Poslední úprava: Bc. Martina Plass (17.04.2023)
Lecture 1.
Introduction:
Lecture 2.
What is genocide?
- The real story of Raphael Lemkin
- Legal, sociological, and statistical definition
Lecture 3.
Why does genocide happen?
- What are the main causes of genocide?
- Why is genocide the most extreme form of violence?
Lectures 4.
How does genocide happen?
- Is every case of genocide really unique?
- Gregory H. Stanton: The real fighter against genocide
Lecture 5.
From German South West Africa to Holocaust
- The first genocide of the 20th century: the “incubator” of Holocaust
- Different place and time, but same practices
Lecture 6.
Invited guest lecture
- Students will discuss preprepared topics with the expert specializing in genocidal violence
- Guest: Mr. Edin Serezlic: Justice and Security Sector leader. Bosnian war and postwar
situation specialist since 1997. (UN personnel, Regional war crimes investigation coordinator,
Political Rule of Law adviser)
Lecture 7.
Rwanda from a different perspective
- Scott Straus: the scientist who finally gave us the answers
- Things that need to be explained: Controversies about the Rwandan genocide
Lecture 8.
Lesson learned
- Have we learned anything from particular cases of genocide?
- What have we learned from: Armenia, Cambodia, Srebrenica, and Darfur?
Lecture 9.
The camps of death
- Concentration and Extermination camps
- Nazis were not the first who come up with this idea
Lecture 10.
Genocidaires
- The architects x executors of genocide
- How fast an ordinary man can become a perpetrator of genocide?
Lecture 11.
Sexual violence: a tool of genocide
- Could sexual violence be considered an act of genocide?
- Is sexual violence a common part of genocide?
Lecture 12.
Interactive lecture
- Students will discuss and analyze the real world ́s “genocide alert” situations
- Students will try to propose solutions to these situations, based on the knowledge acquired in
this course
Lecture 13.
Final discussion and Test
Poslední úprava: Bc. Martina Plass (17.04.2023)
Lecture 1.
Introduction:
Lecture 2.
What is genocide?
- The real story of Raphael Lemkin
- Legal, sociological, and statistical definition
Lecture 3.
Why does genocide happen?
- What are the main causes of genocide?
- Why is genocide the most extreme form of violence?
Lectures 4.
How does genocide happen?
- Is every case of genocide really unique?
- Gregory H. Stanton: The real fighter against genocide
Lecture 5.
From German South West Africa to Holocaust
- The first genocide of the 20th century: the “incubator” of Holocaust
- Different place and time, but same practices
Lecture 6.
Invited guest lecture
- Students will discuss preprepared topics with the expert specializing in genocidal violence
- Guest: Mr. Edin Serezlic: Justice and Security Sector leader. Bosnian war and postwar
situation specialist since 1997. (UN personnel, Regional war crimes investigation coordinator,
Political Rule of Law adviser)
Lecture 7.
Rwanda from a different perspective
- Scott Straus: the scientist who finally gave us the answers
- Things that need to be explained: Controversies about the Rwandan genocide
Lecture 8.
Lesson learned
- Have we learned anything from particular cases of genocide?
- What have we learned from: Armenia, Cambodia, Srebrenica, and Darfur?
Lecture 9.
The camps of death
- Concentration and Extermination camps
- Nazis were not the first who come up with this idea
Lecture 10.
Genocidaires
- The architects x executors of genocide
- How fast an ordinary man can become a perpetrator of genocide?
Lecture 11.
Sexual violence: a tool of genocide
- Could sexual violence be considered an act of genocide?
- Is sexual violence a common part of genocide?
Lecture 12.
Interactive lecture
- Students will discuss and analyze the real world ́s “genocide alert” situations
- Students will try to propose solutions to these situations, based on the knowledge acquired in
this course
Lecture 13.
Final discussion and Test