Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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UHGS is a research center at Uppsala University tasked with conducting research and teaching in the field of Holocaust and Genocide studies.
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Thinking about studying Holocaust and Genocide Studies?
We offer an interdisciplinary Master’s programme, and starting autumn 2026, a Bachelor’s too!
More information 👉https://www.universityadmissions.se/intl/search?period=27&freeText=Holocaust+and+Genocide+Studies
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We offer an interdisciplinary Master’s programme, and starting autumn 2026, a Bachelor’s too!
More information 👉https://www.universityadmissions.se/intl/search?period=27&freeText=Holocaust+and+Genocide+Studies
youtu.be/4fB7n8BH-VI?...
Master’s Programme in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thinking about studying Holocaust and Genocide Studies?
We offer an interdisciplinary Master’s programme, and starting autumn 2026, a Bachelor’s too!
More information 👉https://www.universityadmissions.se/intl/search?period=27&freeText=Holocaust+and+Genocide+Studies
youtu.be/4fB7n8BH-VI?...
We offer an interdisciplinary Master’s programme, and starting autumn 2026, a Bachelor’s too!
More information 👉https://www.universityadmissions.se/intl/search?period=27&freeText=Holocaust+and+Genocide+Studies
youtu.be/4fB7n8BH-VI?...
This week, we had the honour of hosting Prof. Marcos Centeno! During his time at UHGS he gave a lecture on “Visual Memory, Erasure, and the Afterlives of Images from Hiroshima’s Peace Museum” as well as led an internal seminar. We are grateful for the discussions his visit inspired.
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This week, we had the honour of hosting Prof. Marcos Centeno! During his time at UHGS he gave a lecture on “Visual Memory, Erasure, and the Afterlives of Images from Hiroshima’s Peace Museum” as well as led an internal seminar. We are grateful for the discussions his visit inspired.
We are very excited to announce that our colleague Dr. Savina Sirik received Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) research grant for her project titled: “Navigating Complexity: Intergenerational Memories of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia”!
Congrats on this great accomplishment Savina!
Congrats on this great accomplishment Savina!
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We are very excited to announce that our colleague Dr. Savina Sirik received Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) research grant for her project titled: “Navigating Complexity: Intergenerational Memories of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia”!
Congrats on this great accomplishment Savina!
Congrats on this great accomplishment Savina!
Call for papers!
We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the upcoming International Workshop: “The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust: A Comparative Perspective” is now open!
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More: tinyurl.com/msphbb2k
We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the upcoming International Workshop: “The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust: A Comparative Perspective” is now open!
➡️ forms.gle/gvbe3dTvz3iw...
More: tinyurl.com/msphbb2k
International workshop “The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust: A Comparative Perspective”, UHGS, 12–13 February 2026.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Call for papers!
We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the upcoming International Workshop: “The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust: A Comparative Perspective” is now open!
➡️ forms.gle/gvbe3dTvz3iw...
More: tinyurl.com/msphbb2k
We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the upcoming International Workshop: “The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust: A Comparative Perspective” is now open!
➡️ forms.gle/gvbe3dTvz3iw...
More: tinyurl.com/msphbb2k
Next week join us for UHGS Public lecture:
➡️ Haunted Screens: Visual Memory, Erasure, and the Afterlives of Images from Hiroshima’s Peace Museum by Dr. Marcos Canteno from University of Valencia
📅 4 November 15.15–17.00, Geijersalen, Campus Engelska parken
➡️ Haunted Screens: Visual Memory, Erasure, and the Afterlives of Images from Hiroshima’s Peace Museum by Dr. Marcos Canteno from University of Valencia
📅 4 November 15.15–17.00, Geijersalen, Campus Engelska parken
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Next week join us for UHGS Public lecture:
➡️ Haunted Screens: Visual Memory, Erasure, and the Afterlives of Images from Hiroshima’s Peace Museum by Dr. Marcos Canteno from University of Valencia
📅 4 November 15.15–17.00, Geijersalen, Campus Engelska parken
➡️ Haunted Screens: Visual Memory, Erasure, and the Afterlives of Images from Hiroshima’s Peace Museum by Dr. Marcos Canteno from University of Valencia
📅 4 November 15.15–17.00, Geijersalen, Campus Engelska parken
Our colleague, Dr. Santiago López Rodríguez, presented today at the international conference Twisting the Past: Questioning Historical Revisionism in Barcelona with a paper titled “Eighty Years Later: Francoism and the Holocaust in Light of Historical Research.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our colleague, Dr. Santiago López Rodríguez, presented today at the international conference Twisting the Past: Questioning Historical Revisionism in Barcelona with a paper titled “Eighty Years Later: Francoism and the Holocaust in Light of Historical Research.”
If you weren’t able to join us for the Hugo Valentin Lecture 2025 with Professor Alexander Hinton, we’re happy to share that the recording is now available to watch:
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The Hugo Valentin Lecture 2025: Professor Alexander Hinton
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October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you weren’t able to join us for the Hugo Valentin Lecture 2025 with Professor Alexander Hinton, we’re happy to share that the recording is now available to watch:
www.uu.se/en/centre/up...
www.uu.se/en/centre/up...
