Anthonie Holslag- Master of Arts
- University teacher/ Academic at Different Universities in the Netherlands
Anthonie Holslag
- Master of Arts
- University teacher/ Academic at Different Universities in the Netherlands
Lectured at Universities (anthropological theory and genocide), I work now as a freelance researcher and advisor.
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Introduction
I am a Dr. in Cultural and Social Anthropology and Genocide Studies. Gave many lectures at different Universities in the Netherlands as well as in Armenia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Italy, and the UN. Work now as a freelance researcher, advisor, and lecturer and look for different collaborators.
Besides teaching, I also go to fact-finding missions (in 2022 in Iraq and in 2023 in Bangladesh.) I am also an advisor for a think tank and played a role as co-author on a letter regarding the Yazidi.
Current institution
Different Universities in the Netherlands
Current position
- University teacher/ Academic
Additional affiliations
January 2015 - July 2015
Position
- Academic Director
Description
- Creating the Summerschool Course "Hidden Genocides: Overshadowed by the Holocaust". Selecting literature, guest lecturers, preparing syllabus, preparing curriculum, program, and lectures. Even though the program was ready, there weren't enough applications to execute the program. See link; https://summerschool.uva.nl/content/summer-courses/hidden-genocides/faculty/faculty.html
January 2020 - December 2023
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Gave lectures about classical anthropological theory, applied anthropology and international conflicts. I was also a thesis advisor.
July 2015 - July 2018
Position
- Lecturer regarding the complexities of genocide.
Description
- Gave Summerschool classes regarding but was also responsible for the curriculum, grading of papers.
Education
March 2018 - May 2020
University of Amstersterdan
Field of study
- Culture, memory and heritage
January 2018 - December 2018
Centrum voor Nascholing
Field of study
- Educational Expert
August 1997 - January 2004
Publications
Publications (33)
In this article, I explore my observations during my mission in Bangladesh. Published in BanglaMirror. IHere I discuss my overall impression and some interviews. What struck me the most, and this is interesting for linguistic anthropologists is the term mass murder and genocide.
https://banglamirrornews.com/2024/04/07/old-pain-and-new-hope-on-seek...
This is the second installment, found on page 102 to 105 of our mission in Bangladesh in May 2023. It includes interviews of victims.
https://jagaran.co/
This is the first page of a five page article about my experiences in Bangladesh and the interviews I held with survivors of the genocide in 1971. This is part one of a two piece article.
In our fact and find mission in Bangladesh in may 2023, we spoke with many eyewitnesses of the genocide of 1971. Some of these eyewitnesses are collected in a booklet called "Eyewitness" published by the European Bangladesh Forum (EBF). The chilling testimony of Aminur Rahman which I collected has also been published. If your interested in the eyew...
In the presentation I will explain how the genocide in 1971 should be acknowledged, as it has by IAGS, GenocideWatch and the Lemkin Institute and how it fits the scientific consensus.
This speech is based on a fact finding mission in May 2023, where we spoke with many survivors, relatives, visited, death Camp, saw the Genocide Studies Institute and went in the country side. The stories were horrific. We visited Dhaka and Chittagong. The goal was to make the council aware that the genocide occured. A second motivation was to have...
The Bangladesh Liberation War began on 26 March 1971 after the Pakistani military junta launched ‘Operation Searchlight’ against the people of East Pakistan the previous
evening. This armed conflict was sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination struggle and resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. It also initiated th...
In May I have been in Bangladesh for a fact finding mission. It was an ennerving experience. Heard harrowing stories. I want to write an article where we can show and decipher the ten stages of Stanton. I also want to write and see how this traumatic experience is personally and cultural embedded. Met lots of people and gathered ethnographic data,...
The corpses] were laid in such a position as to expose their persons to the ridicule of passersby, and on the abdomen of each was cast a large stone. They had evidently been murdered there at the noon hour and then the brutal guards had stopped to leave behind them the signs not only of violence but of mockery and insult 1 (emphasis added).
This introduction starts with mine personal exploration in the field. I heard a story that captured my imagination, not knowing at the time that this story would be the backbone of my analysis. It felt right to start here.
Anthonie Holslag investigates the meaning of genocidal violence and the role that identity formation plays in it. He focuses on the Armenian genocide, the symbolism of the violence during this genocide and how this experience is subsequently conceptualized by those who survived, even many generations afterward. Holslag shows that genocide is identi...
A discussion on the radio regarding my doctoral thesis with Jort Kelder.
https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/dr-kelder-en-co/e7c0f71c-a79f-48d7-8dc0-436e2ab7b31d/2020-05-30-de-jonge-doctor-de-armeense-genocide
In this chapter I look at the “Great Diaspora” immediately after the genocide and how the demographics of both the Armenian Diaspora community in London and the Netherlands is built. I look at the differences but also the commonalities, which have a lot of consequences as we will see in later chapters. We will look at where Armenians went during th...
