Mihran Dabag

Prof. Dr. Mihran Dabag (* 1944 in Diyarbakir, Turkey) is a German scholar, author and journalist of Armenian decent. He is the founder and head of the Institut für Diaspora- und Genozidforschung at Ruhr-Universität in Bochum (Germany).

He has studied philosophy, history, sociology and political sciences in Bonn and Bochum. He has published numerous books on violence, genocide and colonialism; he is also editor of the Zeitschrift für Genozidforschung (journal for genocide research). In 2003, he was awared the Franz-Werfel-Award for Human Rights Activities.

Literature

• Mihran Dabag and Kristin Platt (ed.): Identität in der Fremde, Universitätsverlag Brockmeyer, Bochum 1993.
• Kristin Platt and Mihran Dabag (ed.): Generation und Gedächtnis, Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1995.
• Mihran Dabag and Kristin Platt (ed.): Genozid und Moderne, Bd. 1: "Strukturen kollektiver Gewalt im 20. Jahrhundert", Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1998.
• Mihran Dabag, Antje Kapust and Bernhard Waldenfels (ed.): Gewalt. Strukturen, Formen, Repräsentationen, Fink, München 2000.
• Mihran Dabag, Horst Gründer and Uwe-K. Ketelsen (ed.): Kolonialismus. Kolonialdiskurs und Genozid, Fink, München 2004.

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• Institut für Diaspora- und Genozidforschung