October 8, 2014
12:00PM - 1:20PM
Journalism Building, Room 217
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Gendering Genocide
AbstractThe study of gender and genocide has become an increasingly prominent theme in the interdisciplinary field of comparative genocide studies. This talk adopts an inclusive approach to gender, considering the role of women and men as targets and perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity. It will also explore the themes of "gendercidal institutions," sexual violence as a genocidal strategy, and the use of gendered motifs in genocidal propaganda.
In recent years, the violent crime rate has dropped to near record lows. At the same time, there has been an explosion in the number of private citizens who obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm in public. There are now nearly eight million people with concealed carry permits nation-wide, and yet little is known about how they think about crime, threat, and self-defense. An analysis of in-depth interviews with 36 concealed handgun license holders in Texas suggests that while concealed-carry instructors explain threat in ostensibly race-neutral, colorblind language, license holders themselves utilize racialized and classed understandings of crime as they navigate public spaces. As this research makes clear, the way that license holders think about crime and victimization, including differences in how men and women explain threat, is a critical component in understanding the social implications of an armed citizenry.
LecturerAdam Jones is Professor of Political Science at University of British Columbia-Okanagan Campus. He is best known for his work in comparative genocide studies. He is author of a leading textbook in the field, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (Routledge, 2nd edn. 2010), and author or editor of numerous other works on genocide and crimes against humanity, including The Scourge of Genocide: Essays and Reflections (Routledge, 2013). From 2005-07, he was Associate Research Fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. He has given talks and academic presentations on genocide at conferences and seminars in North and South America, Europe, and East Asia. He was senior book review editor of the Journal of Genocide Research from 2004 to 2013, when he was commissioned to edit the Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity book series for Routledge Publishers.
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2014-10-08 12:00:00
2014-10-08 13:20:00
Gendering Genocide
AbstractThe study of gender and genocide has become an increasingly prominent theme in the interdisciplinary field of comparative genocide studies. This talk adopts an inclusive approach to gender, considering the role of women and men as targets and perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity. It will also explore the themes of "gendercidal institutions," sexual violence as a genocidal strategy, and the use of gendered motifs in genocidal propaganda.
In recent years, the violent crime rate has dropped to near record lows. At the same time, there has been an explosion in the number of private citizens who obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm in public. There are now nearly eight million people with concealed carry permits nation-wide, and yet little is known about how they think about crime, threat, and self-defense. An analysis of in-depth interviews with 36 concealed handgun license holders in Texas suggests that while concealed-carry instructors explain threat in ostensibly race-neutral, colorblind language, license holders themselves utilize racialized and classed understandings of crime as they navigate public spaces. As this research makes clear, the way that license holders think about crime and victimization, including differences in how men and women explain threat, is a critical component in understanding the social implications of an armed citizenry.
LecturerAdam Jones is Professor of Political Science at University of British Columbia-Okanagan Campus. He is best known for his work in comparative genocide studies. He is author of a leading textbook in the field, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (Routledge, 2nd edn. 2010), and author or editor of numerous other works on genocide and crimes against humanity, including The Scourge of Genocide: Essays and Reflections (Routledge, 2013). From 2005-07, he was Associate Research Fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. He has given talks and academic presentations on genocide at conferences and seminars in North and South America, Europe, and East Asia. He was senior book review editor of the Journal of Genocide Research from 2004 to 2013, when he was commissioned to edit the Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity book series for Routledge Publishers.
Journalism Building, Room 217
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America/New_York
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Abstract
The study of gender and genocide has become an increasingly prominent theme in the interdisciplinary field of comparative genocide studies. This talk adopts an inclusive approach to gender, considering the role of women and men as targets and perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity. It will also explore the themes of "gendercidal institutions," sexual violence as a genocidal strategy, and the use of gendered motifs in genocidal propaganda.
In recent years, the violent crime rate has dropped to near record lows. At the same time, there has been an explosion in the number of private citizens who obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm in public. There are now nearly eight million people with concealed carry permits nation-wide, and yet little is known about how they think about crime, threat, and self-defense. An analysis of in-depth interviews with 36 concealed handgun license holders in Texas suggests that while concealed-carry instructors explain threat in ostensibly race-neutral, colorblind language, license holders themselves utilize racialized and classed understandings of crime as they navigate public spaces. As this research makes clear, the way that license holders think about crime and victimization, including differences in how men and women explain threat, is a critical component in understanding the social implications of an armed citizenry.Lecturer
Adam Jones is Professor of Political Science at University of British Columbia-Okanagan Campus. He is best known for his work in comparative genocide studies. He is author of a leading textbook in the field, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (Routledge, 2nd edn. 2010), and author or editor of numerous other works on genocide and crimes against humanity, including The Scourge of Genocide: Essays and Reflections (Routledge, 2013). From 2005-07, he was Associate Research Fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. He has given talks and academic presentations on genocide at conferences and seminars in North and South America, Europe, and East Asia. He was senior book review editor of the Journal of Genocide Research from 2004 to 2013, when he was commissioned to edit the Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity book series for Routledge Publishers.
