Helen Fein (September 17, 1934 – May 14, 2022) was a historical sociologist and professor who specialized in

genocide Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

, 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 Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

), 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 The City University of New York (CUNY, pronounced , ) 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 ...

). 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

References

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