The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology will host historian Omer Bartov, who will present "Speaking of Genocide: The Holocaust, Israel-Palestine, and the War in Gaza" on Monday, Sept. 30. The presentation is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Anthropology Room 163 and is free and open to students, faculty, administrators, regents, and the public.
Bartov is a historian specializing in the Holocaust and is regarded as one of the leading authorities on genocide globally. He holds the position of Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. Bartov received his education from Tel Aviv University and St. Antony's College, Oxford. His extensive body of work includes writings on war crimes, interethnic relations, and genocide.
His recent publications include "Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz," which won the National Jewish Book Award; "Tales from the Borderlands: Making and Unmaking the Galician Past," and "Genocide, The Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis" (2023).
Bartov’s essays and commentaries on current Middle Eastern crises have appeared in numerous national and international outlets such as the New York Times.
In a recent interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, Bartov stated, “I think we should be proud that in American universities students actually are demonstrating in favor of those who are being oppressed and now who are being killed. And they’re doing it, first of all, because it’s the right thing to do. They’re doing it also because they are American citizens. It is American taxpayers’ money that is paying for the arms that the United States is shipping in vast amounts to Israel so as to destroy Gaza. And they have every right — and, in fact, they have a duty — to protest against these kinds of policies.”
This event is co-sponsored by the UNM Office of the Provost, the UNM Department of History, the UNM International Studies Institute, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the UNM Department of Anthropology.
