THE HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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This course offers a survey of major genocidal events from the early Twentieth Century to the present. While presenting the historical facts within a broader context of world affairs, a primary concern of the course is to explore the ethical and philosophical implications of modern mass atrocities, particularly genocide. The Holocaust will be the major focus of the course, although other genocides, including Armenian, Cambodian, and Rwandan genocides will also be presented. Crimes against humanity such as those in the Balkans in the 1990s as well as Darfur and the Sudan in more recent years will also be discussed.