About the Chapter:
In this chapter, Drs. Aliza Atik, Kathleen Alves, and Mirna Lekić, the faculty coordinators of the 2016-17 KHC-NEH Colloquium, “Fleeing Genocide: Displacement, Exile, and the Refugee,” review the unique impact of theoretical and textual approaches to the study of genocide and mass atrocity. They explore the concept of “difficult knowledge,” the notion of “critical genocide studies,” and the way in which the framing of contentious historical and contemporary narratives benefits from strategies of active listening and textual engagement.
About the Authors:
Aliza Atik, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, CUNY. She received her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in 2013 where she won several awards for her scholarship, including an Andrew W. Mellon dissertation fellowship. Dr. Atik’s research interests include Victorian studies, Jewish literature, and Arab/Israeli literature. Her article, “Calibrating the Female Body: Shame, Disgust, and the Recuperative Gaze in Amos Gitai’s Kadosh,” was published in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Dr. Atik also works as an assistant editor for the peer-reviewed and MLA-indexed journal Victorian Literature and Culture.
Kathleen Tamayo Alves, D.A. is an Associate Professor of English at Queensborough Community College, CUNY, where she teaches literature and composition. She holds an M.A. and a D.A. in English from St. John’s University. Her research centers on eighteenth-century literature and culture, biopolitics, and literary history. She has published and presented portions of her book-length project, Body Language: Medicine and the Eighteenth-Century Comic Novel. She has also received a number of awards, including the CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program Award, the CUNY Academy William Stewart Travel Award, and the PSC-CUNY Summer Grant.
Mirna Lekić, D.M.A. is an Associate Professor of Music at Queensborough Community College, CUNY. A pianist, she is active as a recitalist, chamber musician, and educator. Her recent publications include two critically acclaimed recordings: a debut solo album titled Masks (Centaur Records 3519), and Eastern Currents (Romeo Records 7320), a disc of contemporary chamber music. Lekić is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, the Mannes College of Music, and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. www.mirnalekic.com
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