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Genocide studies is an academic field of study that researches genocide. Genocide became a field of study in the mid-1940s, with the work of Raphael Lemkin, who coined genocide and started genocide research, and its primary subjects were the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust;[1] the Holocaust was the primary subject matter of genocide studies, starting off as a side field of Holocaust studies, and the field received an extra impetus in the 1990s, when the Bosnian genocide and Rwandan genocide occurred.[2] It received further attraction in the 2010s through the formation of a gender field.[3]
It is a complex field which has a lack of consensus on definition principles[4] and has had a complex relationship with mainstream political science;[clarification needed] it has enjoyed renewed research and interest in the last decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. It remains a relevant yet minority school of thought that has not yet achieved mainstream status within political science.[5]
- ^ Bloxham & Moses 2010, p. 2; Moses 2010, p. 22.
- ^ Bloxham & Moses 2010, p. 2.
- ^ Von Joeden-Forgey 2010, p. 61.
- ^ Weiss-Wendt 2008, p. 42.
- ^ Verdeja 2012, p. 307.