Is there a gene that drives individuals to kill innocent people or are murderers simply victims of circumstance? Does war transform ordinary people into perpetrators of extreme violence?
Genocide expert, Associate Professor Mark Baker from Monash University, will explore the attributes that lead people to commit mass murder in this Monash University Research Month lecture.
Associate Professor Baker will discuss his research into the experience of victims of the Holocaust and consider how research has treated the subject of genocide by comparing perpetrator, bystander and victim.
Who: Associate Professor Mark Baker, Director of the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation at Monash University.
What:
Am I a murder: an insight into genocide -- Research Month lecture.
Where: Monash University, Level 1, Building H, Caulfield campus.
Date: Wednesday 10 September, 2008, 6 pm to 7 pm.
For further information, contact Shaunnagh O'Loughlin, Media Communications on +61 3 9903 4843 or 0448 574 148.
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