Daniel Adamson is a PhD student in the History Department of Durham University, researching educational portrayals of the relationship between Britain and the Holocaust. Twitter: @DanielEAdamson In February 2020, in tandem with a host of other programmes to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the BBC aired a documentary entitled Confronting Holocaust Denial with David Baddiel. Its presenter, the … Continue reading Hidden in Plain View: The Changing Face of Holocaust Denial
Author: Elizabeth Kendrick
Representing Nazi Law: Historians, Lawyers and Interdisciplinary Discourse
By Dr Simon Lavis Dr Simon Lavis is Lecturer in Law at The Open University, and has published articles and book chapters on the historical and legal nature and representation of Nazi law. Academic discussion of law in relation to Nazi Germany is dominated by the Nuremberg trials, and particularly the International Military Tribunal (IMT). … Continue reading Representing Nazi Law: Historians, Lawyers and Interdisciplinary Discourse
When Past is Present – Descendants of Survivors of Nazi Persecution
By Adina Dymczyk and Thorsten Fehlberg Thorsten Fehlberg is a political scientist and social geographer. He works for the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. He worked for the non-governmental organisation Bundesverband Information & Beratung für NS-Verfolgte e.V. (https://www.nsberatung.de/index.php/de/) as project manager mainly for projects concerning the topic “Descendants of Nazi victims” from 2013 until 2019. Adina … Continue reading When Past is Present – Descendants of Survivors of Nazi Persecution
One of the first deniers? Conspiracy and early Holocaust denial in the post-war writings of Arnold Leese
By Dr Steven Woodbridge Dr. Steven Woodbridge is Senior Lecturer in History at Kingston University, Surrey, and has published articles and book chapters on both the interwar and contemporary extreme right. In April, 2017, the American Historian of Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Deborah Lipstadt, in a powerful address delivered at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, recalled … Continue reading One of the first deniers? Conspiracy and early Holocaust denial in the post-war writings of Arnold Leese
Registration for the 4th Annual BAHS Post Graduate Conference Open!
Registration is now open for the British Association for Holocaust Studies annual Postgraduate Conference, ‘The Holocaust, Memory and Society’. The conference is free to attend and we will provide lunch and refreshments. To register please click here! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Isabelle Mutton and Issy Sawkins at bahs.postgrad@gmail.com
CFP: British Association for Holocaust Studies Seventh Annual Conference, University of Northumbria, 22-24 July 2020, “The Holocaust after 75 years: History, Memory, Legacies” – Deadline Extended.
The deadline for abstracts has been extended to 14th February 2020. We look forward to receiving them! CFP: British Association for Holocaust Studies Seventh Annual Conference "The Holocaust after 75 years: History, Memory, Legacies" University of Northumbria, 22-24 July 2020. We welcome paper and panel proposals on the broad theme of ‘The Holocaust after 75 … Continue reading CFP: British Association for Holocaust Studies Seventh Annual Conference, University of Northumbria, 22-24 July 2020, “The Holocaust after 75 years: History, Memory, Legacies” – Deadline Extended.
Book Review: Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century: Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward (2018)
by Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann (Editor), Paula Cowan (Editor), James Griffiths (Editor) Book Review by Daniel Adamson, PhD Researcher at Durham University. How young is too young? That is perhaps the most immediate question in mind as one embarks upon this new compendium of some fifteen essays that explore the under-researched area of Holocaust education for … Continue reading Book Review: Holocaust Education in Primary Schools in the Twenty-First Century: Current Practices, Potentials and Ways Forward (2018)
Interview with the 2019 winner of Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History article prize – Magdalena Waligórska
by Mallory Bubar On behalf of the BAHS, I would first and foremost like to congratulate Magdalena Waligórska on winning this year’s Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History article prize for her work “Remembering the Holocaust on the fault lines of East and West-European memorial cultures: the new memorial complex in Trastsianets, Belarus.” Her … Continue reading Interview with the 2019 winner of Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History article prize – Magdalena Waligórska
4th Annual Postgraduate Conference, University of Exeter, 6th March 2020 – ‘The Holocaust, Memory and Society‘
The British Association for Holocaust Studies welcomes paper proposals for its annual postgraduate conference. This year’s theme is ‘The Holocaust, Memory and Society’ which we hope will enable postgraduate scholars working in Holocaust Studies from any discipline to make a submission. To submit a paper proposal, please send a 300-word abstract and 150-word biography to bahs.postgrad@gmail.com by 10th January 2020. Please note, … Continue reading 4th Annual Postgraduate Conference, University of Exeter, 6th March 2020 – ‘The Holocaust, Memory and Society‘
CFP: British Association for Holocaust Studies Seventh Annual Conference – ‘The Holocaust after 75 years: History, Memory, Legacies’
University of Northumbria, 22-24 July 2020. We welcome paper and panel proposals on the boad heme of The Holoca afe ea Hio Memo Legacie We ae ineeed in ae on all aec of Holoca die and fom all of i diciline We ae particularly interested in papers that consider: - The history of the perpetration of … Continue reading CFP: British Association for Holocaust Studies Seventh Annual Conference – ‘The Holocaust after 75 years: History, Memory, Legacies’
The British and Irish Association for Holocaust Studies 