Alex Hinton
@alexhinton.bsky.social
Distinguished Prof. of #Anthropology at Rutgers & UNESCO Chair in #Genocide #Prevention / mass violence, Cambodia, #law & society, #extremism, (de)polarization,
https://alexhinton.com / https://sasn.rutgers.edu/alex-hinton
Twitter @AlexLHinton
https://alexhinton.com / https://sasn.rutgers.edu/alex-hinton
Twitter @AlexLHinton
Look forward to giving this talk tomorrow amid the fraught situation in the U.S.
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Look forward to giving this talk tomorrow amid the fraught situation in the U.S.
Honored to give the 22nd #HugoValentin Lecture last night at the #Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on why #perpetrators kill. Great engagement from the audience and wonderful hospitality by Roland Kostic, his colleagues, and the Vice-Chancellor.
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Honored to give the 22nd #HugoValentin Lecture last night at the #Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on why #perpetrators kill. Great engagement from the audience and wonderful hospitality by Roland Kostic, his colleagues, and the Vice-Chancellor.
Look forward to my Friday talk on #lessons for today -- with an eye on the #U.S. -- from the #Cambodian #genocide to mark the #50th anniversary.
April 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Look forward to my Friday talk on #lessons for today -- with an eye on the #U.S. -- from the #Cambodian #genocide to mark the #50th anniversary.
** #50thAnniversary of the #Cambodian #Genocide **
Look forward to giving this talk today to mark the day the #KhmerRouge seized power leading to #2million deaths: April 17, 1975 -- April 17, 2025
Look forward to giving this talk today to mark the day the #KhmerRouge seized power leading to #2million deaths: April 17, 1975 -- April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
** #50thAnniversary of the #Cambodian #Genocide **
Look forward to giving this talk today to mark the day the #KhmerRouge seized power leading to #2million deaths: April 17, 1975 -- April 17, 2025
Look forward to giving this talk today to mark the day the #KhmerRouge seized power leading to #2million deaths: April 17, 1975 -- April 17, 2025
April 17 is the #50thAnniverary of the #CambodianGenocide. I look forward to discussing what happened as well as some of the #lessons learned at the fraught moment of democratic backsliding and multiple ongoing genocides.
April 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
April 17 is the #50thAnniverary of the #CambodianGenocide. I look forward to discussing what happened as well as some of the #lessons learned at the fraught moment of democratic backsliding and multiple ongoing genocides.
February 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Looking forward to giving the Aikins lecture about the current moment in the US and #ItCanHappenHere 2.0
February 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Looking forward to giving the Aikins lecture about the current moment in the US and #ItCanHappenHere 2.0
Looking forward to this Association for Political and Legal #Anthropology discussion on all things #Trump with great colleagues on Friday.
January 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Looking forward to this Association for Political and Legal #Anthropology discussion on all things #Trump with great colleagues on Friday.
At Rutgers on December 10
December 4, 2024 at 9:46 PM
At Rutgers on December 10
Thanks to @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social for inviting me to discuss #ItCanHappenHere amid the turbulence of US politics past and present -- and as we head into #Trump2.0. sites.libsyn.com/142787/dr-al...
December 2, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Thanks to @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social for inviting me to discuss #ItCanHappenHere amid the turbulence of US politics past and present -- and as we head into #Trump2.0. sites.libsyn.com/142787/dr-al...
Thanks to @alettesmeulers.bsky.social for her excellent review of #Perpetrators. She captures the dimensions of the book, including the experimental writing, so well! And alas, the book's exploration of the #DarkSideofHumanity is timely. brill.com/view/journal... @stanfordpress.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Thanks to @alettesmeulers.bsky.social for her excellent review of #Perpetrators. She captures the dimensions of the book, including the experimental writing, so well! And alas, the book's exploration of the #DarkSideofHumanity is timely. brill.com/view/journal... @stanfordpress.bsky.social
Discussing "The #DarkSide of Humanity" -- drivers of #violence and #extremism and how to stop them (from #Adorno to Plato) -- in my keynote lecture today at the reopening of the MCC #genocide education center.
September 16, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Discussing "The #DarkSide of Humanity" -- drivers of #violence and #extremism and how to stop them (from #Adorno to Plato) -- in my keynote lecture today at the reopening of the MCC #genocide education center.
Appreciated doing this podcast conversation with Dr. Therese Markow on #genocide and #perpetrators
criticallyspeaking.libsyn.com
criticallyspeaking.libsyn.com
August 27, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Appreciated doing this podcast conversation with Dr. Therese Markow on #genocide and #perpetrators
criticallyspeaking.libsyn.com
criticallyspeaking.libsyn.com
Looking forward to presenting at this week’s remarkable UBC gathering of scholars focused on #Today'sTotalitarianisms. Thanks to Greg Feldman, Helena Zeweri, Hugh Gusterson, and @darrenbyler.bsky.social for organizing.
