Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Undergraduate Program

Examine genocide across history and cultures

Undergraduate students have the opportunity to study with world-renowned scholars in the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, delving deeper into the root causes of mass murder and atrocities.

Concentration in Genocide and Human Rights

Through the concentration in genocide and human rights, gain a critical and sophisticated understanding of the various facets of genocide. Coursework and research explores collusion and resistance; mass murder and the bureaucratic machinery of death; and suffering and adaptation to suffering.

Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies

The concentration in genocide and human rights is one of seven undergraduate programs affiliated with Clark’s Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies (CGRAS).

Careers and internships

Pictured right: Center intern, Meridian Stiller ’26, researched postcards from the Barry Hoffman Postcard Collection. These Nazi-produced propaganda postcards can be viewed on the Strassler Center’s Website

Through the Genocide and Human Rights Summer Internship and Studies Stipends, apply for funding to intern at an organization addressing human rights abuses.

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