| 22 January 2003 Genocide in Comparative Perspective Instructors Eric Markusen, MSW, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies, Department for Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Professor of Sociology and Social Work, Southwest State University, Marshall, Minnesota, USA. e-mail: markusen@dchf.dk tlf. 3337 0079 Martin Mennecke, cand. jur., LLM, Ph.D. Fellow (International Law), Danish Institute for International Studies, Department for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. e-mail: mmennecke@dchf.dk tlf. 3337 0077 Preliminary Course Outline and Readings Session 1: 5 February Introduction of instructors and students Introduction of the course topic: The emerging field of genocide studies and the concept of genocide No required reading Session 2: 12 February Definitions of genocide Genocide of indigenous peoples Required reading: Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn, "The Conceptual Framework," The History and Sociology of Genocide , Yale University Press, 1990, pp. 3-43 Century of Genocide , Foreword, Introduction, Chapter 1 (Genocide of the Hereros), Chapter 13 (Physical and Cultural Genocide of Various Indigenous Peoples) Suggested reading: Helen Fein, "Genocide: A Sociological Perspective" | |
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