New essay out Journal of Genocide Research:

Everyday Evil and the Family: Watching the Zone of Interest in Israel 2024

I argue that the main contribution the film offers to our understanding of “banal evil” is in tying it to parenting and the family.

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i wish i could work with nora again. i'm thinking about what she's taught me (and notable others!!!) about journalism but the most important thing is by example - her courage to find some crucial weakness and say what it is, not just on twitter where it's easy but also in person

Read Linda Kinstler 'Oblivion never speaks of forgiveness; indeed, it is the alternative to forgiveness. To forget a transgression is a distinct moral act that liberates its subject from the dueling imperatives to either avenge the wrong or to forgive it.' libertiesjournal.com/articles/the-o…

‘Those who survive the ongoing atrocities against the Palestinian people in Gaza will, in the years to come, stand up time and again, facing audiences who will boldly demand, “Prove it!”’ Linda Kinstler for Jewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/weaponization-…

Read Linda Kinstler on the dynamic relationship between weaponization and denial of Oct 7 claims, and how the Israeli government's exploitative relationship to evidence obscures the truth in the current moment.

really insightful essay by Linda Kinstler in Jewish Currents on the relationship between Israel's weaponization of images of the October 7th attack, denialist narratives of 10/7, Holocaust memory, and the meaning of evidence itself: jewishcurrents.org/weaponization-…

If there is one issue that every reporter on Earth should be writing and posting about all day, every day, it’s the unjust imprisonment of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia. Linda Kinstler for POLITICO Magazine
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Today is an anniversary that I hoped would never come. Our friend Evan has been held hostage in a Russian prison for exactly a year. He should not spend a second longer in his cell. Wrote about this grim day for POLITICO Magazine #FreeEvan Free Evan Gershkovich
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One year since Evan was cynically detained on a reporting trip. He is not a spy. Journalism is not a crime. He does not belong in prison. #IStandWithEvan

If you're wondering who Lena is and what this is all about, please do read this awesome in-depth piece by Linda Kinstler (i think it was Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋💻🌎✨🤗 who introduced me to the history of Lena).
wired.com/story/finding-…

Hear from Ev's sister, and my friend, Danielle: 'Some days are harder than others, but every day feels like a piece of me is missing. I wonder what Evan is thinking and feeling. I picture him in his small cell and try to send my love to him from afar.'

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Evan Gershkovich, our dear friend falsely accused by Russia of spying, had his pre-trial detention extended by three months today. Friday will mark the first anniversary of Evan's arrest which he has spent in the notorious Lefortovo jail. It's sickening. Free Evan

Well this was delightful

Join us for lunch on Monday at Georgetown SFS BMW Center for German and European Studies (CGES), my wonderful academic home this year -- will be talking about my current research on legal oblivion: eventbrite.com/e/acts-of-obli…

Very much looking forward to this conversation with Linda Kinstler. Thanks to Politics and Prose for providing the launch pad for COLLISIONS: THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE NEW GLOBAL INSTABILITY, which comes out with Oxford Academic tomorrow March 22.

You’re telling me there’s an Ukraine-related article in which Linda Kinstler (writer/reviewer), Oksana Parafeniuk (photographer) & Andrei Kurkov (subject/author) are all involved?

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Old Soviet files showed up at his door in Ukraine. Then the mystery began
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'This was the rule of survival for many people. They had to pretend they were as simple and as stupid as the majority that took over.' A pleasure to speak with Andrei Kurkov about his book THE SILVER BONE, translated by the great Boris Dralyuk, for Post Book World:
washingtonpost.com/books/2024/03/…

Very much looking forward to a conversation with Linda Kinstler at Politics and Prose - 7 PM Friday, March 22, Union Market branch - to launch COLLISIONS: THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE NEW GLOBAL INSTABILITY. All in DC are most welcome to attend.
politics-prose.com/michael-kimmage

Monday in DC! Talking expats, parties, and hangovers (the historical kind) w/ the one and only
Johannes Lichtman

Lost City Books @ 7pm ~

RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/ghost-pains-…

1/2 Eichmann's booth had previously been the subject of countless images. Arendt too looked at the defendant through this transparent box. Artist Moshe Ninio’s image in Glass (2010) is different: he gives us a look from inside the booth.