{"id":42,"date":"2026-01-21T10:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:06:13","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Graduate-Students-1340x550-1-1024x420.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Graduate-Students-1340x550-1-1024x420.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Graduate-Students-1340x550-1-300x123.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Graduate-Students-1340x550-1-768x315.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Graduate-Students-1340x550-1.avif 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-2c14e10a wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"People submenu\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/faculty-and-staff\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Faculty and staff<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/graduate-students\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Graduate students<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/ph-d-alumni\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Ph.D. alumni<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/undergraduate-alumni\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Undergraduate alumni<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/support-the-strassler-center\/graduate-research-funding\/\">Graduate Research Funding<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section has-gray-100-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-current-graduate-students-at-the-strassler-center-for-holocaust-and-genocide-studies\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Current Graduate Students at the Strassler Center for<br>Holocaust and Genocide Studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/allison-avery-900x525-1.avif\" alt=\"Alison Avery\" class=\"wp-image-490\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--clarku-color-deeper-red);border-bottom-width:3px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/allison-avery-900x525-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/allison-avery-900x525-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/allison-avery-900x525-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c934ce008e5ce7c3fb8346c0e4bea878\" id=\"h-alison-avery\">Alison Avery<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-sociohistorical-analysis-of-the-interahamwe-militia\">A Sociohistorical Analysis of the Interahamwe Militia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Avery\u2019s dissertation project, <em>A Sociohistorical Analysis of the Interahamwe Militia<\/em>, uses the \u2018Interahamwe\u2019 militia in Rwanda as a case study to explore <em>how<\/em> and <em>why <\/em>militias emerge and evolve in modern genocidal cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alison-avery\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alison-avery\/\"><strong>Learn more about Alison&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/janda-900x600-1-900x525-1.avif\" alt=\"Janda Barazi\" class=\"wp-image-492\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--deeper-red);border-bottom-width:3px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/janda-900x600-1-900x525-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/janda-900x600-1-900x525-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/janda-900x600-1-900x525-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a25f5918a42eb83b78287fa4679c39b4\" id=\"h-janda-barazi\">Janda Barazi<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-merchants-of-genocide-gender-mass-violence-and-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-syria\">Merchants of Genocide: Gender, Mass Violence, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Barazi is a doctoral student in the Genocide Studies track. Barazi holds a B.A. in Political Science\/International Affairs and M.A. in International Affairs from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/janda-barazi\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/janda-barazi\/\"><strong>Learn more about Janda&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Alina-headshot.avif\" alt=\"Alina Bojcic\" class=\"wp-image-495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Alina-headshot.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Alina-headshot-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Alina-headshot-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-84b77111981bc26e40ebe906c33775c9\" id=\"h-alina-bojcic\">Alina Bojcic<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-treading-the-borderlands-the-cabaret-its-multi-ethnic-performers-and-the-holocaust-in-zagreb-1908-1946\">\u201cTreading the Borderlands: The Cabaret, its Multi-Ethnic Performers and the Holocaust in Zagreb, 1908 \u2013 1946.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bojcic researches anti-Jewish exhibitions during the Holocaust. Alongside Nazi German exhibitions, her work concentrates on the Usta\u0161a and exhibitions from the Independent State of Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alina-bojcic\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alina-bojcic\/\"><strong>Learn more about Alina&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/lauren-ashley-bradford-900-525.avif\" alt=\"Lauren Ashley Bradford\" class=\"wp-image-498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/lauren-ashley-bradford-900-525.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/lauren-ashley-bradford-900-525-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/lauren-ashley-bradford-900-525-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77f9d3db569772fa9e5a69654d4daa0a\" id=\"h-lauren-ashley-bradford\">Lauren Ashley Bradford<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-with-blood-on-their-stockings-women-s-public-participation-in-racial-terror-in-nazi-germany-and-jim-crow-america\">With Blood on Their Stockings\u2019: Women\u2019s Public Participation in Racial Terror in Nazi Germany and Jim Crow America<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bradford\u2019s dissertation, <em>With Blood on Their Stockings\u2019: Women\u2019s Public Participation in Racial Terror in Nazi Germany and Jim Crow America<\/em>, takes a feminist comparative approach to women as perpetrators of violence in Nazi Germany and Jim Crow America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/lauren-ashley-bradford\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alison-avery\/\"><strong>Learn more about Lauren&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/andy-burnstein.avif\" alt=\"Andrew Burnstein\" class=\"wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/andy-burnstein.