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…
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” …protection and the importance of getting broader racial, ethnic, gendered, and economic considerations right as they pertain to north-south and south-south migration and the violence that migrants face. Watch Video…
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…
The World Crisis: 1635–1665 …At the same time, a worldwide wave of violence, aggression, rebellion and war toppled or threatened governments around the world. To cite just the most prominent events: in China, the…
By Right of War: The Discipline and Practice of International Law in Imperial Russia, 1868–1917 This project addresses the emergence and consolidation of the international law of war. The intellectual lineage for the law of war dates back at least to Hugo Grotius (1583–1645). But…
