JS 502

Fall 2017 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 28-Dec 13

Holocaust Genocide Studies

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Credit: 4 hours.

Interdisciplinary graduate-level introduction to Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, focusing on the origins and unfolding of genocidal violence and the legacies of genocide in collective memory, literature, and artistic representation. Key themes will include the relationship between perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; the problems of historical comparison; trauma and testimony; violence and representation.

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JS 502 class schedule data for fall 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	68356	Lecture-Discussion	BK	1:00PM -2:50PM	W	English Building	Kaplan, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Section Info: Meets with CWL 581 Will meet in English Building room 109 JS 502/CWL 581: Introduction to Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, Brett Ashley Kaplan This seminar will provide a graduate-level introduction to the field of Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies. We will survey some of the significant theorists of memory from the last century. Topics will include the relations between history, memory, and identity; power, politics, and contestation; media, generational change, and modes of transmission; and remembrance, justice, and globalization. Students will have the opportunity to design research projects in their own areas of interest. Requirements will include active participation, an oral presentation, one short response paper, and a final research paper. This course is recommended (but not required) for those contemplating the Certificate in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies and will be of interest to students across a broad range of disciplines and interests including but not limited to those working on the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, the Rwandan genocide, Cambodia, Indonesia, and/or memory and violence more generally. The time, day, and exact content of the course are now being worked out so, if you are considering taking the seminar please send me an email detailing when would be a good time/day, what topics you are interested in covering and, if you have a sense, which theorists/texts you would like to discuss.