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Joyce Apsel to head Genocide and Human Rights University Program
March 10, 2012 - 10:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Prof. Joyce Apsel has been appointed Course Director
of the Genocide and Human Rights University Program (`GHRUP') by the
Program Development Committee.
The program is held annually in partnership by the International
Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (`IIGHRS') (A Division
of the Zoryan Institute) and the University of Toronto.
Greg Sarkissian, President of the Academic Board of the IIGHRS and
Director of the Program made the announcement, explaining, `Dr. Apsel
is a distinguished scholar, a Master Teacher, and brings tremendous
experience to overseeing the implementation of the course in the
classroom.
Prof. Apsel teaches Humanities in the Liberal Studies Program of the
College of Arts & Sciences at New York University, where she has
taught a series of seminars on Genocide and Human Rights over the last
decade. She is a recipient of the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award
(2008-2009). She is currently President of the Institute for the Study
of Genocide and a past president of the International Association of
Genocide Scholars. She is also director of Rights Works International,
established in 1999 to promote peace, human rights and genocide
education around the world.
In reflecting on her new role, Prof. Apsel said, `For the last eight
years, I have participated in the GHRUP summer program as a specialist
teaching sections about the history and complexity of human rights and
humanitarianism and links with genocide, as well as an earlier module
on teaching about genocide.
`The program provides a unique curriculum opportunity for students and
reflects the continuing need to write into the curriculum events that
have all too long been ignored or diminished and still may be denied.
In this respect, study of the Armenian Genocide and its denial
provides a powerful example. As new archives open up world-wide and
new research is carried out, careful examination of issues of genocide
and human rights provides a crucial lens to understand mass atrocities
and to develop strategies toward prevention and rebuilding communities
in the aftermath of severe human rights violations. I am pleased to
have the opportunity to be on-site course director of the 2012 GHRUP
summer program and welcome students of different backgrounds, training
and voices to apply and become part of this unique learning
experience. The Genocide and Human Rights University Program reflects
my own commitment to the importance of education and research on these
important themes.'
The GHRUP combines theory with a look at specific case studies and
explores major themes, allowing students to not only learn about the
intricacies of genocide studies, but also to begin recognizing
patterns as preventable stages of genocide. The comparative nature of
the program encourages students to draw their own parallels between
the various cases and fosters stimulating classroom discussion.
The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) is dedicated to scholarly research
and dissemination of knowledge regarding the phenomenon of genocide in
all of its aspects, to create an awareness of it as an ongoing
scourge, and promote the necessity of preventing it.
March 10, 2012 - 10:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Prof. Joyce Apsel has been appointed Course Director
of the Genocide and Human Rights University Program (`GHRUP') by the
Program Development Committee.
The program is held annually in partnership by the International
Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (`IIGHRS') (A Division
of the Zoryan Institute) and the University of Toronto.
Greg Sarkissian, President of the Academic Board of the IIGHRS and
Director of the Program made the announcement, explaining, `Dr. Apsel
is a distinguished scholar, a Master Teacher, and brings tremendous
experience to overseeing the implementation of the course in the
classroom.
Prof. Apsel teaches Humanities in the Liberal Studies Program of the
College of Arts & Sciences at New York University, where she has
taught a series of seminars on Genocide and Human Rights over the last
decade. She is a recipient of the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award
(2008-2009). She is currently President of the Institute for the Study
of Genocide and a past president of the International Association of
Genocide Scholars. She is also director of Rights Works International,
established in 1999 to promote peace, human rights and genocide
education around the world.
In reflecting on her new role, Prof. Apsel said, `For the last eight
years, I have participated in the GHRUP summer program as a specialist
teaching sections about the history and complexity of human rights and
humanitarianism and links with genocide, as well as an earlier module
on teaching about genocide.
`The program provides a unique curriculum opportunity for students and
reflects the continuing need to write into the curriculum events that
have all too long been ignored or diminished and still may be denied.
In this respect, study of the Armenian Genocide and its denial
provides a powerful example. As new archives open up world-wide and
new research is carried out, careful examination of issues of genocide
and human rights provides a crucial lens to understand mass atrocities
and to develop strategies toward prevention and rebuilding communities
in the aftermath of severe human rights violations. I am pleased to
have the opportunity to be on-site course director of the 2012 GHRUP
summer program and welcome students of different backgrounds, training
and voices to apply and become part of this unique learning
experience. The Genocide and Human Rights University Program reflects
my own commitment to the importance of education and research on these
important themes.'
The GHRUP combines theory with a look at specific case studies and
explores major themes, allowing students to not only learn about the
intricacies of genocide studies, but also to begin recognizing
patterns as preventable stages of genocide. The comparative nature of
the program encourages students to draw their own parallels between
the various cases and fosters stimulating classroom discussion.
The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) is dedicated to scholarly research
and dissemination of knowledge regarding the phenomenon of genocide in
all of its aspects, to create an awareness of it as an ongoing
scourge, and promote the necessity of preventing it.