Omer Bartov is one of the leading scholars of genocide and the Holocaust. A professor of history at Brown University, he has long been known for his incisive work on violence, memory, and identity.

In his recent book Genocide, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis, Bartov reflects on the moral responsibilities of intellectuals. He zeroes in on the uses and abuses of Holocaust memory and explains his own transformation from an Israeli soldier to a vocal critic of Israeli state policies.

In an interview with Elias Feroz for Jacobin, Bartov discusses the political climate on US campuses, the backlash against scholars critical of Israel, and the personal dimensions of his scholarship.