Dr. Khatchig Mouradian has been appointed the Nikit and Eleanora Ordjanian Visiting Professor in the Department of Middle East,South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University for the Spring of 2017. He will be teaching a course on “War, Genocide, or Their Aftermath,” which will examine how societies grapple with the legacy of mass violence, through the exploration of historical texts, and memoirs,textbooks, litigation, and media reports and debates confronting the past. Focusing on case studies of the Herero Genocide,the Armenian Genocide during WWI, and the Holocaust and the consolation Women during WWII, or students will investigate the crime and its sequelae,looking at how societies deal with the skeletons in their closets. Dr. Khatchig Mouradian This seminar style course (MDES GU4357, Section 001, and Call # 75780) will be taught on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:10-2:25 p.m. and is open to auditors as well as matriculating students. Registration is from Jan. 11-15,2017, and classes begin on Jan. 17. The tuition for Auditors is $2400 and for Life Long Learners (people aged 65 and over) is $750. Registration for Auditors may be done online at http://sps.columbia.edu/auditing and for Life Long Learners at http://sps.columbia.edu/auditing/lifelong-learners-auditing-program. On this page scroll down to [...]
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