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/andy-burnstein-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/andy-burnstein-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-362c2cbcc03d91f90ba7a32192b0e72e\" id=\"h-andrew-burnstein\">Andrew Burnstein<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tbd\">TBD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Burnstein researches the intellectual history of the idea of the Shtetl. Inspired by his own family history, Burnstein aims to trace how the Shtetl, the popular understanding of which exists more as an idea than a historical reality, is discursively constructed over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/andrew-burnstein\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/andrew-burnstein\/\"><strong>Learn more about Andrew&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Nadia-Cross-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Nadia Cross\" class=\"wp-image-705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Nadia-Cross-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Nadia-Cross-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Nadia-Cross-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44cf896284c2a1775610b38c26f14065\" id=\"h-nadia-crowley\">Nadia Crowley<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-transformations-of-never-again-holocaust-education-in-the-united-states\">Transformations of \u2018Never Again\u2019: Holocaust Education in the United States<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadia\u2019s dissertation \u201cTransformations of \u2018Never Again\u2019: Holocaust Education in the United States\u201d seeks to understand the history of Holocaust education through the \u201cNever Again\u201d mantra in Holocaust museums and education centers in the United States from the late 1960s to present day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/nadia-cross\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/nadia-cross\/\"><strong>Learn more about Nadia&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/new-graduate-male-student-with-white-1.avif\" alt=\"Ara Daglian\" class=\"wp-image-709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/new-graduate-male-student-with-white-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/new-graduate-male-student-with-white-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/new-graduate-male-student-with-white-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fbaf0d8c66b1446cf514b06248e711e7\" id=\"h-ara-daglian\">Ara Daglian<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tbd-0\">TBD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Daglian researches the experiences of anxiety, hope, and change within the Armenian-American community following the Armenian Genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/ara-daglian\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/ara-daglian\/\"><strong>Learn more about Ara&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Hasmik-Grigoryan-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Hasmik Grigoryan\" class=\"wp-image-712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Hasmik-Grigoryan-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Hasmik-Grigoryan-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Hasmik-Grigoryan-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5b7e23e71dde2b29e0c0221c892a39c8\" id=\"h-hasmik-grigoryan\">Hasmik Grigoryan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-socio-political-situation-in-van-and-bitlis-provinces-in-1912-1915-in-the-context-of-the-armenian-genocide\">The Socio-Political Situation in Van and Bitlis Provinces in (1912-1915) in the context of the Armenian Genocide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Grigoryan\u2019s dissertation,&nbsp;<em>The Socio-Political Situation in Van and Bitlis Provinces in 1912-1915 in the context of the Armenian Genocide,&nbsp;<\/em>explores whether the regional problems and developments of events in the Van and Bitlis Provinces of the Ottoman Empire during this period had an impact on the final decision to carry out a genocide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/hasmik-grigoryan\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/hasmik-grigoryan\/\"><strong>Learn more about Hasmik&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Diana-Hayrapetyan-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Diana Hayrapetyan\" class=\"wp-image-715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Diana-Hayrapetyan-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Diana-Hayrapetyan-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Diana-Hayrapetyan-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-007b0252f4c98851d1bb46244b073e2b\" id=\"h-diana-hayrapetyan\">Diana Hayrapetyan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-foundation-of-turkish-republic-and-the-problem-of-armenian-returnees-1918-1938\">The foundation of Turkish Republic and the problem of Armenian returnees; (1918-1938)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hayrapetyan researches Turkey\u2019s post-genocidal period and the return of Armenian genocide survivors as a conflict resolution strategy in the process of Turkish nation-state formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/diana-hayrapetyan\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/diana-hayrapetyan\/\"><strong>Learn more about Diana&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Gabrielle-Higgins-1.avif\" alt=\"Gabrielle Higgins\" class=\"wp-image-739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Gabrielle-Higgins-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Gabrielle-Higgins-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Gabrielle-Higgins-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26d0fc3528536710422b5c39e22f32f4\" id=\"h-gabrielle-higgins\">Gabrielle Higgins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sex-education-and-the-un-making-of-men-in-nazi-germany\">Sex Education and the (Un)Making of Men in Nazi Germany<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Higgins&#8217; dissertation,<em>&nbsp;Sex Education and the (Un)Making of Men in Nazi Germany<\/em>,&nbsp;examines Nazi sex education and its impact on the coming-of-age process for young &#8220;Aryan&#8221; men living under the Third Reich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/gabrielle-higgins\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/gabrielle-higgins\/\"><strong>Learn more about Gabrielle&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/alexandra-kramen-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Alexandra Kramen\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/alexandra-kramen-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/alexandra-kramen-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/alexandra-kramen-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3e64f25eabac134f8c0587ffe548f50b\" id=\"h-alexandra-kramen\">Alexandra Kramen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-justice-pursued-jewish-survivors-struggle-for-holocaust-justice-in-displaced-persons-camp-fohrenwa\">Justice Pursued: Jewish Survivors\u2019 Struggle for Holocaust Justice in Displaced Persons Camp F\u00f6hrenwa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kramen\u2019s dissertation, <em>Justice Pursued: Jewish Survivors\u2019 Struggle for Holocaust Justice in Displaced Persons Camp F\u00f6hrenwald, 1945-1957<\/em>, focuses on Jewish survivors living in F\u00f6hrenwald, the longest-running Jewish displaced persons camp in postwar Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alexandra-kramen\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alexandra-kramen\/\"><strong>Learn