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13:15 - 13:55 28 January 2010
LUNCH HOUR LECTURE: See no evil: the (im)morality of denying genocide
Location
Darwin Lecture Theatre - accessed via Malet Place |
Darwin Building
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access via Malet Place |
London |
WC1E 6BT |
United Kingdom
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Admission: Free and open to anyone on a first-come first-served basis. Lectures can also be watched online or downloaded from UCL's iTunesU from 7 days after the event.
Ticketing: Open
Speaker information
Dr Saladin Meckled-Garcia, UCL Political Science
Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, this lecture will focus on the status of genocide denial, working through a number of 20th and 21st century genocides. Industries of denial spring up to counter the claims of victims of ethnic cleansing and genocide. The deniers or revisionists could be treated as other eccentric authors have, like quirky conspiracy theorists. However, there seems to be something more sinister, more demanding of our attention, which requires a special attitude to its proponents. This lecture will move through a discussion of the ethical grounds for the special category of genocide as a political crime and its relation to human rights.
Contact
Dan Martin
+44 (0)20 7679 7675 |
dan.martin@ucl.ac.uk
