About this journal

Journal of Genocide Research is a leading journal committed to the publication of high quality research into genocide and other mass atrocities involving the systematic killing, destruction, or suffering of civilians. It welcomes scholarship that advances understanding of these phenomena from all periods of history and from all relevant disciplines, including political science, international relations, history, sociology, psychology, law, criminology, anthropology, and economics. Research into the causes, consequences, dynamics, and processes behind these phenomena as well as into the prevention of and response to them is encouraged. 

Genocide is a contested legal, historical, sociological and political term that is applied in various spheres: in international law, in academic analyses of genocide, past and present, and in political claim-making. Journal of Genocide Research welcomes scholarly contributions that draw on original empirical material and that adhere to the highest standards of scholarship. It is committed to academic research and does not publish advocacy or promote particular political perspectives. As a multi-disciplinary journal, it is open to all methods.

All research articles undergo rigorous, double-anonymous peer review, based on initial editor screening followed by refereeing by at least two external scholars. Forum, Book Forum and Reflection papers are reviewed by the Editorial board and may also undergo external review.

Senior Editor:
A. Dirk Moses - The City College of New York, USA

Editors:
Diana Dumitru - Ion Creanga State University, Chisinau, Moldova
Rachel Ibreck - Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Omar McDoom  -  London School of Economics, UK
Subhasish Ray - Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

Associate Editors:
Sarah Danielsson - City University of New York, USA

International Advisory Board:
Jürgen Zimmerer (Chairperson of the International Advisory Board) - University of Hamburg, Germany
Nanci Adler - NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Omer Bartov - Brown University, USA
Edina Becirevic - University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Doris L. Bergen - University of Toronto, Canada
Donald Bloxham - University of Edinburgh, UK
Christopher Browning - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Gloria Chuku - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
Megan Davis - University of New South Wales, Australia
Tomislav Dulic - Uppsala University, Sweden
Debórah Dwork - Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, The Graduate Center - CUNY, USA
Andreas Eckert - Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Simone Gigliotti - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Fatma Müge Göçek - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
James Gow - Kings College London, UK
Penny Green - Queen Mary University of London, UK
Wolf Gruner – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Ian Hancock - University of Texas, USA
Madeleine Herren - University of Basel, Switzerland
Susannah Heschel - Dartmouth College, USA
Alexander Hinton - Rutgers University, USA
Yuji Ishida - Tokyo University, Japan
Mark Levene - University of Southampton, UK
Wendy Lower - Claremont McKenna College, CA, USA
Malinda Maynor Lowery - Emory University, USA
Maria Mälksoo - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Martin Shaw - University of Sussex, UK
Dan Stone - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Nandini Sundar - University of Delhi, India

Former Editors:
Henry R Huttenbach (Founding Editor: 1999-2009)
Dominik J. Schaller (2005-2009)
Jürgen Zimmerer (2005-2011, senior editor 2010-2011)

Updated 11-10-2023

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