Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Tonight with livestream! Dagmar Herzog's talk "Eugenische Phantasmen – Die lange Vor- und Nachgeschichte der NS-«Euthanasie»-Morde" takes place on 01.06.2026, 18:30 – 20:00 at KOL-F-101 of the University of Zurich. The link is here: bit.ly/4fGHABS. No registration necessary. 131
Reposted by Adam KnowlesAdam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Looking forward to hosting you in Zurich on 18.05. with Nadia Mazouz of the ETH for a workshop on "Disgust" at the beautiful Villa Hatt! Info here for anyone interested in attending: ephil.ethz.ch/en/news-even... 142
Reposted by Adam KnowlesDitte Marie Munch-Jurisic @dittemunch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026and thanks to @kimatiwagner.bsky.social who originally alerted my of Waitman's work, see also Kim's commentary "Beyond redemption: sad perpetrators and narratives of atrocity" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comBeyond redemption: sad perpetrators and narratives of atrocityCommentary as part of the book symposium on Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic’s, Perpetrator Disgust: The Moral Limits of Gut Feelings (2022): In Perpetrator Disgust, Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic provides a f... 072
Reposted by Adam KnowlesDitte Marie Munch-Jurisic @dittemunch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEp. 22- Nazi Perpetrators and Disgust with Ditte Marie Munch-JurisicPodcast Episode · The Holocaust History Podcast · June 17, 2024 · 1h 31m 152
Reposted by Adam KnowlesDitte Marie Munch-Jurisic @dittemunch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026time.com/6401746/hama...time.comThe Troubling Idea That Hamas Is 'Worse' Than the NazisSome have argued Hamas is worse than the Nazis. But such claims dangerously minimize the evil of the Holocaust. 142
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Looking forward to hosting you in Zurich on 18.05. with Nadia Mazouz of the ETH for a workshop on "Disgust" at the beautiful Villa Hatt! Info here for anyone interested in attending: ephil.ethz.ch/en/news-even... 142
Reposted by Adam KnowlesDitte Marie Munch-Jurisic @dittemunch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Preparing a talk for a ws in Zurich where I'll be restating the arguments from my OUP book: When genocidaires feel sick it is not proof they "deep down" feel bad about their actions. See also @waitmanwbeorn.com on this point and listen to our conversation in his @holocaustpod.bsky.social ⬇️ 1188
Reposted by Adam KnowlesVolker Weiss @volkerweiss-author.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Das bpb-Projekt »Deutschlands Radikale Rechte 1945-2025« wagt einen lange fälligen Überblick der verschiedenen Entwicklungen am rechten Rand und ist mit einer Menge Material angereichert. Es kostet trotz Coffee Table Format nur 7,50 €. Martin Langebach und sein Team haben hervorragend gearbeitet! 10377146
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 22/04/2026It is my pleasure to announce the workshop “Verdrängte Opfer: Eugenik, Biopolitik und die Frage des unwerten Lebens” featuring Dagmar Herzog and other wonderful scholars hosted at the University of Zurich on 01.06.-02.06.2026. Registration info is here: www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag... 252
Reposted by Adam KnowlesChristina Morina @christina-morina.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Das Engagement für die Gedenkstätte „Stalag 326“ in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock lässt sich auch als ein Stück politische Kulturgeschichte der Bundesrepublik verstehen, zeigen die Aufsätze unserer Studierender… 0122
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026If you're in Zurich and need a distraction from the sunny weather, then join us this evening for a timely discussion on coming to terms with the past in the Swiss context. The lineup features Moira Pinkus, Raphael Gross, Jakob Tanner, and Karen Roth. 18:15 in KO2-F-180 of the UZH. 031
Reposted by Adam KnowlesThomas Bedorf @thbedorf.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Und u.a. mit @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social @knowlesadam.bsky.social go.uniwue.de/a6haigo.uniwue.dePhilosophie und Antisemitismus - Institut für Philosophie 031
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Excited to announce the workshop "Disgust and the Question of the Human" co-organized with Nadia Mazouz (ETH Zurich) on 18th May 2026. Speakers include @dittemunch.bsky.social, Noga Resh, and Zainabu Jallo. Info and registration here: ephil.ethz.ch/en/news-und-.... 064
