Jeff Benvenuto
Biographic Data
| ID | 4225826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeff Benvenuto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeff |
| FAMILY NAME | Benvenuto |
| SIGNATURE | BENVENUTO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gratz College, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coopting Holocaust Memory and Genocide Education
Properties of Empire
Properties of Empire begins with a fascinating vignette that alludes to a much deeper history of indigenous rights. In 1736 a group of Penobscots (one of the nations of the Wabanki Confederacy) evicted a group of Scots-Irish colonists in present-day Maine, then known as the Dawnland. They did so, moreover, with the backing of colonial authorities from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who had a vested interest in recognizing Indian land rights. Refer…
Between Hagiography and Wounded Attachment
In this article, we outline the significance of the special issue on the scholarship of Raphaël Lemkin. We argue that genocide scholars tend to identify with one of three different types of Lemkin scholarship. Each of the articles for the special issue challenges these genres in an effort to extend the study of genocide in new directions. Moreover, we contend that this work suggests that genocide scholars should endeavor to extend the study of ge…
Canada and Colonial Genocide
What Does Genocide Produce? The Semantic Field of Genocide, Cultural Genocide, and Ethnocide in Indigenous Rights Discourse
The semantic field of genocide, cultural genocide, and ethnocide overlaps between Indigenous rights discourse and genocide studies. Since the 1970s, such language has been used to express grievances that have stimulated the construction of Indigenous rights in international law. These particular words signify general concerns with the integrity of Indigenous peoples, thereby undergirding a larger framework of normative beliefs, ethical arguments,…
Canada and colonial genocide
This introductory article offers an overview of debates about genocide and settler colonialism in Canada. The argument is presented that Canada, although a marginal case to genocide studies, provides important insights and challenging questions, particularly with respect to the need to decolonize the field of genocide studies
Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America
Foreword / Theodore Fontaine vii Introduction. Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America / Jeff Benvenuto, Andrew Woolford, and Alexander Laban Hinton 1 Part I. Intersections and Trajectories 1. Discipline, Territory, and the Colonial Mesh: Indigenous Boarding Schools in the United States and Canada / Andrew Woolford 29 2. Global Capital, Violence, and the Making of a Colonial Shatter Zone / Robbie Ethridge 49 3. Genocide in Canada: A Relatio…
Canada and colonial genocide
This introductory article offers an overview of debates about genocide and settler colonialism in Canada. The argument is presented that Canada, although a marginal case to genocide studies, provides important insights and challenging questions, particularly with respect to the need to decolonize the field of genocide studies
Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America
Foreword / Theodore Fontaine vii Introduction. Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America / Jeff Benvenuto, Andrew Woolford, and Alexander Laban Hinton 1 Part I. Intersections and Trajectories 1. Discipline, Territory, and the Colonial Mesh: Indigenous Boarding Schools in the United States and Canada / Andrew Woolford 29 2. Global Capital, Violence, and the Making of a Colonial Shatter Zone / Robbie Ethridge 49 3. Genocide in Canada: A Relatio…
What Does Genocide Produce? The Semantic Field of Genocide, Cultural Genocide, and Ethnocide in Indigenous Rights Discourse
The semantic field of genocide, cultural genocide, and ethnocide overlaps between Indigenous rights discourse and genocide studies. Since the 1970s, such language has been used to express grievances that have stimulated the construction of Indigenous rights in international law. These particular words signify general concerns with the integrity of Indigenous peoples, thereby undergirding a larger framework of normative beliefs, ethical arguments,…
Canada and colonial genocide
This introductory article offers an overview of debates about genocide and settler colonialism in Canada. The argument is presented that Canada, although a marginal case to genocide studies, provides important insights and challenging questions, particularly with respect to the need to decolonize the field of genocide studies
Canada and Colonial Genocide
Between Hagiography and Wounded Attachment
In this article, we outline the significance of the special issue on the scholarship of Raphaël Lemkin. We argue that genocide scholars tend to identify with one of three different types of Lemkin scholarship. Each of the articles for the special issue challenges these genres in an effort to extend the study of genocide in new directions. Moreover, we contend that this work suggests that genocide scholars should endeavor to extend the study of ge…
Properties of Empire
Properties of Empire begins with a fascinating vignette that alludes to a much deeper history of indigenous rights. In 1736 a group of Penobscots (one of the nations of the Wabanki Confederacy) evicted a group of Scots-Irish colonists in present-day Maine, then known as the Dawnland. They did so, moreover, with the backing of colonial authorities from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who had a vested interest in recognizing Indian land rights. Refer…
Coopting Holocaust Memory and Genocide Education
Genocide (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Criminology (2 works)