Learning Lessons: The Holocaust and Comparative Genocides - AMH5004

Assessment 1: Project work

Presentation, based on existing scholarship; equivalent to 1,000 words.

Project Work

Assessment 1: Presentation

Presentation, based on existing scholarship.

Presentation

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

This module is intended to give students the opportunity to study various case studies of mass violence in modern history alongside that of the Holocaust. Taking a global perspective, students will analyse and critically evaluate scholarship and a range of different primary source materials in order to develop a comparative perspective on genocide studies. These case studies will be drawn from instances of mass violence in numerous regions including the Global South as well as the industrialised world. In addition to understanding the differing local conditions in which mass violence can take place, students will also consider the various ways in which the international community has sought to prosecute, punish, and prevent genocide.

School of Arts and Humanities

Bloxham, D. (2009). The Final Solution: A Genocide. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Conley-Zilkic, Bridget. (2016). How Mass Atrocities End. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jones, A. (2012). New Directions in Genocide Research. London: Routledge.
Krammer, A. (2010). War crimes, genocide, and the law: a guide to the issues. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Mann, M. (2005). The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Randall, A. (2015). Genocide and Gender in the Twentieth Century. London: Bloomsbury.
Schabas, W. (2009). Genocide in international law: The crime of crimes (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Strauss, S. (2016). Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. Washington D. C: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

History

AMH5004 - Learning Lessons: The Holocaust and Comparative Genocides

Learning Lessons: The Holocaust and Comparative Genocides

be able to understand, to an advanced level, the current scholarship on the comparative dimensions of Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

be able to make use of libraries, archives, VLE, online and other sources of secondary and primary material appropriate for effective and detailed research in connection with both taught modules and the dissertation.

be able to learn in self-directed and independent ways through the analysis of comparative genocide.

be able to synthesise the module themes of comparative genocide studies and punishment/prevention in order to reflect critically on the most appropriate methods of prevention for different types of ‘mass violence’.

be able to critically and evaluatively understand different definitions of ‘mass violence’ in a global context.

be able to understand, to an advanced level, key theories and approaches to genocide punishment and prevention.

be able to employ the scholarly approaches and conventions required in postgraduate historical work, using standard academic referencing conventions. 

be able to communicate findings both orally and in writing, constructing a coherent argument in relation to existing scholarship and primary evidence.

be able to critically and evaluatively understand divergent scholarly approaches to genocide studies and prevention.