Editorial Note: GPN Genocide Prevention Now compiles and maintains an ongoing international directory of organizations that promote an awareness of genocide and its ramifications along with its prevention. Many victim groups include individuals and organizations that also have been perpetrators. Being included in this list does not necessarily represent an endorsement of the position of the group.
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GPN Genocide Prevention Now compiles and maintains an ongoing international directory of organizations that promote an awareness of genocide and its ramifications along with its prevention.
As the number of organizations continue to grow yearly, the interest, concern and dedication to confront the issue of genocide grows. Our directory is divided into the following types of organizations: Genocide Prevention Organizations, Scholarly Organizations, University-affiliated Institutes and Centers, Holocaust Organizations, Armenian Genocide Organizations, Cambodian Genocide Organizations, Kurdish Genocide Organizations, Native American Genocide Commemorative Organizations, organizations specializing in the genocides of other ethnic groups, and others.
The development of organizations in the field of Holocaust and genocide studies shows an activist as well as scholarly approach to the field. Through GPN, we want to provide an overview of the various organizations in the field, including those that address areas of genocide within their larger organization that is also committed to other purposes. We hope that people consulting GPN will be able to locate specific organizations that can assist them in their personal interest and approach to the field.
In Issue 7, we are adding an additional 7 organizations to our cumulative list of organizations that appeared in our previous issue. We have continued to provide a description of each organization that will better acquaint people with the purpose and mission of each organization as well as all relevant contact information.
We are interested in receiving information about additional organizations that have not appeared on our first four issues. We are also interested in organizations that have units or sections devoted to genocide awareness and prevention. Our aim is to build a comprehensive directory of organizations that reflect the truly interdisciplinary field of Holocaust and genocide studies.
All submissions should be sent to: Marc I. Sherman, Director, Holocaust and Genocide Review, GPN-Genocide Prevention Now. E-mail: msherman.gpn@genocidepreventionnow.org.
Each issue will also profile a unique
organization that contributes to a further development in our field. In
this issue, we are proud to profile the The Hugo Valentin
Centre of Uppsala University in Sweden.
Featured Program
The Hugo Valentin Centre, Sweden
The Hugo Valentin Centre is an inter-disciplinary forum at Uppsala University with research as its prime task. Research is carried out within two prioritized areas: on the one hand cultural and social phenomena and processes of change related to the ethnic dimension in human life, on the other hand the Holocaust and other cases of genocide and severe crimes against human rights. To these subject fields belong minority studies and Holocaust and genocide studies as well as related and adjacent subjects where the Centre has a marked specialization: Holocaust history, massive violence, discrimination, multilingualism, migration and integration. Conditions in the Nordic countries and in the Balkans have a special position, and culture, language, history and religion are natural points of departure for the Centre's work.
The Centre's activities encompass research, education at post-graduate level, documentation and information. In addition to its own research, the Centre also is explicitly charged with the task of stimulating and initiating studies of its subject areas within Uppsala University. The Centre also has the task of disseminating knowledge about the areas' research problems and research results in the light of international and global perspectives, discussions and conditions. Against the backdrop of its tasks and focus, the Centre should constitute a resource for education at Uppsala University, primarily on the higher levels.
The Hugo Valentin Centre was established at Uppsala University's Faculty of Arts in November 2009 through a merging of two previous units, the Centre for Multiethnic Research and The Uppsala Programme for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The new unit started its work under the new name on 1 January 2010.
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