This is the third course of Specialisation 7: Conflict, Violence, and Security
(English track International Relations/History).
This course focuses on genocide, a centuries-old phenomenon that was not labelled as such until after the Holocaust in the twentieth century, and which has since presented enormous challenges to international law and the international community. The first thing that comes to mind when Europeans think of genocide is the Holocaust, however this course also aims to analyse other instances of genocide: the violence of the European colonial powers in their colonies, Ottoman violence against the Armenian population, as well as more recent cases, such as genocides in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Cambodia. Comparisons will bring to light differences and similarities, continuities and parallel developments. The knowledge of these historical cases will also enable students to better understand modern-day ethnic violence, such as the events in Syria.
This course focuses on secondary literature: students are introduced to the rich tradition of historiography in this field of research and learn to apply conceptual and theoretical criticism, based on concrete cases set in the various continents and spanning the full length of the twentieth century. In their final paper, students undertake an in-depth study of a specific case.
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