Dirk Moses
@dirkmoses.bsky.social
Teaches at the City College of New York, edits the Journal of Genocide Research. www.dirkmoses.com
Olivera Simic is a prolific author www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Olivera Simic is a prolific author www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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1/ Brilliant piece, starting with the creation of “genocide studies” and working its way to the current desolation.
“What’s the point of this field?” said A. Dirk Moses, a historian who serves as senior editor at the Journal of Genocide Research…
jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
“What’s the point of this field?” said A. Dirk Moses, a historian who serves as senior editor at the Journal of Genocide Research…
jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide in Gaza?
A discipline born from the study of the Holocaust faces its contradictions as Israel stands accused of the “crime of crimes.”
jewishcurrents.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
1/ Brilliant piece, starting with the creation of “genocide studies” and working its way to the current desolation.
“What’s the point of this field?” said A. Dirk Moses, a historian who serves as senior editor at the Journal of Genocide Research…
jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
“What’s the point of this field?” said A. Dirk Moses, a historian who serves as senior editor at the Journal of Genocide Research…
jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
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🔥 A full house for the Swiss Chair Lecture at SPS
by @dirkmoses.bsky.social, leading expert on genocide, on: "Gaza and the failure of Frankf. School critical theory"
Examined how “never again Auschwitz” has shifted from a call for emancipation to a tool for silencing dissent and policing migration.
by @dirkmoses.bsky.social, leading expert on genocide, on: "Gaza and the failure of Frankf. School critical theory"
Examined how “never again Auschwitz” has shifted from a call for emancipation to a tool for silencing dissent and policing migration.
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🔥 A full house for the Swiss Chair Lecture at SPS
by @dirkmoses.bsky.social, leading expert on genocide, on: "Gaza and the failure of Frankf. School critical theory"
Examined how “never again Auschwitz” has shifted from a call for emancipation to a tool for silencing dissent and policing migration.
by @dirkmoses.bsky.social, leading expert on genocide, on: "Gaza and the failure of Frankf. School critical theory"
Examined how “never again Auschwitz” has shifted from a call for emancipation to a tool for silencing dissent and policing migration.
A theory of permanent security by AI Trainin in 1943
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A theory of permanent security by AI Trainin in 1943
Last week I spoke about Germany with Ted Knudsen in his lively podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
October 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Last week I spoke about Germany with Ted Knudsen in his lively podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
1931: on the morality and efficacy of bombing women and children scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
1931: on the morality and efficacy of bombing women and children scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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A reminder not only of the flaws in international law, but of how its treaties and conventions are all a product of their time, in this case the postwar era.
Is the Genocide Convention actually working just as its drafters intended, privileging state sovereignty in armed conflict above all else?
Is the Genocide Convention actually working just as its drafters intended, privileging state sovereignty in armed conflict above all else?
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A reminder not only of the flaws in international law, but of how its treaties and conventions are all a product of their time, in this case the postwar era.
Is the Genocide Convention actually working just as its drafters intended, privileging state sovereignty in armed conflict above all else?
Is the Genocide Convention actually working just as its drafters intended, privileging state sovereignty in armed conflict above all else?
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Das Vorgehen von Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft in Berlin steht deshalb seit Langem in der Kritik. In vielen Fällen entpuppen sich Vorwürfe vor Gericht als nicht haltbar. taz.de/Nahost-Konfl...
Nahost-Konflikt in Berlin: Mit harter Hand
Die Berliner Justiz ächzt unter der Zahl der Strafverfahren mit Nahost-Bezug. Doch viele Vorwürfe entpuppen sich vor Gericht als nicht haltbar.
taz.de
October 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Das Vorgehen von Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft in Berlin steht deshalb seit Langem in der Kritik. In vielen Fällen entpuppen sich Vorwürfe vor Gericht als nicht haltbar. taz.de/Nahost-Konfl...
Open rank position in politics at the City College of New York. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Open rank position in politics at the City College of New York. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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"Kwibuka and its Silencing of Trauma: How Reconciliation Initiatives Became Narratives of Violence" by Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod tinyurl.com/3e426bre
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October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Kwibuka and its Silencing of Trauma: How Reconciliation Initiatives Became Narratives of Violence" by Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod tinyurl.com/3e426bre
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"The Ovaherero and Nama People’s Struggle for Restorative Justice: An Activist-Scholar Lens" by Kaya Alice de Wolff and Jephta U. Nguherimo tinyurl.com/mwr4ksru
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"The Ovaherero and Nama People’s Struggle for Restorative Justice: An Activist-Scholar Lens" by Kaya Alice de Wolff and Jephta U. Nguherimo tinyurl.com/mwr4ksru
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As @dirkmoses.bsky.social has argued, “international law on genocide is working as it was designed to: allowing states to ruthlessly exterminate security threats while making it difficult to apply that law.”
A grim reminder of how the Genocide Convention came to be. dawnmena.org/why-the-inte...
A grim reminder of how the Genocide Convention came to be. dawnmena.org/why-the-inte...
Why the International Community Made It So Difficult to Prosecute the Crime of Genocide
Today, international law on genocide is working as it was designed to: allowing states to ruthlessly exterminate security threats while making it difficult to apply that law.
dawnmena.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
As @dirkmoses.bsky.social has argued, “international law on genocide is working as it was designed to: allowing states to ruthlessly exterminate security threats while making it difficult to apply that law.”
