The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research offers unique opportunities for students to conduct research and advance their knowledge of genocides around the world.
Research Resources
FGCU Librarians have curated a resource guide for educational purposes with specific cases of genocide and incidents of mass violence included. The guide provides a basic overview includes links to other authoratative sources and materials available to researchers and educators.
Faculty available for research guidance at FGCU
Student Research Success Stories
Taylor Neff undertook research from the Roosevelt archives relating to Jewish refugee policy during the Holocaust; this led to her being accepted for a Fellowship at the Holocaust Museum Houston, and then invitations to attend the Annual Lemkin Summit to End Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Washington, D.C.
Student Research Success Stories
Abigail Winslow participated in a research trip to Germany and Sweden to conduct research on the Swedish White Bus Rescue Action. Her research helped with curating the Bradshaw Library's University Archives and Special Collections exhibition, To Life: The Liberation of Ravensbrück.
Student Research Success Stories
Christopher Harrison undertook cutting-edge research examining the notion of "autogenocide" in the British Army prior to World War I; this research led to him working on a PhD at a university in Arizona.