A Global Membership,
A Common Goal
The International Association of Genocide Scholars is a global, interdisciplinary, non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide, and advance policy studies on genocide prevention.
“”…there’s a sickness
worse than the risk of death and that’s
forgetting what we should never forget.””
“A genocide begins with the killing of one man – not for what he has done, but because of who he is.”
“All day I was digging Armenian bones out of the Syrian desert with a TV crew that kept ducking the Mukhabarat who trailed us in jeeps and at night joined us”
“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”
“Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and a culture as well as individual lives.”
“Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.”
Our Mission
A central aim of the Association is to draw academics, activists, artists, genocide survivors, journalists, jurists, public policy makers, and other colleagues into the interdisciplinary study of genocide, with the goal of prevention.
Announcements
IAGS 2025 Awards
IAGS announces the 2025 IAGS Awards winners: Emerging Scholar Prize, [...]
Reactions to IAGS resolution on Gaza
Since the IAGS Gaza Resolution passed, there has been very [...]
Call for Applications for Editor-in-Chief of Genocide Studies and Prevention Journal
Call for Applications for Editor-in-Chief of Genocide Studies and Prevention [...]