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Save the date. Join us in two weeks at the University of Zurich for a podium discussion "Die Zukunft der Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der Schweiz" with Raphael Gross, Jakob Tanner and Moira Pinkus moderated by Karen Roth-Krauthammer. Mar. 19th, 18:15-19.45, KO2-F-180. www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag... 051
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Final Reminder for anyone close to Zurich: Join us for a lecture by @christina-morina.bsky.social this evening at the University of Zurich! 010
Reposted by Adam KnowlesAdam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Am 26.02. hält @christina-morina.bsky.social (Bielefeld) einen Vortrag zu „Mehrheitsgesellschaften und Judenverfolgung in europäischer Perspektive: Geschichte und Erinnerung” in KO2-F-180, 18:15-19:45 an der Universität Züirch. Der Vortrag ist gesponsert von der Balzan-Stiftung und offen für alle. 064
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Am 26.02. hält @christina-morina.bsky.social (Bielefeld) einen Vortrag zu „Mehrheitsgesellschaften und Judenverfolgung in europäischer Perspektive: Geschichte und Erinnerung” in KO2-F-180, 18:15-19:45 an der Universität Züirch. Der Vortrag ist gesponsert von der Balzan-Stiftung und offen für alle. 064
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Final reminder! Tomorrow Debórah Dwork and I will be in conversation on the topic "Holocaust Studies: Past, Present and Future" from 18:15-19:45 (KO2-F-180). The even is open to the public and no registration is necessary. The full list of events in the series is here: www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag... 041
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 05/02/2026On Feb. 19th Debórah Dwork (CUNY) and I will discuss "Holocaust Studies: Past, Present and Future" at 18:15 at the University of Zurich. Participation is free for all and open to the public. For other events in the series (including lectures in German) see www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag.... 031
Reposted by Adam KnowlesLisa Regazzoni @lisaregazzoni.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Wir (@hist-theorie.bsky.social) freuen uns auf die Zusammenarbeit und sind gespannt auf die gekreuzte Perspektiven! 043
Reposted by Adam Knowlesthe Diasporist @thediasporist.bsky.social · 06/01/2026„Promiskuitiv und aasfressend, zeige der Faschismus eine bemerkenswerte Fähigkeit, Widersprüche in Spannung zu halten, ohne sie auflösen zu müssen.“ Adam Knowles schreibt über Armin Mohler, den „geistigen Vater” der Neuen Rechten: thediasporist.de/de/missverst...thediasporist.deMissverstandene Radikale – the DiasporistArmin Mohler und die Beschönigung des Faschismus 075
Reposted by Adam KnowlesAdam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Guter Beitrag von @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy über das jüngste Buch von Dagmar Herzog. Auch eine Gelegenheit daran zu erinnern, dass Herzog einen Vortrag an der Uni Zürich am 01.06. hält. Am 02.06. findet ein Workshop mit Herzog über „Eugenische Phantasmen“ statt. Mehr dazu demnächst. 0198
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Guter Beitrag von @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy über das jüngste Buch von Dagmar Herzog. Auch eine Gelegenheit daran zu erinnern, dass Herzog einen Vortrag an der Uni Zürich am 01.06. hält. Am 02.06. findet ein Workshop mit Herzog über „Eugenische Phantasmen“ statt. Mehr dazu demnächst. 0198
Reposted by Adam Knowlesd.z.shaw @dzshaw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026There is a lot going on this diagram. 141
Reposted by Adam KnowlesAdam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Since Plato is in the news: What was Plato's status at the Nazified university? This 1934 diagram from the journal "Völkische Kultur" shows one response. It puts Plato in a cosmopolitan lineage of degradation leading to Kant which was, in a common antisemitic trope, portrayed as suspiciously Jewish. 712558
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Since Plato is in the news: What was Plato's status at the Nazified university? This 1934 diagram from the journal "Völkische Kultur" shows one response. It puts Plato in a cosmopolitan lineage of degradation leading to Kant which was, in a common antisemitic trope, portrayed as suspiciously Jewish. 712558
