Advancing Genocide Studies - Personal Accounts and Insights from Scholars in the Field

Advancing Genocide Studies follows in the footsteps of the editor's earlier volume, Pioneers of Genocide Studies. Here a new generation of scholars presents personal essays that reveal their motivation to study genocide, the passion that drives them to continue its study, their primary scholarly interests and efforts, and their perspective on the field as it currently stands.The contributors come from diverse backgrounds, numerous different nations and various disciplines: Kjell Anderson (The Netherlands, criminology); Yair Auron (Israel, history and education); Taner Akcam (Turkey and United States, history and sociology); Alexander Alvarez (United States, criminology); Gerry Caplan (Canada, history); Craig Etcheson (United States, international relations); Maureen Hiebert (Canada, political science); Adam Jones (Canada, political science); Henry Theriault (United States, philosophy); Samuel Totten (United States, history and political science); and Ugor Ungor (The Netherlands, history and sociology).All the contributors are well known in the field of genocide studies, and all have made important contributions to this area. Variously, they have done important theoretical work, produced new findings vis-a-vis old cases of genocide, and are pursuing new issues and topics within the field of genocide studies. Many have worked "on the ground" and bring a sense of immediacy to various crises.Table of ContentIntroductionSamuel TottenPart I Historians and Sociologists1 To Study the Armenian Genocide in Turkey: Caught between a Conspiracy of Silence and Murderous Hatred Taner Akcam2 The Destruction of the Other as the Validation of the Self Uur umit ungo;rPart II Political Scientists3 Seized of Sorrow Adam Jones4 From Political Scientist to Genocide Studies Scholar and Back Again Maureen S. HiebertPart III Criminology and International Human Rights Law5 Understanding the Unthinkable Kjell AndersonPart IV Criminologist6 A Scholar of Genocide and Violence Alex AlvarezPart V Philosopher7 Out of the Shadow of War and Genocide Henry C. TheriaultPart VI Educator8 My Personal Story as It Relates to Being a Scholar of Genocide Studies Yair AuronPart VII Independent Researchers9 A Quest for Genocide Justice in Cambodia Craig Etcheson10 A Belated Cause Gerald Caplan11 A Matter of Conscience: Part II Samuel TottenSelected Bibliography: Works by ContributorsIndexBiographical NoteSamuel Totten, professor emeritus, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA, continues to conduct field work in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan. Totten is the editor of Transaction Publishers' Genocide Studies series.