Eyal Weizman: Forensic Architecture

Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 5:30 PM @ Bertelsmann Campus Center, MPR

Over decades of work linking architecture and human rights, Eyal Weizman has led countless investigations of the links between violence, conflict, and the environment, producing evidence of state crimes and human rights violations, including work since 2023 for the International Court of Justice genocide case against Israel. In his new book Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide, he maps Gaza’s terrain, from tunnels to militarized landscapes, documenting campaigns of displacement and destruction. Placing them in historical context from the Nakba to today, he argues that spatial and architectural analysis reveals patterns of control and that post–7 October actions escalated to what he defines as genocide.

Co-sponsored with the Human Rights Project, the Center for Curatorial Studies, the Center for Experimental Humanities, and these programs: Anthropology, Architecture, Data Analytics, Historical Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Politics.