Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate detailed knowledge of the events, actors and processes by which mass violence occurred in this period.
2. Critically engage with a variety of primary and secondary material.
3. Evaluate conflicting interpretations of these genocides, their causes and consequences.
4. Write scholarly essays to the standard of a level 3 student of history.
5. Assess and analyse key themes, readings and debates in class discussions.
Indicative Module Content:
The module will cover the following main areas: Week One: Theories. Week Two: Armenia. Week Three: Armenia. Week Four: the Holocaust. Week Five: the Holocaust. Week Six: Cambodia. Week Seven: Cambodia. Week Eight: Rwanda. Week Nine: Rwanda. Week Ten: Culpability, Trials, Restitution. Week Eleven: Genocide and mass violence and memory. Week Twelve: Review.