A. Dirk Moses

Anthony Dirk Moses (born 1967) is an Australian scholar who researches various aspects of genocide. In 2022 he became the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York, after having been the Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Global Human Rights History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2][3] He is a leading scholar of genocide, especially in colonial contexts, as well as of the political development of the concept itself.[4] He is known for coining the term racial century in reference to the period 1850–1950.[5] He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Genocide Research.

A. Dirk Moses
Born	Anthony Dirk Moses 1967 (age 55–56) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Parents	Ingrid Moses John A. Moses

Academic background
Education	University of Queensland University of St Andrews University of Notre Dame University of California, Berkeley
Thesis	The Forty-fivers[1] (2000)
Doctoral advisor	Martin Jay
Academic work
Discipline	History genocide studies
Sub-discipline	History of colonialism history of genocide
Institutions	University of Freiburg University of Sydney European University Institute
Notable works	The Problems of Genocide
Notable ideas	Racial century German catechism

Website	dirkmoses.com

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