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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 19d

Are you an MA or PhD student working on 20th century European History or Holocaust studies?

On 17 November 2025, the Wiener Holocaust Library are hosting an online digital skills workshop for MA and PhD Students

Find out more here: bit.ly/4naClvi

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 23d

Book your free ticket for Birmingham here: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
And for Leicester here: bit.ly/4lmMOSw

Recovery and Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust In Britain, International Tracing Team outreach in Birmingham - The Wiener Holocaust Library

The Wiener Holocaust Library is home to the UK’s digital copy of the International Tracing Service archive, which holds millions of documents related to the Holocaust and Nazi era. This remarkable…

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 23d

Co-curators of the exhibition - Professor Dan Stone (HRI) and Dr Christine Schmidt (WHL) - alongside expert researchers from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social, will be discussing the International Tracing Service archive in Birmingham on 17 September and Leicester on 18 September.

Recovery and Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust In Britain, International Tracing Team outreach in Birmingham - The Wiener Holocaust Library

The Wiener Holocaust Library is home to the UK’s digital copy of the International Tracing Service archive, which holds millions of documents related to the Holocaust and Nazi era. This remarkable…

bit.ly

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 23d

Events this week!

The travelling exhibition of 'Fate Unknown' is back on the road and is coming to Birmingham and Leicester this September.

Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Aug 20

The travelling exhibition of 'Fate Unknown' is back on the road and is coming to Birmingham and Leicester this September.

Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw

Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Aug 5

Interested in pursuing a Master's in Holocaust Studies?

We are still accepting applications for our renowned Holocaust Studies MA programme. The deadline for overseas applicants is 20 August 2025, and for home applicants, it is 29 August 2025.

Find out more:

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 18

Special thanks to Milovan Pisarri for organising a very important site visit to the Staro Sajmište Memorial Center, the former fairground in Belgrade (built in 1937 and an architecturally significant building).

Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 18

With sincere thanks to the wonderful participants who joined us in Belgrade: Neil Gregor, Daniel Langton, Ana Bǎrbulescu, Eliana Hadjisavvas, Nadège Ragaru (via Zoom), Goran Miljan, Constantin Iordachi, Giorgos Antoniou, Andreas Pfützner, and Milovan Pisarri.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 18

Over two days of talks, participants shared and discussed the challenges and opportunities in reviving and sustaining Jewish and Holocaust Studies teaching and research in their institutions and cultivating leadership potential within the field.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 18

The workshop in Belgrade convened experienced academics overseeing Jewish and Holocaust studies programmes in Britain, Western Europe, and Southeastern Europe (including Romania, Greece, and Serbia).

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 18

The purpose of the conference was to initiate discussions about a transnational partnership between scholars (and their institutes) whose research and teaching focuses on Jewish and Holocaust Studies in the UK and Southeastern Europe.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 18

From 16 to 19 June 2025, Dr Simone Gigliotti and Dr Paris Chronakis organised an excellent three-day conference in Belgrade for our new transnational partnership initiative.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our Spring 2025 Newsletter is out now!

Catch up on all our latest activities, in addition to learning about future events to look forward to here: shorturl.at/Nst5M

Never miss out on HRI updates by signing up to our quarterly newsletter: buff.ly/3A4VQ2G

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jul 4

On 10 July, the HRI and the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social (under the auspices of the @hgrporg.bsky.social), as part of the New Academic Book Series, are pleased to announce a lecture with Jacob Flaws on his new book 'Spaces of Treblinka', chaired by Professor Dan Stone.

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Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership @hgrporg.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sign up today to attend an online event with Jacob Flaws about his latest publication, Spaces of Treblinka.

This online event will be chaired by Dan Stone from @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social and hosted by @wienerlibrary.bsky.social

Get your tickets here: lnkd.in/egJWjcHu

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jun 20

Professor Dan Stone's and Professor Mark Roseman's (Indiana University) co-edited book on the Holocaust for Penguin's Pelican series of Volume 1 - Contexts: Origins, Comparisons, Entanglements - of Cambridge History of the Holocaust is out now!

You can order your copy here: shorturl.at/C9N3S

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jun 19

The international and interdisciplinary discussion offers a broad range of experiences about digitising and digitalising Holocaust collections and archives.

Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jun 19

Dr Simone Gigliotti will speak on a diverse panel about 'Collections, Museums and the Digital' that involves Dr Kinga Bloch (Queen Mary University of London), Marco Streefkerk (Anne Frank House), Dr Dorian Koci (Institute of History, Albania) and Anna Hirsh (freelance archival expert, Australia).

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · Jun 19

Between 24 and 26 June 2025, Dr Simone Gigliotti will be participating in the inaugural Connective Holocaust Commemoration Expo organised by the Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social‬.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · May 30

In the final workshop, Dr Becky Jinks led the group through an interesting discussion about the establishment of the UN Genocide Convention and the role of geopolitics.

We thank all participants for their brilliant contributions and attendance.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · May 30

Our second session was led by Professor Barry Langford who discussed contemporary cinematic representations of the Holocaust.

The penultimate workshop with Professor Bob Eaglestone explored Holocaust-related novels published in the last five years.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · May 30

Our first topic was '"Liberation" after 80 Years' with Professor Dan Stone, and participants discussed the complicated path of 'liberation', the psychology of survivors after the war, and children's experiences after the Holocaust.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · May 30

Over the last four weeks we have held a series of workshops at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social‬ for heritage professionals, museum workers, journalists, teachers, NGO workers, education practitioners and students interested to learn more about current scholarship in Holocaust Studies.

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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · May 20

Prof. Padel will read from her book, 'Daughters of the Labyrinth' and Dr Chronakis will share excerpts from his new work, 'The Business of Transition'. Both scholars will engage in a discussion on the multifaceted presence of Jews in early-twentieth century Greece.

Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · May 20

Event happening tomorrow!

On 21 May 2025, the Society for Modern Greek Studies will be hosting an excellent event involving Dr Paris Chronakis (HRI) and Professor Ruth Padel (King's College London).

To find out more and book your free place, follow the link here: buff.ly/6U3sPeM

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