Re-thinking Teaching About Atrocity: Human Rights Comparative History and Critical Pedagogy

This paper will explore re-framing historic atrocity and its relationship to Holocaust and Genocide education. The origins of genocide studies and its links to Holocaust studies will be traced to discuss the impact of new scholarship and framings on genocide education in the classroom.

Panel Two: Content Orientation versus Civic Education

Format: 5 minute introduction, 15 min per speaker, 70 minute discussion Moderator: Eric DeMeulenaere, Clark University