In this chapter I lay the theoretical groundwork on which this book is built. I look at the definitions of identity, identity-making and how genocide and identity-making influence one another. I also explain that identity plays a pivotal role within genocide, more so than in other crimes against humanity. I try to explain why this is and how this g...
Here I look at how the Armenian Diaspora community deals with the world outside the ethnic boundaries of the group. Overall the Armenians are a well integrated minority, but there is a fear within their narrative that can be linked to the Armenian genocide. Integration and assimilation are highly interlinked and the fear of disappearing is prevalen...
Here I discuss the direct and indirect consequences of the Armenian genocide. I explain how all identity indicators have been destroyed due to the genocide and how the genocide has been placed within the Armenian history. I explain that there are both visible and invisible consequences. One of the invisible consequences is how the Armenian genocide...
In summary, I have found that the narratives I discovered are both trans-generational and non-spatial in nature, a feature unique to diasporic communities. The reason lies in my opinion in the aftermath of the genocide. It was here where the new narratives were created.
For many Armenians, Komitas symbolizes not just the genocide but its direct consequences. This intermezzo is a small interruption from the historical aspects of this book and the ethnographic aspects of the book. Where the first part of the book was about the destruction of an identity, the second part is about the reconstruction of an identity.
In this chapter I look at the genocide itself. This is the pinnacle of my research and thesis. Genocide, as I will explain, is not just a physical act, but at its core a mental act springing from an identity crisis of the perpetrators. Due to international pressure they develop a pathological identity crisis, which they resolve by rebuilding and cr...
Here I discuss how the narrative of suffering and resurrection does not only have a binding factor for the Armenians in the diasporic community, but also how it causes contention within the community. In the Netherlands, there are more Armenians of Turkish descent than within the Armenian community in London, which has given rise to more division i...
This book brings together the Armenian Genocide process and its transgenerational outcome, which are often juxtaposed in existing scholarship, to ask how the Armenian Genocide is conceptualized and placed within diasporic communities. Taking a dual approach to answer this question, Anthonie Holslag studies the cultural expression of violence during...
In this article I relate to a personal experience to violence which made me reflect differemtly on violence as a genocide scholar.
Here a quote:
Everything that I knew, or thought I knew, became meaningless; all attachments and identifications we put on ourselves – our roles, our status, our knowledge, everything that made me “me” – dropped away....
‘Have you ever heard of “Gorky’s curse”?’ Nouritza Matossian asked me on 20th of March 2003.2 We were at her home in Hampstead (London). I had already been conducting research for two months, and since my time in London was brief I had filled my days with as many interviews as possible. I had already spoken with the Armenian ambassador, an Armenian...
This is a personal account of senseless violence that occured in 2008 and was published by the peer review journal intervention. In this article I explain the personal experience, the outcome of this experience and how it coincides with theories, about senseless violence and how it affects victims.
This article deals with the underlining aspects of Othering within the genocidal process of the Armenian genocide. It will emphasize that Othering is closely related to another process called Selfing, which gives an insight on the genocidal behavior of perpetrators. The article tries to combine these analytical processes with physical actions, and...
In this chapter I explain sexual violence in all its shapes through the process of Othering, which lies at the centre of the genocidal process. By using this approach even the most gruesome act gains meaning and is not just meaningless or sometimes not even sexual.
In this article I discuss the relationship between classes, the low educated workforce in the background of the Armenian Genocide. The article is im Dutch.
How the role of citizenship played a pivotel role in the Armenian genocide of 1915-1917 in the Ottoman Empire.
How the violence that Armenians endured during the genocide in 1915 is transgenerationally embodied.
An analysis of the Armenian Diaspora community in the Netherlands and London and how the genocide of 1915 is still integrated in their day-to-day life. The aim of the book is to explore how such an immense experience is culturally embedded.
Questions
Questions (6)
Dear all,
I am looking for articles concerning the present day rights of Kurds in Iraq. I spoke with many informants and they told me that their rights (in wages etc.) are not equal, but I want some articles to back up these statements. Can anybody direct me to some articles?
Let me thank you beforehand.
With kind regards,
Anthonie Holslag
To whom it may concern,
How can I make my business card more noticeable? I don't mean the content, but on the site itself?
With kind regards,
Anthonie Holslag
To not have a repetition of 1915, please sign the following petition:
A few weeks ago I was on a fact finding mission in Bangladesh of the genocide in 1971. The new coverage was enormous. Gave conferences, went to killing fields, spoke with victims. (I still remember a 90 year old woman who had seen her six children and husband been burned alive.After all this yeras the pain she seflt was insurmountable.) Even though my part was very small,i was the only scholar on the team and moved in a political minefield. I am glad that this is taking a flight.
I am looking for a comprehensible book about the genocide in Bangladesh. Articles, books etc. Any suggestions?
Thanks beforehand.
With kind regards,
Anthonie Holslag
I am seeking suggestions / articles about Durkheim, and how he placed violence in his framework. More precisely: articles that question how he would have placed disruptive violence (c.q violence that cannot be placed as a functional within his vision of a cohesive and interdependent societies.) For example: how would he have explained or placed genocide in his school of thoughts?