Reposted by Adam KnowlesAdam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 04/11/2025My new essay on the New Right and its relationship to historical fascism has been published at the Ideas Letter @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ge...theideasletter.orgMisunderstood Radicals - The Ideas LetterAdam Knowles maps how the Swiss philosopher Armin Mohler—a post-WWII apologist of fascism and self-styled theorist of the “Conservative Revolution”—helped launder fascist-adjacent thinkers into respec... 15418
Reposted by Adam KnowlesAdam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Excited to announce upcoming public talks and panel discussions on "Holocaust and Genocide Studies" at the University of Zurich which I have organized in cooperation with @zeitgeschichte-bie.bsky.social. Save the dates! @deborahdwork.bsky.social, @christina-morina.bsky.social 184
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Excited to announce upcoming public talks and panel discussions on "Holocaust and Genocide Studies" at the University of Zurich which I have organized in cooperation with @zeitgeschichte-bie.bsky.social. Save the dates! @deborahdwork.bsky.social, @christina-morina.bsky.social 184
Reposted by Adam KnowlesTheorieblog @theorieblog.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Zum Thema "Philosophie und Antisemitismus" wird vom 10. - 12. März 2026 an der Uni Würzburg eine Tagung stattfinden. Ausgangspunkt sind vielfältige Formen antisemitischer Herabsetzungen und Ausgrenzung jüdischen Denkens in Geschichte und Gegenwart der... www.theorieblog.de/?p=30321 074
Reposted by Adam KnowlesThomas Bedorf @thbedorf.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Philosophie und Antisemitismus - Tagung, 10.-12. März 2026. Selbstreflexion der Philosophie, historische Genealogien & Theoriearbeit. Mit u.a. @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social @knowlesadam.bsky.social go.uniwue.de/a6haigo.uniwue.dePhilosophie und Antisemitismus - Institut für Philosophie 0166
Reposted by Adam KnowlesShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Thinking of my New School friends whose programs have been closed (~30 of them), whose PhD programs have been indefinitely halted, and who are now receiving invitations to resign + accept severance payments — with the threat of 🪓 if not enough folks take the offer. A ✨-if-imperfect place ruined 😥 819537
Reposted by Adam KnowlesJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025New School has been one of the most important humanities and social science universities in the world for the past 70 years. The humanities are collapsing at all of the pillars, and it won't be long until less prestigious institutions feel validated to call open season upon a number of departments. 416437
Reposted by Adam KnowlesCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Interesting read on Armin Mohler and Die Neue Rechte.theideasletter.orgMisunderstood Radicals - The Ideas LetterAdam Knowles maps how the Swiss philosopher Armin Mohler—a post-WWII apologist of fascism and self-styled theorist of the “Conservative Revolution”—helped launder fascist-adjacent thinkers into respec... 2306
Adam Knowles @knowlesadam.bsky.social · 04/11/2025My new essay on the New Right and its relationship to historical fascism has been published at the Ideas Letter @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ge...theideasletter.orgMisunderstood Radicals - The Ideas LetterAdam Knowles maps how the Swiss philosopher Armin Mohler—a post-WWII apologist of fascism and self-styled theorist of the “Conservative Revolution”—helped launder fascist-adjacent thinkers into respec... 15418
Reposted by Adam KnowlesIndiana University Press @iupress.bsky.social · 23/09/2025This volume of Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks contains five short notebooks the philosopher composed during the pivotal years of 1942 to 1948. Readers interested in the development of Heidegger's thinking will find insightful documentation for the emergence of his post-WWII philosophical work. 032
Reposted by Adam KnowlesChristoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Adam Knowles reviews A Social History of Analytic Philosophy in Radical Philosophy @radical-philosophy.bsky.social www.radicalphilosophy.com/reviews/mark...radicalphilosophy.comAdam Knowles · Marketplace of dull ideas (2025) 22010