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Holocaust and Genocide

Holocaust and Genocide


Holocaust and Genocide
  • Term: Semester
  • Type: Core Course
  • Program: Holocaust & Genocide
  • Major discipline: Anthropology, History, Sociology
  • Related discipline: Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Criminology / Criminal Justice
  • Available: Fall, Spring
  • Location: Copenhagen
  • Long Study Tour: Poland
  • Short Study Tour: Northern Germany
  • Credits: 3

About this course

This course analyzes the causes and consequences of genocide. Specific cases of genocide and near-genocide, including the Holocaust, are studied along with issues such as perpetrator profiles, commemoration, and genocide prevention. Definitions of genocide, methodology, and theories of the phenomena of genocide are discussed.

Syllabus

Spring 2025

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Faculty

Torben Jørgensen

Cand.mag. (M.A. in History, University of Copenhagen, 2003). With the Danish Jewish Museum, 2007-2008. Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies, Department for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 2003-2005. Researcher, Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research, 2000-2003. With DIS since 2008.