HSY3580 - The holocaust in an age of genocide
6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate Faculty of Arts
Leader(s): Mark Baker
Offered
Caulfield First semester 2009 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2009 (Day)
Synopsis
As for HSY2580
Objectives
Upon completion, students will be expected to possess:
- a knowledge of events leading to the Holocaust, its course and aftermath;
- an understanding of Jewish responses to the Holocaust across Europe;
- an understanding of the issues involved in representations of the Holocaust, including literature and the arts;
- an appreciation of how collective and national memories of genocide are created;
- An understanding of the United Nations Genocide Convention and debates about the definition of genocide;
- A knowledge of the major cases of post-war mass killing and their relationship to the Holocaust
Assessment
Participation: 10%
Historiographical essay (1000 words): 20%
Research essay (2500 words): 40%
Examination (1000 words): 30%
Contact hours
One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Prohibitions
HSY2580, JWC2580
13 October 2017
21 December 2024