Friday, March 13, 2009

Scholars to Assess Genocide Prevention Task Force Report in Washington, DC

Herbert Hirsch, Professor of Political Science and Co-Editor of Genocide Studies and Prevention, at the Wilder School, Virginia Commonwealth University, is  one of the primary organizers of a symposium to assess the official report of the United States Government Genocide Prevention Task Force will be held on March 13, 2009 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This is the initiative of the editors of Genocide Studies and Prevention, published in partnership by The International Association of Genocide Scholars (“IAGS”), The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (“IIGHRS”) and The University of Toronto Press. . “This much anticipated report was released in December 2008,” said Prof. Herb Hirsch, one of the journal’s editors. “We wanted to organize as quickly as possible a symposium of experts from North America and Europe in political science, international law, sociology, history and philosophy to provide an independent, in-depth, scholarly review and assessment of its findings.”   Please read more here.

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