Michael Rothberg
@mrothberg.bsky.social
Memory, politics, critical theory, literature & sushi. At home in Berlin & Los Angeles. Author of Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization and The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators.
The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network invites you to an online panel: "Denying Genocide: Comparative Reflections from Armenia, Bosnia, the Holocaust, and Palestine."
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network invites you to an online panel: "Denying Genocide: Comparative Reflections from Armenia, Bosnia, the Holocaust, and Palestine."
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tomorrow at UW-Madison!
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Tomorrow at UW-Madison!
Without knowing it, I've been walking past the site of Walter Benjamin's childhood home every weekday morning for the past eleven months. This is where it was: Delbrückstrasse 23 in Berlin-Grunewald. The house itself is no longer standing, but if you squint you can still sense the aura.
July 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Without knowing it, I've been walking past the site of Walter Benjamin's childhood home every weekday morning for the past eleven months. This is where it was: Delbrückstrasse 23 in Berlin-Grunewald. The house itself is no longer standing, but if you squint you can still sense the aura.
I'm happy to share the video of my Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture: "From Memory Wars to Memory Work: Relational Remembrance in Pınar Öğrenci’s Aşît (The Avalanche)"
amo-lectures.uni-halle.de/lectures#fro...
amo-lectures.uni-halle.de/lectures#fro...
July 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm happy to share the video of my Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture: "From Memory Wars to Memory Work: Relational Remembrance in Pınar Öğrenci’s Aşît (The Avalanche)"
amo-lectures.uni-halle.de/lectures#fro...
amo-lectures.uni-halle.de/lectures#fro...
Next week in Berlin. Really looking forward to the conversation with my wonderful Wiko colleagues Sherene and Per, and with Willibald Steinmetz, whose work has also inspired me.
It’s going to be crowded, so if you want to join us I recommend registering right away. A recording should follow.
It’s going to be crowded, so if you want to join us I recommend registering right away. A recording should follow.
June 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Next week in Berlin. Really looking forward to the conversation with my wonderful Wiko colleagues Sherene and Per, and with Willibald Steinmetz, whose work has also inspired me.
It’s going to be crowded, so if you want to join us I recommend registering right away. A recording should follow.
It’s going to be crowded, so if you want to join us I recommend registering right away. A recording should follow.
More than 130 people showed up for the first members' meeting of the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network! Amazing energy and great ideas for the development of the group.
Check us out and if you find yourself in agreement with our perspective, sign up and join us!
www.ghscn.org/home
Check us out and if you find yourself in agreement with our perspective, sign up and join us!
www.ghscn.org/home
June 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
More than 130 people showed up for the first members' meeting of the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network! Amazing energy and great ideas for the development of the group.
Check us out and if you find yourself in agreement with our perspective, sign up and join us!
www.ghscn.org/home
Check us out and if you find yourself in agreement with our perspective, sign up and join us!
www.ghscn.org/home
On June 18, 6pm, I have the honor of giving the 12th Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture in Halle-Wittenberg: "From Memory Wars to Memory Work: Relational Remembrance in Pınar Öğrenci’s Aşît (The Avalanche)."
June 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
On June 18, 6pm, I have the honor of giving the 12th Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture in Halle-Wittenberg: "From Memory Wars to Memory Work: Relational Remembrance in Pınar Öğrenci’s Aşît (The Avalanche)."
Two upcoming talks in the Berlin area:
1. June 11, 4pm: "Comparison Controversies, the IHRA, and the Dynamics of Holocaust Memory" at the Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, TU Berlin.
1. June 11, 4pm: "Comparison Controversies, the IHRA, and the Dynamics of Holocaust Memory" at the Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, TU Berlin.
June 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two upcoming talks in the Berlin area:
1. June 11, 4pm: "Comparison Controversies, the IHRA, and the Dynamics of Holocaust Memory" at the Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, TU Berlin.
1. June 11, 4pm: "Comparison Controversies, the IHRA, and the Dynamics of Holocaust Memory" at the Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, TU Berlin.
June 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network was happy to sign on to this letter criticizing Harvard's dismissal of the faculty leaders of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Our institutions need to stand up instead of colluding!
April 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network was happy to sign on to this letter criticizing Harvard's dismissal of the faculty leaders of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Our institutions need to stand up instead of colluding!
Today we are launching the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network: an alliance of scholars who have come together because our field & institutions are in crisis.
To find out more about our group, to read our inaugural collective statements, & to join us, visit: www.ghscn.org/home.
To find out more about our group, to read our inaugural collective statements, & to join us, visit: www.ghscn.org/home.
April 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today we are launching the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network: an alliance of scholars who have come together because our field & institutions are in crisis.
To find out more about our group, to read our inaugural collective statements, & to join us, visit: www.ghscn.org/home.
To find out more about our group, to read our inaugural collective statements, & to join us, visit: www.ghscn.org/home.
One of the most beautiful things I've seen in a long time.
March 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
One of the most beautiful things I've seen in a long time.
Yuval Abraham at the Oscars: "When I look at Basel I see my brother, but we are unequal."
The problem and the solution in one short sentence.
The problem and the solution in one short sentence.
March 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Yuval Abraham at the Oscars: "When I look at Basel I see my brother, but we are unequal."
The problem and the solution in one short sentence.
The problem and the solution in one short sentence.
This one too...
February 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This one too...
Election day in Germany. As a Holocaust scholar, I approve this message.
February 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Election day in Germany. As a Holocaust scholar, I approve this message.
This needs to circulate. 🤣
February 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This needs to circulate. 🤣
So grateful for the opportunity to spend time at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin--and to get to present my work in front of a wonderful and supportive group of colleagues.
January 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So grateful for the opportunity to spend time at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin--and to get to present my work in front of a wonderful and supportive group of colleagues.
Charlotte Delbo, "None of Us Will Return," Auschwitz and After
January 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Charlotte Delbo, "None of Us Will Return," Auschwitz and After
I'm looking forward to taking the train to Cologne tomorrow to talk with my friend Esra Özyürek about memory politics in Germany. This will be my first ever (short) lecture in German!
Thanks to Nanette Snoep and Martin Zwillinger for the invitation!
Thanks to Nanette Snoep and Martin Zwillinger for the invitation!
January 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm looking forward to taking the train to Cologne tomorrow to talk with my friend Esra Özyürek about memory politics in Germany. This will be my first ever (short) lecture in German!
Thanks to Nanette Snoep and Martin Zwillinger for the invitation!
Thanks to Nanette Snoep and Martin Zwillinger for the invitation!
Those of us who were invited to Leipzig and then "postponed" because of political and institutional pressure have responded in a letter to the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts. 1/2
December 12, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Those of us who were invited to Leipzig and then "postponed" because of political and institutional pressure have responded in a letter to the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts. 1/2
A courageous collective of scholars and artists has been organizing events that challenge the stifling atmosphere and "authoritarian drift" in Germany. I'm honored to have been asked to speak and I'm thrilled to do so in such great company. December 5 in Leipzig.
www.hgb-leipzig.de/en/academy/c...
www.hgb-leipzig.de/en/academy/c...
November 27, 2024 at 11:16 AM
A courageous collective of scholars and artists has been organizing events that challenge the stifling atmosphere and "authoritarian drift" in Germany. I'm honored to have been asked to speak and I'm thrilled to do so in such great company. December 5 in Leipzig.
www.hgb-leipzig.de/en/academy/c...
www.hgb-leipzig.de/en/academy/c...