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Holocaust Research Institute
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The Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London. Partner of @hgrporg.bsky.social

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On Monday 26 January 2026, we will be hosting our annual David Cesarani Memorial Lecture. Professor Zoë Waxman (University of Oxford) will be giving this year's lecture in a talk titled, 'Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust'. 

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January 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“Bridging Generations” Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Film Series.

The HRI, in collaboration with the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social under the auspices of the @hgrporg.bsky.social, are hosting three free film screenings on Thursdays from 29 January to 12 February 2026 in Egham and London.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
On 30 January 2026, Professor Dan Stone will be delivering a lecture at the National Army Museum (London), entitled ‘The Sorrows of Liberation: The End of the Holocaust and its Aftermath’.

Booking is free and you can attend either in person or online. Find out more here: shorturl.at/BqaPD
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM
“Bridging Generations” Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorative Film Series.

The HRI, in collaboration with the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social under the auspices of the @hgrporg.bsky.social, are hosting three free film screenings on Thursdays from 29 January to 12 February 2026 in Egham and London.
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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📣 Forthcoming book talk!

25 March, 6:30 - 8pm

The @hgrporg.bsky.social is delighted to host Prof Alan Kramer in conversation with Prof Dan Stone about his new work, Concentration Camps: A Global History, a ‘global and comprehensive history of a modern institution of inhumanity.’
Book Talk - Concentration Camps: A Global History, Alan Kramer in conversation with Dan Stone - The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership is delighted to host Professor Alan Kramer in conversation with Professor Dan Stone about Professor Kramer’s new book: Concentration Camps: A Global…
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January 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Final week to apply!

We are delighted to share a new call for papers for a one-day symposium on 'The Holocaust across the Mediterranean' that will take place on 24 April 2026 and has been organised by our new Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Rebecca Glasberg.
January 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The call for applications for our 10-day residential Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization 2026 is now live!

Find out how to apply here: shorturl.at/NSeRD

Deadline for submissions: Friday 20 March 2026
January 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM
On 30 January 2026, Professor Dan Stone will be delivering a lecture at the National Army Museum (London), entitled ‘The Sorrows of Liberation: The End of the Holocaust and its Aftermath’.

Booking is free and you can attend either in person or online. Find out more here: shorturl.at/BqaPD
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Call for papers still live!

We are delighted to share a new call for papers for a one-day symposium on 'The Holocaust across the Mediterranean' that will take place on 24 April 2026 and has been organised by our new Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Rebecca Glasberg.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On Monday 26 January 2026, we will be hosting our annual David Cesarani Memorial Lecture. Professor Zoë Waxman (University of Oxford) will be giving this year's lecture in a talk titled, 'Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust'. 

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December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We're delighted to announce that Dr Simone Gigliotti has been awarded the Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research 2026 for her book, ‘Restless Archive: The Holocaust and the Cinema of the Displaced’ (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2023).

Congratulations Dr Gigliotti!
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our Winter 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/clx76

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December 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On Monday 26 January 2026, we will be hosting our annual David Cesarani Memorial Lecture. Professor Zoë Waxman (University of Oxford) will be giving this year's lecture in a talk titled, 'Packing for an unknown destination: possession and dispossession in the Holocaust'. 

buff.ly/ENOlR06
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Final chance to sign-up!

On 10 December 2025, the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP) @hgrporg.bsky.social will be hosting two events with Dr Anna Hájková on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.

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December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Tomorrow evening join the 'Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust' exhibition curators Prof Dan Stone (HRI) and Dr Christine Schmidt (WHL), alongside HRI doctoral student Roxy Moore, for a roundtable conversation.

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@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We have another great call for papers to announce. Two of our HRI doctoral students - Lewis Champion and Bill Edmonds - are inviting submissions from PGRs and ECRs for a workshop dedicated to exploring the methodologies used in micro- and macro-history within Holocaust and Nazi persecution studies.
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are delighted to announce a call for papers for an exciting workshop organised by two of our doctoral students, Janhvi Acharya and Bill Edmonds.
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
On 2 December 2025, join the 'Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust' exhibition curators Prof Dan Stone (HRI) and Dr Christine Schmidt (WHL), alongside HRI doctoral student Roxy Moore, for a roundtable conversation.

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@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Yesterday Dr Becky Jinks (HRI) and Dr Christine Schmidt (WHL) gave a fantastic keynote lecture during the first day of the ‘International and Transdisciplinary Conference on Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality’, held at the Swedish Holocaust Museum in Stockholm.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A new exhibition co-curated by Professor Dan Stone and the @wienerlibrary through the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership @hgrp_org is now showing at The Wiener Holocaust Library!

'Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust' will run from 12 December 2025 to 30 April 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are delighted to share a new call for papers for a one-day symposium on 'The Holocaust across the Mediterranean' that will take place on 24 April 2026 and has been organised by our new Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Rebecca Glasberg.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Over the next few days (25 and 27 November 2025), the Swedish Holocaust Museum in Stockholm will be hosting the ‘International and Transdisciplinary Conference on Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality’.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
2 weeks left to sign-up!

On 10 December 2025, the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP) @hgrporg.bsky.social will be hosting two events with Dr Anna Hájková on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.

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November 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
On 10 December 2025, the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP) @hgrporg.bsky.social will be hosting two events with Dr Anna Hájková on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.

buff.ly/4u25aEI
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A new exhibition co-curated by Professor Dan Stone and the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social through the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership @hgrporg.bsky.social launched today!

'Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust' will run from 12 December 2025 to 30 April 2026.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM