[Bilimsel Haber] Famine and Mass Violence

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

*Famine and Mass Violence*
*Location:* 	Ohio
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Famine and Mass Violence
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH, USA
September 21-23, 2008

Famine and mass violence frequently go hand in hand. Unfortunately,
scholars of famine and scholars of mass violence often deal with
different questions resulting in a wide lacuna in research and the
methodology for analyzing connections between famines and violence.
Famine specialists mostly deal with socioeconomic questions, with people
as economic subjects, with the working of markets and speculation, food
distribution, or deficiencies of state intervention. Entangled in the
availability vs. entitlement debate, they care less for power
relationships or war-related situations, although famines often occur
during wartime or civil conflict. Genocide experts view certain famines
as state-organized. Such scholars are interested in motivations of
violence, lack of relief efforts, escape prevention, or special policies
victimizing refugees. They may miss out on the participatory dimension
of famines: social and economic networks, profiteering, or family
relations. This conference seeks to bring together both famine experts
and genocide specialists to engage in a dialogue with each other, first
during the conference and later in a collective volume resulting from
the meeting.

We welcome proposals that try to bring the role of social forces and
governments in the emergence of famines together into coherent
frameworks, whether they put more emphasis on the "famine" or the
"violence" side. Both case studies and theoretical approaches are
welcome. Proposals should consist of a one page abstract of the paper, a
brief curriculum vitae or biographical sketch, as well as contact
information including name, title, institution or affiliation, mailing
address, contact phone number and e-mail address. Proposals should be
sent via email by October 1, 2007 to both of the conference organizers:

Christian Gerlach Helene J. Sinnreich
Department of History Judaic and Holocaust Studies
University of Pittsburgh Youngstown State University
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Youngstown, OH 44555, USA
hcg3+ at pitt.edu hjsinnreich at ysu.edu

	Helene J. Sinnreich
Judaic and Holocaust Studies
One University Place
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
USA

Email: hjsinnreich at ysu.edu <mailto:hjsinnreich at ysu.edu>

Visit the website at http://www.ysu.edu/judaic