Program:
Unit 1 Introduction. Conceptual definitions. Terminology.
(Sep. 5, 7) (Jones, pp. vii-xxxviii; (assigned readings)
Unit 2 Origins of Genocide. Naming and Defining Genocide.
(Sep. 12, 14) (Jones, pp. 1-50; Valentino, pp. 1-29; assigned readings)
Unit 3 Contested Cases of Genocide. Genocide Justified.
(Sep. 19, 21) (Jones, pp. 50-87; Valentino, pp. 30-59; assigned readings)
Unit 4 Genocide. State and Empire. War and Revolution.
(Sep. 26, 28) (Jones, pp. 88-144; Valentino, pp. 196-233; assigned readings)
Unit 5 Genocides of Indigenous Peoples. America. Australia. Africa.
(Oct. 3, 5) (Jones, pp. 147-199; Valentino, pp. 66-90; assigned readings)
Unit 6 Genocide in Africa. Rwanda. Genocide Concepts.
(Oct. 10, 12*) (Jones, pp. 470-523; Valentino, pp. 178-195; assigned readings)
* MIDTERM EXAM
Unit 7 Armenian Genocide. Ottomans' Other Victims. Nationalism.
(Oct. 17, 19) (Jones, pp. 200-257; Valentino, pp. 152-166; assigned readings)
Unit 8 Bloodlands. Nazi Genocide. Antisemitism. Nazism. Fascism.
(Oct. 24, 26) (Jones, pp. 318-339; Valentino, pp. 166-170; assigned readings)
Unit 9 Nazi Genocide. Jewish Shoah. Jewish Resistance. Nazis' Other Victims.
(Oct. 31, Nov. 2) (Jones, pp. 340-391; Valentino, pp. 170-178; assigned readings)
Unit 10 Communist Soviet Genocide. Holodomor. The Gulag.
(Nov. 7, 9) (Jones, pp. 258-281; Valentino, pp. 91-132; assigned readings)
Unit 11 The (Gypsies) Roma Nation and Genocide.
(Nov. 14, 16*) (Valentino, pp. 132-151; assigned readings)
* PRESENTATION
Unit 12 Communist Maoist Genocide. Cambodia
(Nov. 21, 23) (Jones, pp. 572-624; Valentino, pp. 234-253; assigned readings)
Unit 13 Genocides Compared. Identity and Ideology
(Nov. 28, 30) (Jones, pp. 282-317, 392-469; Valentino, pp. 132-151; assigned readings)
Unit 14 Conclusion. Genocide Discussed. Globalization.
(Dec. 5, 7*) (Valentino, pp. 234-253; assigned readings)
* FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT
(December 12-15, t.b.s.*)
* FINAL EXAM
Films/Audiovisual Materials Sessions:
(1. (date t.b.s.) “on Africa”
(2. (date t.b.s.) “on Armenians”
(3. (date t.b.s.) “on Shoah”
(4. (date t.b.s.) “on Communism”
NOTE:
The syllabus schedule may undergo reasonable changes in relation to guest speakers, field trips, make-ups, discussions, events, and other contingencies.