Splash Biography
ALYSSA BIVINS, Historian on the way to her throne
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Major: History and NELC College/Employer: UChicago Year of Graduation: 2015 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
A child of the South Side of Chicago, my pizza is always deep and my games are always at Comiskey. I am a third year at the U of C who has a grand plan of majoring in History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. I've studied Arabic & Hebrew with intentions to research education policy in the Levant. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)A1251: How and Why We Genocide in Cascade! Fall 2013 (Oct. 22, 2013)
The systematic destruction of a group of people based on ethnicity, nationality, race, or religion: genocide. The term genocide was created to classify the horrors of the holocaust. Once the definition was codified by the United Nations, the world said ‘never again’. Never again would there be a slaughter of men, women, and children on the basis of their identity. However genocide has happened. Again and again. Why?
This class will explore the nature, causes, and consequences of genocides since 1950. We will see that the perpetrators are not evil, the victims are not innocent, and the lines are always blurred. By the end of this you will know how to commit a genocide-- but you will also know how to detect and prevent one.
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