Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights

Claremont McKenna College has supported teaching and research about the Holocaust for more than three decades, placing the College among the forerunners in the field of Holocaust studies. Building on that tradition, CMC launched its Center for the Study for the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights in March 2003.

Growing out of CMC's mission to provide a superior liberal arts education that prepares undergraduate students for leadership in business, the professions, and government, the Center seeks to instill in students the knowledge, skills, and moral insight needed to intervene constructively in a world rife with genocidal conflict, terrorism, and human rights violations. With the study of the Holocaust as its foundation, the Center promotes research, publication, teaching, internships, and service that explore not only the causes of genocide and human rights abuses, but also the ethical commitments, economic policies, political processes, and leadership qualities that are necessary to oppose and correct those destructive conditions.

Through its programs of visiting scholars, conferences, faculty fellowships, and student grants, the Center particularly encourages interaction among undergraduates, Holocaust survivors, and leading scholars in the field. The Center's focus extends into the classroom, including support for interdisciplinary courses on ethics, European history, Jewish studies, international law, religion and violence, terrorism, and comparative genocide, as well as the history and implications of the Holocaust.

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