The War in Ukraine & the Question of Genocide Featuring Professor Timothy Snyder
On October 26, 2022, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies partnered with the Center for the Study of Europe to host Professor Timothy Snyder for his lecture, “The War in Ukraine and the Question of Genocide,” moderated by Alexis Perri. This was the first Elie Wiesel Memorial Lecture of the semester and inaugurated the new Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies major. Professor Snyder discussed the genocidal language and actions involved in Russia’s invasion, especially in the context of genocidal terminology throughout history. He powerfully explained that even if Russia cannot be prosecuted, it’s important to label these actions genocide because “you can’t remember what you never saw in the first place.”
About the Speaker: Professor Timothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University with expertise in eastern Europe and the Second World War. He is the author of renowned books, including Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Bloodlands, and The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.