Advancing genocide studies : personal accounts and insights from scholars in the field / Samuel Totten, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.

Machine-generated contents note: pt. I Historians and Sociologists -- 1. To Study the Armenian Genocide in Turkey: Caught between a Conspiracy of Silence and Murderous Hatred / Taner Akçam -- 2. Destruction of the Other as the Validation of the Self / Uğur Ümit Ungör -- pt. II Political Scientists -- 3. Seized of Sorrow / Adam Jones -- 4. From Political Scientist to Genocide Studies Scholar and Back Again / Maureen S. Hiebert -- pt. III Criminology and International Human Rights Law -- 5. Understanding the Unthinkable / Kjell Anderson -- pt. IV Criminologist -- 6. A Scholar of Genocide and Violence / Alex Alvarez -- pt. V Philosopher -- 7. Out of the Shadow of War and Genocide / Henry C. Theriault -- pt. VI Educator -- 8. My Personal Story as It Relates to Being a Scholar of Genocide Studies / Yair Auron -- pt. VII Independent Researchers -- 9. A Quest for Genocide Justice in Cambodia / Craig Etcheson -- 10. A Belated Cause / Gerald Caplan -- 11. A Matter of Conscience: Part II / Samuel Totten.