Private Gun Ownership in Modern China, 1912–1949 …Chinese civilians chose to arm themselves with guns and how governments of different periods responded to their armed civilians. This study argues that growing social violence and the state’s inability…
Christian Martyrs and the Making of an Islamic Society in the Post-Conquest Period This dissertation examines the role of state-sanctioned violence against Christians during the Umayyad and early ‘Abbasid periods. It explores a neglected group of Christian saints (often called “neomartyrs”) who died…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2020 Dissertation Fellows Meet the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation 2020 Dissertation Fellows. These emerging scholars, rigorously chosen through a global peer-review competition, are studying topics addressing violence between intimate partners, neighbors, and governments…
The Environmental Making of Sendero Luminoso: Drought, Famine, and Revolution in the Peruvian Andes, 1983–1986 …region. As seasons of harvest failures and political violence collided and made a socioenvironmental catastrophe, thousands of villagers came to experience the intertwined wrath of nature and the militarization of…
Police Special Operations and Armed Criminal Groups in Rio de Janeiro …besides the inefficiency of police raids in lowering crime rates, the lack of democratic controls over police use of lethal force contributes to corruption and violence. Moved by the perspective…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Byron Boston to Board and Sees Retirements of Tina Bennett and William G. Bardel …violence in its many forms.” Mr. Boston’s career in finance and investment spans more than four decades and includes building two successful public companies. In 2004, Mr. Boston launched Sunset…
“Old Hatreds Die Hard: ‘New’ Developments in Far Right Extremism”: Dr. Pete Simi …how we can work to prevent future violence. Filled with powerful case studies, interviews, and first-person accounts, the book explains the differences between various hate groups, then shows how white…
“Why Have Homicide Rates Gone up Since 2015? A Historical Perspective”: Dr. Randolph Roth …that focuses on the degree to which modern and early modern societies have been successful at nation building. As he suggests, the fundamental requisites for low levels of violence are…
“Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection” HFG’s June 29, 2023 Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series event, “Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection,” explored migrant rights and protections from the perspective of three scholars who study the…
Government Legitimacy, Social Solidarity, and American Homicide in Historical Perspective …which Americans kill each other. This report is the first offering in HFG’s Violence, Politics & Democracy initiative, a multi-year project examining how these phenomena interact in mature democracies to…