A grim reminder of how the Genocide Convention came to be. dawnmena.org/why-the-inte...
A grim reminder of how the Genocide Convention came to be. dawnmena.org/why-the-inte...
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I'm writing a new monthly column in @wpr.bsky.social. My first piece is on the flaws in international law on genocide and the gap in the Genocide Convention between genocidal intent and "military necessity," drawing on the indispensable work of @dirkmoses.bsky.social
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Gaza, Genocide and the Limitations of International Law
The Genocide Convention that Israel has been accused of violating may contain a critical loophole when it comes to military action.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm writing a new monthly column in @wpr.bsky.social. My first piece is on the flaws in international law on genocide and the gap in the Genocide Convention between genocidal intent and "military necessity," drawing on the indispensable work of @dirkmoses.bsky.social
Gift link:
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“Dirk Moses, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Genocide Research, said portions of the field of research are “in crisis” if experts don’t “combat the artificial distinction between [genocide] and military targets” and continue to defend Israel’s actions.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05...
Even once reluctant scholars now agree on Israel's Gaza assault: It's a genocide
Can I name someone whose work I respect who doesn't consider it genocide? said one researcher. No.
johnmenadue.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Dirk Moses, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Genocide Research, said portions of the field of research are “in crisis” if experts don’t “combat the artificial distinction between [genocide] and military targets” and continue to defend Israel’s actions.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05...
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I discuss the genocide concept in my bad German here. Recorded in one take so I could not clean it up. FWIW www.deutschlandfunk.de/genozid-in-g...
October 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I discuss the genocide concept in my bad German here. Recorded in one take so I could not clean it up. FWIW www.deutschlandfunk.de/genozid-in-g...
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Bereits vor einigen Tagen erschienen, scheint es mir aktueller denn je; als Beitrag zur Debatte in & über Deutschland.
Freue mich sehr, in so guter Gesellschaft zu sein.
H. Kundnani, @adamtooze.bsky.social @dirkmoses.bsky.social @hahauenstein.bsky.social @marwecki.bsky.social, E. Özyürek, N. Samour
Freue mich sehr, in so guter Gesellschaft zu sein.
H. Kundnani, @adamtooze.bsky.social @dirkmoses.bsky.social @hahauenstein.bsky.social @marwecki.bsky.social, E. Özyürek, N. Samour
September 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bereits vor einigen Tagen erschienen, scheint es mir aktueller denn je; als Beitrag zur Debatte in & über Deutschland.
Freue mich sehr, in so guter Gesellschaft zu sein.
H. Kundnani, @adamtooze.bsky.social @dirkmoses.bsky.social @hahauenstein.bsky.social @marwecki.bsky.social, E. Özyürek, N. Samour
Freue mich sehr, in so guter Gesellschaft zu sein.
H. Kundnani, @adamtooze.bsky.social @dirkmoses.bsky.social @hahauenstein.bsky.social @marwecki.bsky.social, E. Özyürek, N. Samour
‚we suggest that the qualification as genocide expresses a profound loss & longing for justice that is not only…insufficiently captured by individual human rights, crimes v humanity, or war crimes. We use the term “the common” as a concept to denote this loss.‘ voelkerrechtsblog.org/whats-in-a-n...
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
‚we suggest that the qualification as genocide expresses a profound loss & longing for justice that is not only…insufficiently captured by individual human rights, crimes v humanity, or war crimes. We use the term “the common” as a concept to denote this loss.‘ voelkerrechtsblog.org/whats-in-a-n...
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Excellent explainer on the role of intent in assessing genocide claims:
September 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Excellent explainer on the role of intent in assessing genocide claims:
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Starting today, the journal will publish on Substack. This new platform allows our authors to share short articles inspired by their work in the journal. Our debut post features Dr Anne Irfan’s piece.
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Israel’s Displacement/Immobility Nexus in Palestine
This post is authored by Dr. Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender, and Postcolonial Studies at UCL and the author of 'A Short History of the Gaza Strip'.
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Starting today, the journal will publish on Substack. This new platform allows our authors to share short articles inspired by their work in the journal. Our debut post features Dr Anne Irfan’s piece.
open.substack.com/pub/journalg...
open.substack.com/pub/journalg...
September 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Starvation in Contexts of Mass Violence and Genocide. Please see the attached notice for full details.
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Starvation in Contexts of Mass Violence and Genocide. Please see the attached notice for full details.
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"the destruction of Gaza – its people and all that sustains it – is not an unintended outcome of an armed conflict but is knowingly and deliberately performed as part of an armed conflict" - Dirk Moses Introduction: Gaza and the Problems of Genocide Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"the destruction of Gaza – its people and all that sustains it – is not an unintended outcome of an armed conflict but is knowingly and deliberately performed as part of an armed conflict" - Dirk Moses Introduction: Gaza and the Problems of Genocide Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I wrote an essay, "A Manifest Evil? On Palestine, Judgement, and Justice" for the Journal of Genocide Studies..
Thanks to Dirk Moses for editing the roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies where it appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to Dirk Moses for editing the roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies where it appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Manifest Evil? On Palestine, Judgement, and Justice
Published in Journal of Genocide Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I wrote an essay, "A Manifest Evil? On Palestine, Judgement, and Justice" for the Journal of Genocide Studies..
Thanks to Dirk Moses for editing the roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies where it appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to Dirk Moses for editing the roundtable on Gaza and Genocide Studies where it appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....