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Film January 27, 2022

The 15 Best Films about the Holocaust

Selected by Rich Brownstein

Rich Brownstein

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
In this special follow-up episode in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I again speak with Rich Brownstein, author of Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films …

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Middle Eastern Studies January 18, 2022

Embattled Dreamlands

The Politics of Contesting Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish Memory

David Leupold

Hosted by Ronay Bakan
Embattled Dreamlands: The Politics of Contesting Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish Memory (Routledge, 2020) explores the complex relationship between competing national myths, imagined boundaries and local memories in the threefold-contested geography …
Russian and Eurasian Studies December 30, 2021

Putin's Attempt to Hide the Crimes of Stalinism

A Talk with Benjamin Nathans about the Suppression of "Memorial"

Benjamin Nathans

Hosted by Marshall Poe
For the past 30 years, a group of Russian scholars have dedicated themselves to uncovering the crimes of Stalinism. Their organization, Memorial, has in that time made great strides in …
Genocide Studies December 28, 2021

After Genocide

Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda

Nicole Fox

Hosted by Kelly McFall
In the wake of unthinkable atrocities, it is reasonable to ask how any population can move on from the experience of genocide. Simply remembering the past can, in the shadow …
Genocide Studies December 24, 2021

The Crime of Aggression

The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats

Noah Weisbord

Hosted by Jeff Bachman
On July 17, 2018, starting an unjust war became a prosecutable international crime alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Instead of collective state responsibility, our leaders are now …
Political Science December 23, 2021

Criminalizing Atrocity

The Global Spread of Criminal Laws Against International Crimes

Mark S. Berlin

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Mark Berlin’s new book, Criminalizing Atrocity: The Global Spread of Criminal Laws Against International Crimes (Oxford UP, 2020), examines the process through which laws against international crimes are established …
Genocide Studies December 22, 2021

Everyday Peace

How So-Called Ordinary People Can Disrupt Violent Conflict

Roger Mac Ginty

Hosted by Christopher Davey
Roger Mac Ginty's book Everyday Peace: How So-Called Ordinary People Can Disrupt Violent Conflict (Oxford UP, 2021) focuses on how individuals and communities navigate through, and out of, conflict. Through theory …
General History December 16, 2021

The Long Vacation

A Memoir

Alex Panasenko

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
NB: This interview contains material about wartime experiences that may be upsetting to some listeners.  When Alex Panasenko was born in 1933, his native Ukraine was devastated by Stalin’s program …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast December 15, 2021

"Bambi" isn't about what you think it's about

Jack Zipes explains what it's really about

Jack Zipes

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Most of us think we know the story of Bambi—but do we? The Original Bambi: The Story of a Life in the Forest (Princeton UP, 2022) is an all-new, illustrated …
General History January 25, 2022

Saving the International Justice Regime

Beyond Backlash against International Courts

Courtney Hillebrecht

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Saving the International Justice Regime: Beyond Backlash against International Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2021) is at the forefront of a new conceptualization of backlash politics. Dr. Courtney Hillebrecht brings together …
Jewish Studies January 24, 2022

A Time to Gather

Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture

Jason Lustig

Hosted by Steven Seegel
How do people link the past to the present, marking continuity in the face of the fundamental discontinuities of history? A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish …
Film December 31, 2021

Holocaust Cinema Complete

A History and Analysis of 400 Films, with a Teaching Guide

Rich Brownstein

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
Holocaust movies have become an important segment of world cinema and the de-facto Holocaust education for many. One quarter of all American-produced Holocaust-related feature films have won or been nominated …
Genocide Studies December 21, 2021

Sharing Responsibility

The History and Future of Protection from Atrocities

Luke Glanville

Hosted by Jeff Bachman
The idea that states share a responsibility to shield people everywhere from atrocities is presently under threat. Despite some early twenty-first century successes, including the 2005 United Nations endorsement of …
World Affairs December 21, 2021

The Archival Politics of International Courts

Henry Redwood

Hosted by Margot Tudor
The archives produced by international courts have received little empirical, theoretical or methodological attention within international criminal justice (ICJ) or international relations (IR) studies. Yet, Henry Redwood argues in The Archival Politics …
Genocide Studies December 6, 2021

Humane

How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

Samuel Moyn

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Is it possible that efforts to make war more humane can actually make it more common and thus more destructive?   This tension at the heart of this query lies at the …
Genocide Studies December 3, 2021

Propaganda and the Genocide in Indonesia

Imagined Evil

Saskia E. Wieringa and Nursyahbani Katjasungkana

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Several months ago, Saskia Wieringa joined her co-authors Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman on the show to talk about their edited volume The International People's Tribunal for 1965 and the …
Genocide Studies December 3, 2021

Cultural Genocide

Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations

Jeffrey S. Bachman

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Jeffrey Bachman's edited volume Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations (Routledge, 2019) asks where the boundaries between genocide and other kinds of mass atrocity violence rest and what the stakes are …
Eastern European Studies November 26, 2021

Romania's Holy War

Soldiers, Motivation, and the Holocaust

Grant T. Harward

Hosted by Roland Clark
What motivated conscripted soldiers to fight in the Romanian Army during the Second World War? Why did they obey orders, take risks, and sometimes deliberately sacrifice their lives for the …
Gender Studies November 24, 2021

The Work of Rape

Rana M. Jaleel

Hosted by Sohini Chatterjee
In The Work of Rape (Duke UP, 2021), Rana M. Jaleel argues that the redefinition of sexual violence within international law as a war crime, crime against humanity, and genocide …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel November 17, 2021

The Armenians of Aintab

The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province

Ümit Kurt

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Ümit Kurt, born and raised in Gaziantep, Turkey, was astonished to learn that his hometown once had a large and active Armenian community. The Armenian presence in Aintab, the city’s …