Conceptualizing Mass Violence

Navras J. Aafreedi is Assistant Professor of History at Presidency University, Kolkata, and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, New York. His publications include his monograph Jews, Judaizing Movements and the Traditions of Israelite Descent in South Asia. Priya Singh is Associate Director at Asia in Global Affairs (www.asiaingloblaffairs.in). Priya is a political scientist with an interest in issues pertaining to geo-politics, nationalism, post-nationalism, identity, state formation and gender. She has authored, edited and co-edited books on Israel and the Middle East.

Introduction 1. Reading Mass Violence Part 1: Narratives 2. Violence and Violations: Betrayal Narratives in Atrocity Accounts 3. Holocaust survivors in Mexico: Intersecting and Conflicting Narratives of Open Doors, Welcoming Society and Personal Hardships 4. Historical Narratives, the Perpetuation of Trauma, and the Work of Vamık Volkan Part 2: Revisionism & Reconstruction 5. Holocaust, Propaganda, and the Distortion of History in the Former Soviet Space 6. The Genocide of 1971 in Bangladesh: Lessons from History 7. Holocaust Denial and Minimization in the Indian Urdu Press Part 3: Education 8. Holocaust Studies in Australia: Moving from family and community remembrance to human rights and prevention of mass violence 9. New Developments in Holocaust & Genocide Education in South Africa: : The case study of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre 10. A Case of Naive Normalization? India's Misbeliefs about Hitler and Schooling on the Holocaust 11. Holocaust Education in India and its Challenges Part 4: Reflections 12. Sonderkommando Photo 4 and the Portrayal of the Invisible 13. Overcoming "Intimate Hatreds:" Reflections on Violence against Yazidis 14. The State and its Margins: Changing Notions of Marginality in Turkey Part 5: Trauma 15. Pinochet's Dictatorship and Reflections on Trauma in Chile: How much have we learned in terms of human rights? Part 6: Memorialization 16. ‘Grassroots’ Holocaust Museums: Revealing Untold Stories 17. Fabric, Food, Song: The Quiet Continuities in Bengali Life Seventy Years After Partition Part 7: Literature 18. The Failure of Secular Publics and the Rise of the Jewish Religious Public in Nathan Englander’s For the Relief of Unbearable Urges Part 8: Dialogue & Reconciliation 19.The 2002 Alexandria Summit and Its Follow Up