Robert Melson (political scientist)
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Robert Melson | |
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| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Education | PhD in Political Science from MIT (1967) |
Robert Melson (born 1937) is professor emeritus of political science and a member of the
Jewish studies program at Purdue University. From 2003 to 2005, he was the President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS). In 2006 and 2007, he was the Cathy Cohen-Lasry Distinguished Professor in the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Early life
Melson survived the Holocaust in Poland, escaping a pogrom with his parents and later living under false papers.[1]
Work
His primary area of expertise is in ethnic conflict and
National Jewish Book Award
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Among his other books are, Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust (University of Chicago Press, 1992/6). He has published (with Howard Wolpe, eds.), Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and elsewhere.
References
- ISBN 978-0-226-51990-6.
- ^ Paradigms of Genocide: The Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and Contemporary Mass Destructions, Robert Melson, p. 156
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