Dr Mark Levene wins Lemkin Book Award 2015
Dr Mark Levene has won the Institute for the Study of Genocide (Global Liberal Studies, New York University)’s Lemkin Book Award 2015 for his two-volume work, The Crisis of Genocide, published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
In his letter to Mark, the Chair of the award committee writes:
‘The award honors Raphael Lemkin, the originator of the concept of genocide and first exponent of a United Nations Genocide Convention. The biennial award recognizes the best non-fiction book published in English or translated into English that focuses on explanations of genocide, crimes against humanity, state mass killings and gross violations of human rights, and strategies to prevent such crimes and violations. Past winners have included Yang Jisheng, Emma Gilligan, Darius Rejali, Donald Bloxham, Peter Balakian, Samantha Power, and Alison Des Forges.
The award committee was impressed by the originality and scope of your argument and found that it marks an important advance in our understanding of genocide. In particular, the committee noted the many new insights afforded by a macro-level analysis of mass violence, which departs from much of the current research that privileges country-level case studies.’
Mark will be delivering a public lecture in New York at a meeting in the autumn convened by the Institute for the Study of Genocide. More information about the Institute is available here: http://studyofgenocide.org.