The New Social Science of the Holocaust

Posted on by Jeffrey Kopstein

by Jeffrey Kopstein and Jelena Subotić We live in a culture profoundly influenced by the legacy of the Holocaust.  More than seven decades after the fact, the Nazi extermination effort against the world’s Jews continues to provide the moral lens through which we judge political action.  Debates about humanitarian intervention and foreign policy, democracy and … Continue reading The New Social Science of the Holocaust

Ethics and Archival Research on Violence

Posted on by Aliza Luft

(Contrasting letters written by Hilda Dajč describing her different feelings about violence in the Semlin Nazi Death Camp, (Left) December 1941 and (Right) Spring 1942). By Aliza Luft and Jelena Subotić Historical data is increasingly mined for social scientific research on violence, yet its ethical challenges are rarely discussed. Instead, archives are seen as neutral … Continue reading Ethics and Archival Research on Violence