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. 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, through contemporary research, give students a deeper knowledge of several cases of genocide and mass political violence such as Bosnia, Uganda, Sierra Leone and indigenous people in Latin America, Asia or elswhere. This way, also their knowledge will deepen of several research themes central to understanding of genocidal violence such as psychological, cultural, historical, political, ideological, gender and collective identity aspects, human rights, local justice and international presence.

Learning outcomes

After the completed course the student will be able to:

- Describe in rich detail several cases of genocide and mass violence

- Discuss in basic way historical, political and economic contexts, as well as psychological, cultural, ideological and gender aspects of genocide and mass violence

- Discuss some of the contemporary methodological and theoretical challenges facing the research of genocidal violence

- Specialise in a case and aspect of genocidal violence that may be basis for their MA Thesis

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

Content

The course will consist of number of lectures followed by seminars focusing on specific themes and questions. Seminar discussions will be based on mandatory literature, as well as lecturers' 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).