HIST 387: Topics in Global History

HIST 387-005: Aftermath Mass Violence
(Fall 2012)

09:00 AM to 10:15 AM MW

Innovation Hall 131

Section Information for Fall 2012

Via video conference, this course will bring together two classrooms: one at George Mason University and one at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, where the students take most of their courses in English. The twentieth century was marked by widespread state-sponsored and popular mass violence in countries around the world. When the violence is over, how do governments and societies deal with its aftermath? Should all perpetrators be punished? Should lists of informers be published? Should memorials be built? Or is it better to forget and avoid re-living the traumas of the past? The course will explore the aftermath of different forms of mass violence around the twentieth century world, including their continuing influences on the world today. Among others case studies will include: the United States after the lynching campaigns in the South, Europe after the Holocaust, South Africa after Apartheid, Russia and other former Communist states after the collapse of Communism. With this international classroom, students will confront and learn from their own and others' preconceptions about history and politics.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3-6

Study of historical topics or periods of special interest in global, Latin American, African, Asian, or Middle Eastern history. Notes: Topics announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Mason Core: Global Understanding
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies, Non-Western Culture
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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