Understanding
Atrocities
Arts in Action
Jeffrey Keshen, Series Editor
Co-published with Mount Royal University
ISSN 2371-6134 (Print) ISSN 2371-6142 (Online)
This series focuses on illuminating, promoting, or demonstrating the fundamental significance of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences to public well-being and contemporary society – culturally, spiritually, socially, politically, and economically – with the aim of raising awareness of the essential skills, perspectives, and critical understandings of societal issues these disciplines cultivate.
Jeffrey Keshen, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Mount Royal University
No. 1 ∙ Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide Edited by Scott W. Murray
© 2017 Scott W. Murray
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Understanding atrocities : remembering, representing,
and teaching genocide / edited by Scott W. Murray.
(Arts in action ; no. 1)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
Co-published by: Mount Royal University.
ISBN 978-1-55238-885-3 (softcover).—ISBN 978-1-55238-886-0
(open access PDF).—ISBN 978-1-55238-887-7 (PDF).—
ISBN 978-1-55238-888-4 (EPUB).—ISBN 978-1-55238-889-1 (Kindle)
1. Genocide—Study and teaching. 2. Genocide—Case studies.
3. Atrocities—Study and teaching. 4. Atrocities—Case studies.
I. Murray, Scott W. (Scott William), 1962-, editor II. Series: Arts in
action (Series) ; 1
HV6322.7.U53 2017 304.6’63071 C2017-900116-7
C2017-900117-5
The University of Calgary Press acknowledges the support of the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund for our publications. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.
This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
This book has been published with the help of a grant from Mount Royal University Library, through the Mount Royal University Library Open Access Fund.
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