About Helen Fein
Lived 1934 – 2022 (aged 87–88). Helen Fein was an American sociologist.
Helen Fein (September 17, 1934 – May 14, 2022) was a historical sociologist and professor who specialized in genocide, human rights, collective violence and other issues. She was an author and editor of four books and monographs, an associate of the International Security Program (Harvard University), and a founder and first president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Fein was the executive director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide (City University of New York). She died on May 14, 2022, at the age of 87.
Definition of antisemitism In The persisting question: sociological perspectives and social contexts of modern antisemitism, Fein wrote:
Publications Genocide Watch, 1992. Genocide: A Sociological Perspective, 1993 Accounting for Genocide, 1979 Human Rights and Wrongs, 2007
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American sociologist
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Helen Fein was born in 1934.
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Helen Fein died on 14 May 2022.
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