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In Memoriam: Stephen Feinstein (1943 –2008)

Stephen Feinstein, the director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, died unexpectedly on 4 March 2008. Steve was speaking at the Jewish Film Festival in the Minneapolis suburb of Hopkins when -- so out of character -- he had difficulty finding words. He was rushed to the hospital where he died of an aortic rupture that resulted in cardiac arrest. He leaves his wife Sue, children Jeremy and Rebecca, and two grandchildren.

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The University of Minnesota is holding a memorial for Stephen Feinstein, on May 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM. The event will be held at Cowles Auditorium on the West Bank campus of the University.

Journal of Genocide Research

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The special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research entitled Raphael Lemkin: the 'founder of the United Nation's Genocide Convention' as a historian of mass violence (Volume 7, Number 4/December 2005), edited by Dominik J. Schaller and Juergen Zimmerer, is now available in Full Text, completely free of charge! Click here to access this issue.

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The editorials by Juergen Zimmerer and Dominik Schaller from Volumes 8 and 9 of the Journal of Genocide Research are now freely accessible here.

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Foundation of The Sheffield Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence

The University of Sheffield and the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS) proudly announce the foundation of The Sheffield Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence

Building both on long traditions and current strengths in Genocide Studies, the University of Sheffield approved in June 2007 the establishment of the Sheffield Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence. Based around the offices of the of the Journal of Genocide Research and the International Network of Genocide Scholars at the Department of History, this unique institution in the UK and beyond is devoted to the study of all aspects of mass violence in history and at the present time. Interdisciplinary in its approach, it explicitly tries to bridge the gaps between Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences: its concerns will include topics such as genocide and environmental change, competition for resources, and mass violence; trauma research; (post)colonialism, memory and identity politics; and prevention studies.

The Centre will coordinate research projects, support international cooperation and offer both face-to-face and distance-learning courses in genocide studies and prevention. Current projects include the Virtual Archive of Genocide, a Bibliography of Genocide and the Sheffield Digital Lemkin, a digital edition of the hitherto largely unpublished writings of Raphael Lemkin, the founder of the UN Genocide Convention of 1948 and pioneer of Genocide Studies.

The official launch of the centre took place on October 9th, with a public lecture by Professor Sir Ian Kershaw.

In September 2008 the International Network of Genocide Scholars will held its first Global Genocide Conference on "Genocide as Argument" at the Sheffield Genocide Centre. A Call for Papers will be issued soon.

Please address all queries or suggestions regarding the Centre to the founding Director, Dr , Department of History, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN.

In Memoriam: Eric Markusen (8 October 1946 – 29 January 2007)

Genocide studies is today a growing, international and interdisciplinary field of studies, and Eric Markusen pointed out this development in lectures in numerous countries all over the world. Moreover, he contributed to this development both as a scholar, as a teacher and as an activist.

On 29 January 2007, Eric Markusen – one of the pioneers of genocide studies and a dear colleague and friend to many in the field – died after short illness in Marshall, Minnesota. Read more


	Job: Researcher/Writer Will to intervene project Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), Concordia University, in Partnership with General Roméo Dallaire (Full-time, 9-month contract, Montreal-based) Full details (deadline: 14 september 2008) ________________ Call for Papers: Genocide. The Future of Prevention 1st Global Conference on Genocide by the International Network of Genocide Scholars, University of Sheffield 9-12 January 2009 Further details and call for papers (Deadline 15 July 2008) ________________ Conference: First International Graduate Students’ Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies Held on 23-26 April 2009 at the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts Further details and call for papers(deadline 15 August 2008) ________________ PhD Studentship: Sheffield Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence: Genocide Studies/Namibian History Project title: 'Remembering Genocide: Namibian narratives of loss, exile and reconstitution'. Application deadline: 30 June 2008. Further details ________________ Climate Change and Violence: Workshop Series Autumn 2008 - 2010 Crisis Forum is convening a series of seven one day workshops to explore and interrogate the connections between accelerating anthropogenic climate change and the potentiality for violence in all its forms. The first workshop will be held at the University of Southampton on 14 November 2008. Further details and call for papers ________________ Conference: Beyond camps and forced labour: current international research on survivors of Nazi persecution Third international multidisciplinary conference, to be held at the Imperial War Museum, London, 7-9 January 2009 Further details and Call for Papers(deadline: 28 February 2008) ________________ Conference: The Holocaust, the Survivors and the State of Israel. Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel, 8 – 11 December 2008. On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the State of Israel, the International Institute for Holocaust Research – Yad Vashem will convene an international conference on the Holocaust, the survivors, and the State of Israel. Prof. Yehuda Bauer will deliver the keynote address on the topic: 'Did the Holocaust Create the State of Israel'? Further information and Call for Papers (deadline 15 November 2007) ________________ Conference: Lessons and Legacies X Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 30 October-2 November 2008 The Tenth Biennial Lessons and Legacies Conference, sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation and Northwestern University, will consist of two plenary addresses, up to three roundtables, ten to fifteen panels, and up to fourteen workshops relating to recent advances in scholarship on all aspects of Holocaust Studies and pointing the way toward further research. Further information and call for papers ________________ Publication: Mark Levene 'Genocide in the Age of the Nation State' Receive a 30 % discount on this publication by INOGS member Mark Levene by using this order form (pdf) ________________ Conference: Empire, Slave Trade and Slavery: Rebuilding Civil Society in Sierra Leone An International Interdisciplinary Conference to be held at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull on 26-28 September 2008. Further information and call for papers(Deadline: 1 December 2007) ________________ Call for Papers: Famine and Mass Violence Conference Proposals are invited for the above Conference, held at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio on 21-23 September 2008. Proposals should reach the Conference organizors before 1 October 2007 Full Call for Papers(opens in new window)

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