Helen Fein (1934 – May 14, 2022) was a historical sociologist and professor who specializes on

genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Latin ...

human rights Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...

, collective violence and other issues. She is an author and editor of four books and monographs, a former associate of the International Security Program (

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

), and a founder and first president of the

International Association of Genocide Scholars The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) is an international non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide, including the Armenian genocide, the Holoca ...

. She was the executive director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide (

City University of New York The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven Upper divis ...

). She died on May 14, 2022.

Publications

* ''Genocide Watch'', 1992. * ''Genocide: A Sociological Perspective'', 1993 * ''Accounting for Genocide'', 1979 * ''Human Rights and Wrongs'', 2007

References

1934 births 2022 deaths American sociologists American women sociologists 21st-century American women {{US-sociologist-stub