A. Dirk Moses Is a Visiting Professor at PRIF

Political scientist A. Dirk Moses, pro­fessor at the City College of New York, will be a visiting professor at PRIF in June and July 2025. During his stay, he will also be involv­ed as a Visiting Fellow at the TraCe re­search center. Over the course of his two-month stay, he will be research­ing the meaning and impact of the term “genocide”. He is exam­ining its political, social and memory-cultural function, particularly in the context of colonial violence and memory.

At PRIF, Moses aims to deepen the ex­change with colleagues on issues of genocide and colonial memory. He describes his academic interest as follows:

“Whether as a claim during mass violence or later in memory and recognition, genocide has become a term with talis­manic power and a stigmatizing aura. For this reason, it is refer­red to as the 'crime of crimes.' As a scholar, I follow a con­structivist approach to such norms and hier­archies, aiming to question how and why they arose, whose inter­ests they serve, and what appeal they hold. In Frankfurt, I intend to continue this line of research by work­ing with col­leagues on issues of genocide and colonial memory.”

On July 8, 2025, A. Dirk Moses will also take part in the book presentation and panel discussion “The Future of Remembering” at the Literatur­haus Frankfurt. Further infor­mation on the event and free reg­istra­tion.