Undergraduate - UnitATS3600 - The holocaust in an age of genocide

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Notes

Synopsis

As for ATS2600

Outcomes

Upon completion, students will be expected to possess:

1. a knowledge of events leading to the Holocaust, its course and aftermath;
2. an understanding of Jewish responses to the Holocaust across Europe;
3. an understanding of the issues involved in representations of the Holocaust, including literature and the arts;
4. an appreciation of how collective and national memories of genocide are created;
5. An understanding of the United Nations Genocide Convention and debates about the definition of genocide;
6. 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%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Karen Auerbach

Contact hours

One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Human rights theory
Religion and theology
Jewish civilisation
History
European and European Union studies

Prohibitions

ATS2600, JWC2580