Clark University
University Communications
Angela M. Bazydlo
Associate Director of Media Relations
ph: 508-793-7635
cell: 508-365-8736

PRESS RELEASE
October 6, 2008

Acclaimed scholar Donald Bloxham to lecture Oct. 22
at Clark University on the Holocaust and violent traditions in Europe

WORCESTER, MA- The Clark University Modern History Colloquium and The
Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will
present "Integrating the Holocaust into a European History of
Violence," a talk by acclaimed scholar Donald Bloxham on Wednesday,
October 22, at 4 p.m. in the Rose Library at the Cohen-Lasry House, 11
Hawthorne Street, Clark University Campus.
In his talk, Bloxham will discuss the moving away from the
metaphysical questions of the uniqueness of the Holocaust and will
consider the Holocaust in the context of a violent continent-Europe in
the first half of the 20th century-and will examine ways in which it
fits and does not fit into broader patterns of genocide and ethnic
cleansing.
Bloxham is a professor of modern history at the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland. He recently spent a year with the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC conducting research
for a book-length project entitled "The Final Solution: A Genocide and
its Contexts" and was the Maurice C. Shapiro Senior
Scholar-in-Residence.
Bloxham, 34, is the youngest full professor of history in the United
Kingdom. Prior to his appointment to the University of Edinburgh
faculty, Bloxham was research director of London-based charity the
Holocaust Educational Trust. In 2007, his book "The Great Game of
Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman
Armenians" was awarded the Raphael Lemkin Award by the International
Association of Genocide Scholars.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information,
contact 508-793-8897.
The mission of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies reaches beyond the boundaries of the University: to educate
professionals of many fields about genocide and the Holocaust; to
provide a lecture series free of charge and open to the public; to use
scholarship to address current problems stemming from the murderous
past; and to participate in the public discussion about a host of
issues ranging from the importance of intervention in genocidal
situations today to the significance of state-sponsored denial of the
Armenian genocide and the well-funded denial of the Holocaust.
Clark University is a private, co-educational liberal-arts research
university with over 2,100 undergraduate and 800 graduate
students. Since its founding in 1887 as the first all-graduate school
in the United States, Clark has challenged convention with innovative
programs such as the International Studies Stream and the accelerated
BA/MA programs with the fifth year tuition-free for eligible
students. The University is featured in Loren Pope’s book, "Colleges
That Change Lives."
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