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Global Studies Co-sponsors Series on Bosnian Elections

September 7, 2018

"I want to show that our differences can be a source of strength instead of a cause for hatred and division” stated Mirsad Hadžikadić, UNCC professor who is running for president of Bosnia-Herzegovina in its October 7 elections. Bosnia was one of the six republics of Yugoslavia until that country was torn apart by...

HGHR Center to Host International Conference on Genocide Denial

May 17, 2018

Denial has been termed the “final stage of genocide.” The “assassins of memory,” in Pierre Vidal-Naquet’s memorable turn of phrase, seek to bury their crimes or to legitimize or governments or political movements with which they sympathize. The ways in which portrayals of genocide are constructed may contribute to creating “zones of denial” that allow space for minimizing the harsh realities...

Global Studies Professor Awarded Prestigious Luce/ACLS Fellowship

April 11, 2018

Joyce Dalsheim, a cultural anthropologist in the Department of Global Studies, has been selected as a 2018 Luce/ACLS Fellow in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs. She will use her ethnographic research in Israel/Palestine to engage in a critical examination of the relationship between sovereignty and liberation, focusing on questions of religion and religious freedom. Her work...