July 9, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Looking forward to presenting at this week’s remarkable UBC gathering of scholars focused on #Today'sTotalitarianisms. Thanks to Greg Feldman, Helena Zeweri, Hugh Gusterson, and @darrenbyler.bsky.social for organizing.
Honored to present on #Cambodia’s 40+ year post-#genocide journey of “working through the past” at a conference held on the former grounds of the #KRTribunal in Cambodia — on Cambodia’s National Day of Remembrance.
May 31, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Honored to present on #Cambodia’s 40+ year post-#genocide journey of “working through the past” at a conference held on the former grounds of the #KRTribunal in Cambodia — on Cambodia’s National Day of Remembrance.
Honored to present today on #itcanhappenheree and #polarization in the US as the #2024Election approaches as part of the remarkable #genocideawareness symposium Sabah Carrim has organized at #TexasState. Many great speakers and both in-person and Zoom. txst.edu/philosophy/d...
April 3, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Honored to present today on #itcanhappenheree and #polarization in the US as the #2024Election approaches as part of the remarkable #genocideawareness symposium Sabah Carrim has organized at #TexasState. Many great speakers and both in-person and Zoom. txst.edu/philosophy/d...
Looking forward to discussing #replacement at this QCC webinar today. Thanks to Heather Huggins and Laura Cohen for organizing.
April 2, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Looking forward to discussing #replacement at this QCC webinar today. Thanks to Heather Huggins and Laura Cohen for organizing.
**75 Years On – Is the Promise of “#NeverAgain!” a Failure? My Conversation piece marking the Dec 9th 75th Anniversary of the #UNGenocideConvention tells the story of the Convention’s origins and mixed legacy.” theconversation.com/the-landmark...
December 9, 2023 at 5:59 AM
**75 Years On – Is the Promise of “#NeverAgain!” a Failure? My Conversation piece marking the Dec 9th 75th Anniversary of the #UNGenocideConvention tells the story of the Convention’s origins and mixed legacy.” theconversation.com/the-landmark...
Thanks to JS/PCon at #ColgateU for inviting me to speak about the continuing threat of #ItCanHappenHere. Great student engagement and terrific faculty including Noah Shenker, Peter Balakian, @StProf, Daniella Doron, Xan Karn, and so many more!
December 1, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Thanks to JS/PCon at #ColgateU for inviting me to speak about the continuing threat of #ItCanHappenHere. Great student engagement and terrific faculty including Noah Shenker, Peter Balakian, @StProf, Daniella Doron, Xan Karn, and so many more!
Look forward to giving the opening keynote (“Perpetrators and the Public Sphere”) at Vincente Sanchez Biosca’s @UV_EG conference this Friday on “Mass Crimes through Space”
November 20, 2023 at 7:39 PM
Look forward to giving the opening keynote (“Perpetrators and the Public Sphere”) at Vincente Sanchez Biosca’s @UV_EG conference this Friday on “Mass Crimes through Space”
Thanks to the great group at the UC Merced Center for Humanities for inviting me to give their Distinguished Lecture yesterday. I discussed my book "It Can Happen Here" in the context of the increasing #polarization and extremism in the US and violence in the world. bit.ly/3MhFDt9
October 27, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Thanks to the great group at the UC Merced Center for Humanities for inviting me to give their Distinguished Lecture yesterday. I discussed my book "It Can Happen Here" in the context of the increasing #polarization and extremism in the US and violence in the world. bit.ly/3MhFDt9
"a must-read book"
Thanks to Choice Reviews for "highly recommending" our @stanfordpress.bsky.social book, #Perpetrators.
bit.ly/3x6WbyK
Thanks to Choice Reviews for "highly recommending" our @stanfordpress.bsky.social book, #Perpetrators.
bit.ly/3x6WbyK
October 23, 2023 at 6:05 PM
"a must-read book"
Thanks to Choice Reviews for "highly recommending" our @stanfordpress.bsky.social book, #Perpetrators.
bit.ly/3x6WbyK
Thanks to Choice Reviews for "highly recommending" our @stanfordpress.bsky.social book, #Perpetrators.
bit.ly/3x6WbyK
Looking forward to speaking about #Perpetrators at Prof. #Jie-Hyun Lim’s Critical Global Studies Institute in Seoul, Korea on Wednesday. He and his colleagues are doing remarkable work and I look forward to contributing to the conversation.
October 9, 2023 at 4:58 PM
Looking forward to speaking about #Perpetrators at Prof. #Jie-Hyun Lim’s Critical Global Studies Institute in Seoul, Korea on Wednesday. He and his colleagues are doing remarkable work and I look forward to contributing to the conversation.