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This website contains information about a series of interrelated research projects on Holocaust memory led by staff from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds. Our research is interdisciplinary, engaged and international in its scope, and our projects are run in collaboration with a range of academic and non-academic partners, including the South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation (pictured above and left).
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Confronting Traumatic Pasts
Speakers for our 2016/17 Sadler Seminar Series include Jacqueline Rose, Astrid Erll, Ann Rigney and Chiara de Cesari.
Virtual Holocaust Memory
Matthew Boswell has been awarded an AHRC Leadership Fellowship to explore Holocaust memory in the digital age.
Exhibition
Our major touring exhibition, ‘Germany’s Confrontation with the Holocaust in a Global Context’, has been on display in venues across Europe, North America and Africa.
Anthology of testimonial verse
A new anthology, My Shadow in Dachau, edited by Dorothea Heiser and Stuart Taberner, contains 68 poems by 32 inmates of Dachau in 10 different original languages. On sale direct from Camden House, or from Amazon.
Recent Blog Posts
Life Narratives and Human Rights: Events with Mark Gevisser in Johannesburg (14-15 June 2017)
We are delighted to be co-organising two events at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC) on 14-15 June. Exploring the theme of ‘life narratives and human rights’, both events will feature the acclaimed South African writer and journalist Mark Gevisser, author of Lost And Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir, and Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred, […]
Read More...Postgraduate Ryan Topper completes internship in Rwanda
Congratulations to Ryan Topper, a PhD student from the School of English who has just completed an extremely successful two month internship at the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG) in Rwanda. The CNLG’s mission is to prevent and fight against genocide, its ideology and denial, and overcome its consequences. To do so, the […]
Read More...Undergraduate students Hermione Oldham and Mia Frank win film competion
Congratulations to Hermione Oldham and Mia Frank for winning the first Cultural Institute Short Film Prize for a film that drew on Dr Matthew Boswell Virtual Holocaust Memory research project. Click on the still below to view their winning entry. At an award ceremony on Monday 24 April, Hermione and Mia gave the following talk about the […]
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