Why Right-Wing Appropriation of Commemoration Harms the Fight against Anti-Semitism
This article was republished on the New Fascism Syllabus with the permission of the author and the original publisher, Berliner Zeitung We the invited […]
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Russia, the Dutch Far Right, and the Politics of World War II Remembrance
Since the most recent phase of Russia’s eight-year-long conquest of Ukraine began in late February 2022, much of Europe has mobilized politically against the Russian […]
Ukraine as Whiteboard: The Genocidal Implications of Russian Ideas of Territory
A series of “fully genocidal” articles recently laid out a plan to erase Ukraine from the map. A plan for genocide against Ukraine, published by […]
France, Ukraine, Russia: A Union without ‘Unionists’, a Europe without Liberals?
As the French presidential election approaches, Emmanuel Macron’s victory remains terrifyingly uncertain. A victory at the polls by his opponent, Marine Le Pen, would have […]
Can There Be History Teaching After Bucha?
Before I was a historian, I was a history teacher. Before teaching history, I read Mein Kampf. My German teacher at the time—I was in […]
Whence Nationalism Studies? Some Reflections on Russia’s War in Ukraine
On March 4 protesters gathered in cities across Europe in support of Ukraine. In Prague, they filled the entirety of Wenceslaus Square, one of the […]
Closely Watched Tweets: As We Build the February 24th Archive
Since it began over a month ago, I’ve gotten letters, candles, chocolate, books, clippings, postcards, a blue-yellow dog collar, buttons, ribbons, offers to walk my […]
Ukraine’s Future, and Ours
In recent days, amid the horror of the news from Ukraine, I have found myself thinking about an old friend in Crimea. I will call […]
Old and New Faultlines in the Wake of Russia’s Assault on Ukraine
Demilitarization and denazification—when Vladimir Putin announced the goals of the Russian attack on Ukraine, I perked up. As a scholar of World War II and […]
Putin and the Weaponization of the Memory of World War II and the Holocaust
Much of the commentary so far on the Russian attack on Ukraine has focused on the intertwined historical and contemporary contexts of the Soviet Union […]
