History of Genocide (HIST3301)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2020
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School
Historical & Philosophical Inq
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Flexible Delivery
Class hours
2 Lecture hours
1 Tutorial hour
Incompatible
HIST2704
Assessment methods
Assignments
Course enquiries
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
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Course description
The course addresses issues of genocide, persecution, revenge and reconciliation from a comparative historical perspective. The course will investigate the ideological, cultural, social, and economic causes of intense persecution, including but not limited to genocide according to strict legalistic definitions. It will examine the strategies that victims and perpetrators have used to cope at the time and afterwards with the moral issues involved. It will consider the special place of indigenous peoples in issues of persecution and genocide. Finally it will study international responses to genocide, and the contemporary tension between the principle of national sovereignty and `humanitarian intervention'.
