General provisions

The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, is responsible for the course. The course was approved by the board of Hugo Valentin Centre 2010-10-12.

Entry requirements

General entrance requirements for Master courses or Master programmes or B.A. in the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Proofs of skills in English to a level corresponding to English B in the Swedish secondary school. This is normally tested by means of an internationally recognised test with of the following minimum scores:

IELTS: an overall mark of 6.5 points, and no section below 5.5)

TOEFL: Paper-based: score of 4.5 (scale 1-6) in written test and a total score of 575. Internet-based: Score of 20 (scale 0-30) in written test and a total score of 90.

Cambridge: CAE, CPE.

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to give students a good knowledge of several most important cases of genocide and mass political violence. Through studies of Armenia, Holocaust, Stalin's rule, Cambodia, Rwanda, and colonial genocides, the aim is to provide students with a solid basis for further methodological and theoretical studies of genocide and mass violence.

Learning outcomes

After the completed course the student will be able to:

- Describe the most important and infamous cases of genocide and mass violence such as Armenia, Holocaust, Stalin's rule, Cambodia, Rwanda, colonial genocides

- Discuss cases of genocidal violence taking into account the historical, political, social, cultural and individual aspects

- Describe the diversity and wide spread of the phenomenon of genocide and mass political violence

- Discuss in basic terms the research themes that dominate the filed of Holocaust and Genocide Studies

- Use knowledge of several cases of genocide and mass violence in future theoretical studies

Content

The course will consist of number of lectures about particular cases of genocide or mass violence, followed by seminars focusing on specific themes and questions. Seminar discussions will be based on mandatory literature and students' own reflections.

Instruction

Study of literature and case examples, active participation in seminars, as well as oral and written assignments.

Assessment

Examination will include seminars and written examination. Grades will be given in accordance with the Swedish grading system: Väl Godkänd (VG), Godkänd (G), Underkänd (U).