Expertise:

Genocide Studies, Human Rights, Holocaust, Africa, Crimes Against Humanity, Public Policy, rwanda darfur sudan african history jewish judaism semitic

Language(s) spoken:

English

Professional associations:

PhD

Professor Chalk has previously taught at Texas A & M University and was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria). In January and February 2001, he was a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. His research interests include the history of genocide and humanitarian intervention, radio broadcasting in the incitement and prevention of genocide, genocide and international law, modern American foreign policy, and the history of Africa. His publications include The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies (with Kurt Jonassohn), as well as chapters in various books and articles in The Canadian Journal of African Studies and Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He is currently writing a book on radio broadcasting and genocide, articles on the origins and interpretations of the UK genocide act of 1969, and papers on American foreign policy and genocide prevention. Professor Chalk is a former president of the Canadian Association of African Studies and the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

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