationality, or race. Through lectures, discussion, readings, and films, we will explore the historical, social, and literary representations of modern genocide perpetrated against a number of ethnic groups around the globe. Beginning with the Armenian massacres during WWI, the course will then cover the Holocaust, one of the defining events of the 20th century, finishing with genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Darfur.