October 07, 2008
Acclaimed scholar to lecture on the Holocaust and violent traditions in Europe
The Clark University Modern History Colloquium and The Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will present "Integrating the Holocaust into a European History of Violence," a talk by acclaimed scholar Donald Bloxham on Wednesday, October 22, at 4 p.m. in the Rose Library at the Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne Street, Clark University Campus.
In his talk, Bloxham will discuss the moving away from the metaphysical questions of the uniqueness of the Holocaust and will consider the Holocaust in the context of a violent continent—Europe in the first half of the 20th century—and will examine ways in which it fits and does not fit into broader patterns of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Bloxham is a professor of modern history at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He recently spent a year with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC conducting research for a book-length project entitled "The Final Solution: A Genocide and its Contexts" and was the Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence.
Bloxham, 34, is the youngest full professor of history in the United Kingdom. Prior to his appointment to the University of Edinburgh faculty, Bloxham was research director of London-based charity the Holocaust Educational Trust. In 2007, his book "The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians" was awarded the Raphael Lemkin Award by the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 508-793-8897.
The mission of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies reaches beyond the boundaries of the University: to educate professionals of many fields about genocide and the Holocaust; to provide a lecture series free of charge and open to the public; to use scholarship to address current problems stemming from the murderous past; and to participate in the public discussion about a host of issues ranging from the importance of intervention in genocidal situations today to the significance of state-sponsored denial of the Armenian genocide and the well-funded denial of the Holocaust.