JGR Office Hours

For this episode, our team interviewed Keith David Watenpaugh, Professor & Director of Human Rights Studies at UC Davis, about the parallels between the Armenian Genocide (Medz Yeghern) and the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians (al-Nakba). We discuss the importance of his regional, comparative approach to the study of genocide and why survivors and their descendants have a special role...

In this episode, we speak to Dr. Martin Shaw from IBEI (Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals) about his career as a genocide scholar and sociologist and his thoughts on what the Gaza genocide means for the international order. You can read his whole piece, "The Genocide That Changed The World" at this link: https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2025.2556575 To find Martin's new...

In our latest episode, the editors interview Dr. Anne Irfan from University College London about her piece, "Settler Colonialism and the Displacement/Immobility Nexus: Israeli Policy in Gaza Since 1948," which was published in our journal in August 2025. You can read her full article on the journal's webpage . Books recommended by Dr. Irfan: Exile's Return: The Making of a Palest...

In our first episode of JGR Office Hours, we interview Professor Manuel Schwab from The American University of Cairo about his piece, "Gaza, Germany, and the Post-Perpetrator Unconscious: Ozymandias at The Hague," which was published in our journal in August 2025. You can find his full article on the journal's Taylor and Francis webpage. This interview was recorded in late September...