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ASP LECTURE. "MODERNITY AND GENOCIDE: THE ARMENIAN, RWANDAN, AND THE DARFURAN CASES."
University of Michigan
Nov 5 2012
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012
Event Type:
Lecture / Discussion (exclude)
Sponsor:
Armenian Studies Program
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location:
School of Social Work Building
Room:
1636
The discourse on Genocide and Modernity is still a hot topic within
the historiography of Genocide and Holocaust Studies. Scholars are
debating whether the mass murders of the 20th century are solely the
byproduct of modernity or the outcome of the breakdown of civilization,
progress, and reason within their respective societies.
More so, a good number of these works concentrate on Europe by having
in mind the Holocaust as the ultimate manifestation of Modernity.
After discussing the different approaches to the discourse in the
historiography, the following talk will concentrate more on analyzing
some of the understudied cases within the historiography. By taking
the Armenian, the Rwandan and the Darfuran genocides, the talk will
examine the ways in which these three cases contribute to the discourse
on the Modernity of Genocides in the 20th century. How can these three
non-European cases enhance our understanding about the sweeping mass
murders of the 20th century in general and the coloration between
Modernity and Genocide in particular?
Bedross Der Matossian is an Assistant Professor of Modern Middle
East History in the Department of History at the University of
Nebraska/Lincoln. Born and raised in Jerusalem, he is a graduate of
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he began his graduate studies
in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. He completed
his Ph.D. in Middle East History in the Department of Middle Eastern,
South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University in 2008. From
2008 to 2010, he was a Lecturer of Middle East History in the Faculty
of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he
taught a variety of courses pertaining to World History, Islam and
the West, Political History of the Modern Middle East as well as the
Arab-Israeli Conflict. His areas of interest include Ethnic Politics
in the Middle East, inter-ethnic violence in the Ottoman Empire,
Social and Economic History of the Middle East 19th and 20th century,
the History of the Armenian Genocide and Modern Armenian History.
Co-sponsors: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies,Center
for African Studies.
For further information please visit: http://ur.umich.edu/. In case
of any query regarding this article or other content needs please
contact: [email protected]
From: A. Papazian
University of Michigan
Nov 5 2012
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012
Event Type:
Lecture / Discussion (exclude)
Sponsor:
Armenian Studies Program
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location:
School of Social Work Building
Room:
1636
The discourse on Genocide and Modernity is still a hot topic within
the historiography of Genocide and Holocaust Studies. Scholars are
debating whether the mass murders of the 20th century are solely the
byproduct of modernity or the outcome of the breakdown of civilization,
progress, and reason within their respective societies.
More so, a good number of these works concentrate on Europe by having
in mind the Holocaust as the ultimate manifestation of Modernity.
After discussing the different approaches to the discourse in the
historiography, the following talk will concentrate more on analyzing
some of the understudied cases within the historiography. By taking
the Armenian, the Rwandan and the Darfuran genocides, the talk will
examine the ways in which these three cases contribute to the discourse
on the Modernity of Genocides in the 20th century. How can these three
non-European cases enhance our understanding about the sweeping mass
murders of the 20th century in general and the coloration between
Modernity and Genocide in particular?
Bedross Der Matossian is an Assistant Professor of Modern Middle
East History in the Department of History at the University of
Nebraska/Lincoln. Born and raised in Jerusalem, he is a graduate of
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he began his graduate studies
in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. He completed
his Ph.D. in Middle East History in the Department of Middle Eastern,
South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University in 2008. From
2008 to 2010, he was a Lecturer of Middle East History in the Faculty
of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he
taught a variety of courses pertaining to World History, Islam and
the West, Political History of the Modern Middle East as well as the
Arab-Israeli Conflict. His areas of interest include Ethnic Politics
in the Middle East, inter-ethnic violence in the Ottoman Empire,
Social and Economic History of the Middle East 19th and 20th century,
the History of the Armenian Genocide and Modern Armenian History.
Co-sponsors: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies,Center
for African Studies.
For further information please visit: http://ur.umich.edu/. In case
of any query regarding this article or other content needs please
contact: [email protected]
From: A. Papazian