it would appear that there is more memory politics ahead, so I am once again encouraging you to Read Theory www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru... bsky.app/profile/sale...

Truth Without Reconciliation

Why did Brazil’s democratic institutions hold firm while those in the United States so quickly wilted?

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Will Saletan@saletan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remarkable that Trump issued this order for free. If I were in charge of PR for the Smithsonian, I would have paid him to do it. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...

I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...

Opinion | The Grim Lessons of Israel’s War in Gaza

Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.

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Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization is now available in Portuguese and Spanish! www.amazon.com.br/Mem%C3%B3ria... www.eduvim.com.ar/producto/mem...

Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization is now available in Portuguese and Spanish! www.amazon.com.br/Mem%C3%B3ria... www.eduvim.com.ar/producto/mem...

Just out: Simone Stirner grapples with poetry in the wake of the Holocaust. Attentive to contexts well beyond the immediate aftermath, Stirner shows how the embodied experience of poetry, as it's mediated formally, shows us new ways of understading trauma and grief.

“My Mayor is Muslim, my bagel is Jewish, my Christian’s Dior… Knicks in 4!!!”

This, from Lorna Finlayson, expresses my view on universities better than I ever have myself. The process is farther along in Britain than elsewhere, but something of this trend is visible in too many places. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

University administrators two years ago: we can’t allow social justice movements to change the university as we know it University administrators today: in order to accommodate the new probabilistic bullshit generator no one likes we must change everything about the university

"Schools are not called to follow the pace of the digital world, but to offer that which the digital sphere by itself cannot provide, namely a shared time for learning and developing trustworthy relationships."

"Indeed, to suggest that applying the word genocide to the conduct of one state is itself evidence of bigotry implausibly places that state beyond the reach of legal (and scholarly) scrutiny. No nation-state can be exempt in principle from scrutiny under international law or scholarly analysis."

Michael Rothberg@mrothberg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...

“No nation-state can be exempt in principle from scrutiny under international law or scholarly analysis. Although the International Court of Justice has not yet made a definitive determination … [experts] have all come to the conclusion that acts of genocide have been perpetrated in Gaza.”

Michael Rothberg@mrothberg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...

This lays out the problem with calling criticism of Israel "antisemitic". "emotional injury to [Jews] presumes that they are “hurt” by the application of international law to[..] Israel. [..]aligns Jewish identity with state violence [..]collective stereotyping long associated with antisemitism."

Michael Rothberg@mrothberg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...

The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...

The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...

"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away." me in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

A Year of Magical Thinking

Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.

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Controversial Holocaust comparisons are a ubiquitous feature of our public culture. They're not a new phenomenon but they've clearly intensified since Oct 2023. In a new book I'm exploring what I call "comparison controversies" before and after 10/2023. This lecture from the fall offers a preview.

Comparison Controversies: Historical Analogy and the Politics of Holocaust Memory, Michael Rothberg

YouTube video by Simpson Center

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Controversial Holocaust comparisons are a ubiquitous feature of our public culture. They're not a new phenomenon but they've clearly intensified since Oct 2023. In a new book I'm exploring what I call "comparison controversies" before and after 10/2023. This lecture from the fall offers a preview.

Comparison Controversies: Historical Analogy and the Politics of Holocaust Memory, Michael Rothberg

YouTube video by Simpson Center

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"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial

Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

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Come listen online to four Palestinian scholars discuss the Nakba in light of ongoing war and destruction. Tomorrow. Registration link here: www.ghscn.org/events

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Michael Rothberg@mrothberg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Nakba after Genocide—a panel organized by the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network. Tuesday, April 7.

The Nakba after Genocide—a panel organized by the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network. Tuesday, April 7.

The Nakba after Genocide—a panel organized by the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network. Tuesday, April 7.

Thrilled that my Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture on German memory wars and the extraordinary memory work of Pınar Öğrenci’s Aşît was just published as a booklet and a free download (see below). uvhw.de/files/downlo...

Thrilled that my Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture on German memory wars and the extraordinary memory work of Pınar Öğrenci’s Aşît was just published as a booklet and a free download (see below). uvhw.de/files/downlo...

Glad to see Jewish affiliates at Harvard following what we at UCLA also did--denouncing the DOJ's cynical attempts to weaponize charges of antisemitism to attack higher education. sites.google.com/view/ucla-je...

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"120 Jewish affiliates at Harvard signed an open letter denouncing the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest lawsuit against the University, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing antisemitism complaints to curb free speech." www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Glad to see Jewish affiliates at Harvard following what we at UCLA also did--denouncing the DOJ's cynical attempts to weaponize charges of antisemitism to attack higher education. sites.google.com/view/ucla-je...

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"120 Jewish affiliates at Harvard signed an open letter denouncing the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest lawsuit against the University, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing antisemitism complaints to curb free speech." www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff@concernedjfaculty.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉 The National Campus Jewish Alliance is launching! 🎉 NCJA is a national network of diverse groups of Jewish higher education workers united by our commitments to critical inquiry, freedom of expression, and multiracial democracy on our campuses and beyond. www.nationalcampusjewishalliance.org

I don't know about you but I, for one, am greatly relieved that a party of antisemites and Neo-n*zis stationed at all levels of government has made the decision to attack higher education in the name of protecting me and my fellow jews. this will go swimmingly thanks for the support

Elisabeth R. Anker@libankerdc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

An administration heading a political party populated with tons of little neo-n*zis suing Harvard for anti-semitism is PEAK 2026 BULLSHIT

“For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year,” Lindberg says.

Excited to read this book!

Jonathan W. Gray@elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

Miriam’s book is phenomenal.