Tuesday, November 16 | 4:30-6:30pm| Free; 2 PDUs available
Come join us for our first small group scholar session of the year. Limited to twenty educators, this session focuses on examining the ways in which the impacts of climate change can facilitate the development of violent conflict and genocide. We’ll begin with an examination of historic and contemporary examples and explore the ways in which the stresses of climate change can result in intolerance, conflict, persecution, and collective violence, especially around the issues of resource scarcity, state failure, and population displacement. Following the deep dive, we’ll discuss ideas and strategies for how to implement this new learning into your classroom.
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We’ll send you a Zoom link for this session about 24 hours prior to the program. In the meantime, please feel free to email education@ojmche.org with any questions or comments.
Dr. Alex Alvarez is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003 he was the founding Director of the Martin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values. In 2017-2018, he served as the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University. His main areas of study are in the areas of collective and interpersonal violence. His first book, Governments, Citizens, and Genocide, was published by Indiana University Press in 2001. His other books include Murder American Style (2002), Violence: The Enduring Problem (2007, 2013 2nd ed., 2017 3rd ed., 2020 4th ed.), Genocidal Crimes (2009), and Native America and the Question of Genocide (2014). His latest book, Unstable Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide was published in July 2017 with Rowman & Littlefield. He has also served as an editor for the journal Violence and Victims, was a founding co-editor of the journal Genocide Studies and Prevention, is an Editor for Genocide Studies International, and has served as an editorial board member for a number of journals. He has been invited to speak and present his research across the U.S. and in various countries such as Austria, Bosnia, Canada, England, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Sweden.