Douglas Irvin-Erickson

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Titles and Organizations

Assistant Professor, Carter School Director of the Genocide Prevention Program, Carter School

Contact Information

Email: dirviner@gmu.edu
Campus: Arlington
Building: Northeast Module II
Room 108
Mail Stop: 2E5
 

Personal Websites

Biography

Douglas Irvin-Erickson has worked in the field of genocide studies and mass atrocity prevention in DR Congo, Burundi, Cambodia, Myanmar, Ukraine, and Argentina. He is the author of books, chapters, and articles on genocide, religion and violence, human security, international criminal law, and political theory. His first book is titled Raphaël Lemkin and the Concept of Genocide (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), and he is currently writing a second book, Dying in the Age of Thoughtlessness: Genocide, Terror, and Conflict Resolution. Irvin-Erickson is a Senior Fellow with the Alliance for Peacebuilding, a Board Member of the Institute for the Study of Genocide, and a member of the editorial board of Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal. He holds a Ph.D. in Global Affairs and an M.A. in English Literature from Rutgers University, in Newark, NJ, USA.

In the News

Presentations and Performances

  • Raphaël Lemkin and the Concept of Genocide
    Feb 1 2017 | Metropolitan Building
  • Book Launch- Peace Museums Worldwide: Giving Peace a Chance
    Oct 27 2016 | Metropolitan Building
  • Film Screening and Discussion: Genocide in Rwanda
    Apr 7 2016 | Metropolitan Building

Degrees

  • PhD, Global Affairs, Rutgers University
  • MA, Literature, Rutgers University