Daniel Feierstein
Daniel Feierstein is Director of the Centre of Genocide Studies at the National University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina, and Director of the Observatory of State Crimes at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also Senior Researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). His work primarily focuses on genocidal social practices and has been crucial in the increased recognition of the Argentine military junta's crimes as genocide. He is a previous president of the...See more
Daniel Feierstein is Director of the Centre of Genocide Studies at the National University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina, and Director of the Observatory of State Crimes at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also Senior Researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). His work primarily focuses on genocidal social practices and has been crucial in the increased recognition of the Argentine military junta's crimes as genocide. He is a previous president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and has acted as a judge on the Permanent People's Tribunal in Sri Lanka, Mexico, Myanmar, and Colombia. He is the author of several books, including Genocide as a Social Practice: Reorganizing Society under the Nazis and Argentina's Military Juntas (Rutgers University Press, 2014) and Memorias y Representaciones: Sobre la elaboracion del genocidio I (FCE, 2012). During the COVID- 19 pandemic, Feierstein participated in numerous national and provincial advisory councils in Argentina assessing the social aspects of the crisis. See less
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