Books and Special Journal Issues
MONOGRAPHS
Nach dem Genozid: Grundlage für eine neue Erinnerungskultur (Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2023).
The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021). Russian translation forthcoming.
German Intellectuals and the Nazi Past (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007 /
paperback 2009). Winner of the H-Soz-u-Kult ‘The Historical Book of the Year’ prize for 2008, category of Contemporary History.
ANTHOLOGIES
The Holocaust Museum and Human Rights: Transnational Perspectives on Contemporary Memorials (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, January 2025). Edited with Jennifer Barrett and Avril Alba.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Victims Perpetrators Justice and the Question of Genocide (Abingdon: Routledge, 2024). Contributing editor with Diana Dumitru.
Patriotic History and the (Re)Nationalization of Memory (Abingdon: Routledge, 2023).
Edited with Kornelia Kończal.
Genocide: Key Themes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022). Contributing editor with Donald Bloxham.
Decolonization, Self-Determination, and the Rise of Global Human Rights Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Contributing editor with Marco Duranti and Roland Burke.
The Holocaust in Greece (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). Edited with Giorgos Antoniou.
Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide: The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1970 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018).
Edited with Lasse Heerten.
Colonial Counterinsurgency and Mass Violence: The Dutch Empire in Indonesia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2014). Edited with Bart Luttikhuis.
The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Contributing editor with Donald Bloxham.
Genocide: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies, six vols. (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010). Contributing editor.
The Modernist Imagination: News Essays in Intellectual History and Critical Theory (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2009). Contributing co-editor.
Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation and Subaltern Resistance in World History (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2008/paperback 2009). Contributing Editor. Winner of the H-Soz-u-Kult 'The Historical Book of the Year' prize for 2009, category of
Extra-European History. Russian translation forthcoming.
Colonialism and Genocide (London: Routledge, 2007/paperback 2008). Contributing editor with Dan Stone.
Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History (New York: Berghahn Books, 2004 /paperback 2005). Contributing editor.
JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES
“'Patriotic History' and the (Re)Nationalization of Memory," Journal of Genocide Research, 24:2 (2002). Co-edited with Kornelia Kończal.
"The Achille Mbembe Controversy and the German Debate About Antisemitism, Israel, and the Holocaust," Journal of Genocide Research, 23:3 (2001). Co-editor.
“Transformative Occupations in the Modern Middle East,” Humanity, 8:2 (2017). Contributing co-editor.
“The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1970: Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide,” Journal of Genocide Research, 16: 2-3 (2014). Co-editor.
“Mass Violence and the End of the Dutch Colonial Empire in Indonesia,” special double issue, Journal of Genocide Research, 14:3-4 (2012). Co-editor.
“East Pakistan War, 1971,” special issue, Journal of Genocide Research, 13:4 (2011). Editor.
Forum Section on “The Intellectual History of the Federal Republic,” German History, 27:2 (2009), 244-58. Guest editor.
“Intervention after Iraq,” special issue, Ethics & International Affairs, 19:2 (2005). Guest editor.
Nach dem Genozid: Grundlage für eine neue Erinnerungskultur (Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2023).
The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021). Russian translation forthcoming.
German Intellectuals and the Nazi Past (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007 /
paperback 2009). Winner of the H-Soz-u-Kult ‘The Historical Book of the Year’ prize for 2008, category of Contemporary History.
ANTHOLOGIES
The Holocaust Museum and Human Rights: Transnational Perspectives on Contemporary Memorials (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, January 2025). Edited with Jennifer Barrett and Avril Alba.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Victims Perpetrators Justice and the Question of Genocide (Abingdon: Routledge, 2024). Contributing editor with Diana Dumitru.
Patriotic History and the (Re)Nationalization of Memory (Abingdon: Routledge, 2023).
Edited with Kornelia Kończal.
Genocide: Key Themes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022). Contributing editor with Donald Bloxham.
Decolonization, Self-Determination, and the Rise of Global Human Rights Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Contributing editor with Marco Duranti and Roland Burke.
The Holocaust in Greece (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). Edited with Giorgos Antoniou.
Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide: The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1970 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018).
Edited with Lasse Heerten.
Colonial Counterinsurgency and Mass Violence: The Dutch Empire in Indonesia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2014). Edited with Bart Luttikhuis.
The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Contributing editor with Donald Bloxham.
Genocide: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies, six vols. (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010). Contributing editor.
The Modernist Imagination: News Essays in Intellectual History and Critical Theory (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2009). Contributing co-editor.
Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation and Subaltern Resistance in World History (New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2008/paperback 2009). Contributing Editor. Winner of the H-Soz-u-Kult 'The Historical Book of the Year' prize for 2009, category of
Extra-European History. Russian translation forthcoming.
Colonialism and Genocide (London: Routledge, 2007/paperback 2008). Contributing editor with Dan Stone.
Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History (New York: Berghahn Books, 2004 /paperback 2005). Contributing editor.
JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES
“'Patriotic History' and the (Re)Nationalization of Memory," Journal of Genocide Research, 24:2 (2002). Co-edited with Kornelia Kończal.
"The Achille Mbembe Controversy and the German Debate About Antisemitism, Israel, and the Holocaust," Journal of Genocide Research, 23:3 (2001). Co-editor.
“Transformative Occupations in the Modern Middle East,” Humanity, 8:2 (2017). Contributing co-editor.
“The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1970: Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide,” Journal of Genocide Research, 16: 2-3 (2014). Co-editor.
“Mass Violence and the End of the Dutch Colonial Empire in Indonesia,” special double issue, Journal of Genocide Research, 14:3-4 (2012). Co-editor.
“East Pakistan War, 1971,” special issue, Journal of Genocide Research, 13:4 (2011). Editor.
Forum Section on “The Intellectual History of the Federal Republic,” German History, 27:2 (2009), 244-58. Guest editor.
“Intervention after Iraq,” special issue, Ethics & International Affairs, 19:2 (2005). Guest editor.
