Anth 3309: Violence and Human Rights will be available for the fall 2026 semester. It will be taught by Professor Sayantan Saha Roy. This class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30am to 10:45am.

How has human rights confronted the problem of mass violence in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries? How has human rights doctrine been shaped by mass violence? Through three specific problems- genocide, forced disappearance, and statelessness- this class will historically and anthropologically explore the intersection between human rights and violence. Students will engage with case studies from Africa, East Asia, Europe, and Latin America.