Call Number | 15447 |
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Day & Time Location |
M 4:10pm-6:00pm 608 Martin Luther King Building |
Points | 4 |
Grading Mode | Standard |
Approvals Required | None |
Instructor | Khatchig Mouradian |
Type | LECTURE |
Method of Instruction | In-Person |
Course Description | This 4000-level course examines how societies grapple with the legacy of mass violence, through an exploration of historical texts, memoirs, textbooks, litigation, and media reports and debates on confronting the past. Focusing on case studies of the Herero Genocide, the Armenian genocide during WWI, and the Holocaust and the Comfort Women during WWII, students investigate the crime and its sequelae, looking at how societies deal with skeletons in their closets ( engaging in silence, trivialization, rationalization, and denial to acknowledgment, apology, and repair); surveying responses of survivors and their descendants (with particular attention to intergeneration transmission of trauma, forgiveness, resentment, and the pursuit of redress); and dissecting public debates on modern day issues that harken back to past atrocities. |
Web Site | Vergil |
Department | Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies |
Enrollment | 29 students (35 max) as of 9:06AM Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
Subject | Middle East |
Number | GU4357 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
Section key | 20243MDES4357W001 |