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James Arie Figgins, Research Program

This essay describes James Figgins's research program.Research into genocide and post-genocide societies intersects with multiple academic disciplines and demands a multifaceted approach to provide leverage into such contentious and subject matter. This research program explores the imaginaries shared between victims and perpetrators in post-genocide Rwanda to gain insight into the singular behaviors of genocidaires and their relations. It asks questions like: how do perpetrarors seek forgiveness?