H-Genocide is a network for professional scholars, survivors of genocide, authors, historians and other interested people working in genocide studies and related fields, e.g. U.S., European, African, S. American, and Asian studies, to name a few. Discussion topics include the history, analysis, and theory of genocide, all genocides.
Below you will find a continuous updated list of new books published in Genocide Studies. It includes new pubs streaming from the H-Net Book Channel and new book announcements posted to H-Genocide by subscribers. Next to the books are all the announcements, discussions, and queries we welcome here. You will find CFPs in Genocide Studies on the right side of this page under H-Genocide Resources.
New Books in Genocide, Holocaust, and Memory Studies
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Announcements and Discussion
Announcement of new book, "The Genocide Contagion"
Contact: encygeno@gmail.com
A new book has been published that addresses the disturbing question of what each of us is likely to do – what role we will play – in the event that a genocide develops in our society.
Re: First Use of the Term "Shoah"
The Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel (1948) uses the term Shoah in its 5th paragraph.
השואה שנתחוללה על עם ישראל בזמן האחרון, בה הוכרעו לטבח מיליונים יהודים באירופה, הוכיחה מחדש בעליל את ההכרח בפתרון בעית העם היהודי מחוסר המולדת והעצמאות על-ידי חידוש המדינה היהודית בארץ-ישראל, אשר תפתח
First Use of the Term "Shoah"
Dear all,
I am working on a book project and was wondering if anyone out there
can point to the first use of the term "Shoah" in connection with the
Holocaust?
best,
Waitman
Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD
Lecturer
Corcoran Department Of History
University of Virginia
Consultant
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
New Book: "Adorno and the Concept of Genocide"
We are pleased to announce the publication of Adorno and the Concept of Genocide (Leiden/Boston: Rodopi/Brill, 2016), an examination of the legacy of Critical Theory's foremost authority on life 'after Auschwitz.' As a leading member of the Frankfurt School and one of post-war Europe's most important public intellectuals, Adorno's reflections on genocide and its relation to contemporary society achieved a level of urgency and insight that is unparalleled to this
Travel Seminar
We would like to hear about your experiences with travel seminars abroad. Our program - the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Kean University - is convening one in July to Cambodia, where the Khmer Rouge tribunal is wrapping up, as well as to Vietnam. We believe the experience is significant but have little evidence of this beyond testimonials. Students who signed up (others still can) tell us that the travel seminars we sponsor were one important reason they applied to our program.
Book Launch: Matters of Testimony: Interpreting the Scrolls of Auschwitz
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Application Deadline Extended: 2016 Dissertation and Thesis Development Workshop on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union
Application deadline: April 15, 2016
Genocide Studies and Prevention Issue 9.3 'Towards the Prevention of Genocide' Now Online
The latest issue of Genocide Studies and Prevention is now out. Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal is the official journal of The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS). It is an open access, peer-reviewed journal
Genocide Studies International Vol. 9 Issue 2 is Now Online
The editors of Genocide Studies International (GSI) welcome readers to the fourth issue, a general issue covering a range of concerns, from the question of an international criminal court to a typology of rescuers. Given that this is the second issue for 2015, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, it understandably contains two articles devoted to recent developments on this topic. And, it continues our innovative “Notes from the Field” feature with further coverage of the dire situation in the Nuba Mountain and Blue Nile regions of Sudan.
Auschwitz Jewish Center Program for Students Abroad
APPLY HERE for the Spring 2016 Auschwitz Jewish Center Program for Students Abroad, established in 2010 as long-weekend programs in Kraków open to students of all backgrounds.