more about Alexandra&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Lazar-1-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Natalya Lazar\" class=\"wp-image-747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Lazar-1-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Lazar-1-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Lazar-1-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1fb018fa269c37a6917d6edaa57300d7\" id=\"h-natalya-lazar\">Natalya Lazar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-czernowitz-jews-and-the-holocaust\">Czernowitz Jews and the Holocaust<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Natalya Lazar\u2019s dissertation<em> Czernowitz Jews and the Holocaust <\/em>explores Jewish life and the changing dynamics of interethnic and neighborly relations in the contested borderland city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/natalya-lazar\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/natalya-lazar\/\"><strong>Learn more about Natalya&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nathan-lucky-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Nathan Lucky\" class=\"wp-image-750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nathan-lucky-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nathan-lucky-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nathan-lucky-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa5f880e7b85207ef1efec7b743836df\" id=\"h-nathan-lucky\">Nathan Lucky<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-information-borderlands-jewish-news-networks-during-the-holocaust-1933-1950\">Information Borderlands: Jewish News Networks during the Holocaust, 1933-1950<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucky\u2019s dissertation,&nbsp;<em>Information Borderlands: Jewish News Networks during the Holocaust, 1933-1950 <\/em>charts how the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) used their news agency and its more than 150 employees in bureaus around the world to spy on the Nazis and resist fascism on a global scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/nathan-lucky\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/gabrielle-higgins\/\"><strong>Learn more about Natan&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Ani-Garabed-Ohanian-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Ani Garabed Ohanian\" class=\"wp-image-753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Ani-Garabed-Ohanian-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Ani-Garabed-Ohanian-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Ani-Garabed-Ohanian-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35f9bf6f715f3929945e64afa7bb3658\" id=\"h-ani-garabed-ohanian\">Ani Garabed Ohanian<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reconfiguration-of-the-caucasus-bolshevik-kemalist-cooperation-and-the-armenian-genocide-1917-1923\">Reconfiguration of the Caucasus: Bolshevik-Kemalist Cooperation and the Armenian Genocide, 1917-1923<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohanian\u2019s dissertation project, <em>Reconfiguration of the Caucasus: Bolshevik-Kemalist Cooperation and the Armenian Genocide, 1917-1923, <\/em>sheds light on the role that the Armenian Genocide played in the context of Bolshevik-Kemalist relations, analyzing how, or to what extent, the genocide influenced the respective actions of Turkish and Russian revolutionary forces \u2013 the Kemalists, and the Bolsheviks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/ani-garabed-ohanian\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/alexandra-kramen\/\"><strong>Learn more about Ani&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Mohammad-Sajjadur-Rahman-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Mohammad-Sajjadur-Rahman-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Mohammad-Sajjadur-Rahman-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Mohammad-Sajjadur-Rahman-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f5c84bea724cfeb6412866e2a6345e42\" id=\"h-mohammad-sajjadur-rahman\">Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wartime-collaborators-and-the-politics-of-justice-in-bangladesh-1971-1975\">Wartime Collaborators and the Politics of Justice in Bangladesh (1971-1975)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sajjad is engaged in researching and writing his dissertation, <em>Against Freedom: Understanding the \u201cAnti-Liberation Forces\u201d in Bangladesh\u2019s War of Independence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/mohammad-sajjadur-rahman\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/mohammad-sajjadur-rahman\/\"><strong>Learn more about Mohammad&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Jessa-Sinnott-900x525-1-1.avif\" alt=\"Jessa Sinnott\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Jessa-Sinnott-900x525-1-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Jessa-Sinnott-900x525-1-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Jessa-Sinnott-900x525-1-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a39c5131439d575666e060ee72738998\" id=\"h-jessa-sinnott\">Jessa Sinnott<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-anti-jewish-pogroms-and-neighborhood-violence-in-nazi-occupied-poland-1941\">Anti-Jewish Pogroms and Neighborhood Violence in Nazi-Occupied Poland (1941)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinnott\u2019s dissertation examines neighborhood and pogrom violence in Nazi (and Soviet) occupied Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/jessa-sinnott\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/jessa-sinnott\/\"><strong>Learn more about Jessa&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/MK-900x525-1.avif\" alt=\"MK Speth\" class=\"wp-image-762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/MK-900x525-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/MK-900x525-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/MK-900x525-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fd426ced7ad5a9ad3fc595ef96cdecd5\" id=\"h-mk-speth\">MK Speth<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-genocide-guides-amp-gorillas-narrating-the-past-and-re-imagining-the-future-in-post-genocide-rwanda-s-tourism-spaces\">Genocide, Guides, &amp; Gorillas: Narrating the Past and (Re)Imagining the Future in Post-Genocide Rwanda\u2019s Tourism Spaces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Speth researches the intersection between genocide, tourism, and transitional justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/mk-speth\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/mk-speth\/\"><strong>Learn more about MK&#8217;s project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nicole-toedtli-1.avif\" alt=\"Nicole Toedtli\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nicole-toedtli-1.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nicole-toedtli-1-300x175.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/nicole-toedtli-1-768x448.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deeper-red-color has-text-color has-link-color 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