The Organization and Implementation of Violence under the Khmer Rouge

The Organization and Implementation of Violence under the Khmer Rouge

Date & Time: 23 April 2021, from 8:00am to 9:30am Cambodia Time (22 April 2021, 3:00pm to 4:30pm Hawaii Time)

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Abstract:

This talk examines how and why local subordinates carry out leaders’ orders for mass killings. While existing studies have mostly focused on the causes of genocide, William Kwok’s dissertation examines the organization and implementation of mass killings in Southeast Asia. Based on eight years of original research (2012–), William’s study combines archival, computational, and ethnographic methods to examine mass killings in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. His study also makes cross-national comparisons with other genocides in Southeast Asia and the Holocaust.