recent public talks, lectures, book readings, etc.
(conference papers are listed on my CV)
… professional travel :)
University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (12/2022)
"Raphaël Lemkin and the Soviets: Lessons Learned For Today From the Political History of the UN Genocide Convention"
Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (12/2022)
"Raphaël Lemkin and the Soviets: Lessons Learned For Today From the Political History of the UN Genocide Convention"
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (10/2022)
“Prosecuting International Crimes In Ukraine.” Public lecture at Stockholm University Law School.
London School of Economics, London, UK (5/2022)
“Russia-Ukraine Dialogues: Dissecting International Crimes.” Public talk at LSE IDEAS.
University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada (4/2022)
“Russia's War on Ukraine in the Context of Genocide.” Public talk at the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium.
United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, USA (1/2022)
“Wicked Problems: The Ethics of Peacebuilding.” Book Launch at PeaceCon 2022: Annual Conference of the Alliance for Peacebuilding.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA (12/2021)
“We Charge Genocide and the Black Civil Rights Movement.” Public talk at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
University of Malta, Valletta, Malta (4/2021)
“Crimes Against Humanity: Early Conceptual Developments.” Public talk at University of Malta Law School.
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA (12/2018)
“Dying in the Age of Thoughtlessness: Genocide, Terror, and the Lost Peace.” Presentation for Colloquium at Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (10/2018)
“The Origins of the Genocide Concept: Lemkin and His Many Milieux.” Public lecture at the Department of History.
Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Oslo, Norway (9/2018)
“Preventing Mass Atrocities: It's Not the Law, It's the Movement that Works.” Public talk.
Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA (3/2018)
“Genocide Prevention: Theory and Practice.” Public lecture.
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA (3/2018)
“Peacebuilding Approaches to Genocide Prevention.” Public lecture.
United Nations, New York, NY, USA (12/2017)
Discussion on Burundi with UN Peacebuilding Support Office.
Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (10/2017)
“Genocide and International Law: Peace, Conflict, and Indigenous Communities.” . Public lecture.
California State University, Fresno, CA, USA (10/2017)
“Peace through Law: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Other International Legal Movements to End Violent Conflict, Not Punish It.” Public lecture delivered at the Department of History.
Ukrainian National University, Kyiv, Ukraine (6/2017)
“War Crimes and Peace Crimes: The Situation of Ukraine.” Public lecture.
New York University, New York, NY, USA (3/2017)
“Raphaël Lemkin, Atrocity Prevention, and Conflict Resolution.” Public lecture delivered at the School of Liberal Studies, .
Stimson Center, Washington, DC, USA (11/2016)
“Next Steps: The Prospects for the Atrocity Prevention Community in a New US Administration.” Chatham House Rules Presentation Delivered to the US Atrocity Prevention Board Study Group.
United Nations, New York, NY, USA (3/2016)
Discussion on Burundi with UN Peacebuilding Support Office & UNHCR.
George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA (2/2016)
“Genocide Prevention in the Axioms of Conflict Resolution.” Public lecture delivered at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
United Nations, New York, NY, USA (1/2016)
“Inequality and Mass Violence: Globalizing a Responsibility to Protect.” Address delivered to the UN Academic Impact Working Group on Inequality and Violence.
United Nations, New York, NY, USA (9/2015)
Discussion on Burundi with UN Peacebuilding Support Office.
Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine (6/2015)
“Raphael Lemkin and Hersch Lauterpacht: Defending Humanism and Human Rights.” Public lecture.
Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, Kyiv, Ukraine (6/2015)
“The Incitement of Ethnic Hatred and Violence Under International Law.” Keynote Lecture.
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA (4/2015) with Gennadi Poberezny
“Genocides in All but Name: The Holodomor and the Politics of Memory.” Co-presentation at The Kenan Institute for Ethics.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (4/2014)
“The Deportation of Crimean Tatars: A Case of Genocide?” Keynote address delivered at Ukraine’s Crimea: Whose Homeland? Symposium on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Deportation of Crimean Tatars, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Princeton University, Prnceton Club New York, NY, USA (11/2013)
“Holodomor Studies: Future Challenges and Future Approaches.” Keynote speaker, The Zenowia & George Jurkiw Ukrainian Historical Encounters Series. Taking Measure of the Holodomor.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (9/2013)
“What Impact Has the Study of the Holodomor had on our Understanding of Genocide?” Discussant, Contextualizing Holodomor: A Conference on the 80th Anniversary, Munk School of Global Affairs,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (5/2013)
”A Colonial Crime? Raphaël Lemkin’s Thoughts on the Ukrainian Genocide.” Lecture delivered at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA (2/2012)
“The Origins of Genocide: Tracing a Lemkin-Arendt Debate.” Public talk delivered at The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, .
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA (12/2010)
“Towards a Critical Method for Interfaith Peace-making.” Presentation and discussion at the Center for the Study of Genocide Conflict Resolution and Human Rights.
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA (12/2009)
“Modern Genocide in the Globalized World.” Presentation and discussion at the Global Village Human Rights House.