We’re thrilled to announce the international workshop “The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust: A Comparative Perspective”, taking place at Uppsala University, 12–13 Feb 2026.
This workshop is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
and the open call is coming soon!
This workshop is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
and the open call is coming soon!
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We’re thrilled to announce the international workshop “The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust: A Comparative Perspective”, taking place at Uppsala University, 12–13 Feb 2026.
This workshop is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
and the open call is coming soon!
This workshop is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
and the open call is coming soon!
Recently, our PhD student Matylda Jonas-Kowalik participated in the COST workshop "Holocaust Survivors as Postwar Patients Across Europe" organised by Victoria Martinez, Kata Bohus and Friederike Kind-Kovács at Sveriges museum om Förintelsen!
More about COST: www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...
More about COST: www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...
National, International and Transnational Histories of Healthcare, 1850-2000
The current state of the art in the history of healthcare suggests an ongoing divide in terms of themes, approaches, methods and even sources between historians working in different parts of Europe. T...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Recently, our PhD student Matylda Jonas-Kowalik participated in the COST workshop "Holocaust Survivors as Postwar Patients Across Europe" organised by Victoria Martinez, Kata Bohus and Friederike Kind-Kovács at Sveriges museum om Förintelsen!
More about COST: www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...
More about COST: www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...
This autumn, UHGS welcomes Prof. Manuela Consonni!
Her recent seminar examined how the massacre in Israel and genocide in Gaza is challenging the concept of “Jewish exceptionalism” and reshaping memory, identity, and discourse.
Thank you, Prof. Consonni, for an insightful talk!
Her recent seminar examined how the massacre in Israel and genocide in Gaza is challenging the concept of “Jewish exceptionalism” and reshaping memory, identity, and discourse.
Thank you, Prof. Consonni, for an insightful talk!
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This autumn, UHGS welcomes Prof. Manuela Consonni!
Her recent seminar examined how the massacre in Israel and genocide in Gaza is challenging the concept of “Jewish exceptionalism” and reshaping memory, identity, and discourse.
Thank you, Prof. Consonni, for an insightful talk!
Her recent seminar examined how the massacre in Israel and genocide in Gaza is challenging the concept of “Jewish exceptionalism” and reshaping memory, identity, and discourse.
Thank you, Prof. Consonni, for an insightful talk!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Hugo Valentin Lecture!
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Hugo Valentin Lecture!
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
Today we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Alexander Hinton for our internal seminar. This seminar marked the beginning of his time in Uppsala as this year’s Hugo Valentin Lecturer. We are looking forward to 22nd Annual Hugo Valentin Lecture tomorrow!
More information: tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
More information: tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Alexander Hinton for our internal seminar. This seminar marked the beginning of his time in Uppsala as this year’s Hugo Valentin Lecturer. We are looking forward to 22nd Annual Hugo Valentin Lecture tomorrow!
More information: tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
More information: tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
Next week we will have an honour of hosting Professor Alexander Hinton:
22nd Annual Hugo Valentin Lecture
Perpetrators: Why Do They Kill?
tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
SCAS and UGHS Lecture
It Can Happen Here 2.0: Democratic Backsliding and the Rising Threat of Violence in the U.S.
tinyurl.com/3h5m86z6
22nd Annual Hugo Valentin Lecture
Perpetrators: Why Do They Kill?
tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
SCAS and UGHS Lecture
It Can Happen Here 2.0: Democratic Backsliding and the Rising Threat of Violence in the U.S.
tinyurl.com/3h5m86z6
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Next week we will have an honour of hosting Professor Alexander Hinton:
22nd Annual Hugo Valentin Lecture
Perpetrators: Why Do They Kill?
tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
SCAS and UGHS Lecture
It Can Happen Here 2.0: Democratic Backsliding and the Rising Threat of Violence in the U.S.
tinyurl.com/3h5m86z6
22nd Annual Hugo Valentin Lecture
Perpetrators: Why Do They Kill?
tinyurl.com/ujf6mshe
SCAS and UGHS Lecture
It Can Happen Here 2.0: Democratic Backsliding and the Rising Threat of Violence in the U.S.
tinyurl.com/3h5m86z6
Dr. Ivo Plsek participated in the “Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary, 2025” conference at ASE Bucharest, presenting “Framing the General: Tojo Hideki on Japanese Screens and the Shifting Politics of Memory,” on how portrayals in film & TV reflect Japan’s debates over history and memory.
September 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Dr. Ivo Plsek participated in the “Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary, 2025” conference at ASE Bucharest, presenting “Framing the General: Tojo Hideki on Japanese Screens and the Shifting Politics of Memory,” on how portrayals in film & TV reflect Japan’s debates over history and memory.
Excited to welcome Prof. Manuela Consonni — Pela & Adam Starkopf Chair in Holocaust Studies and Director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism — this autumn together with the Forum for Jewish Studies. Looking forward to the inspiring discussions ahead!
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Excited to welcome Prof. Manuela Consonni — Pela & Adam Starkopf Chair in Holocaust Studies and Director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism — this autumn together with the Forum for Jewish Studies. Looking forward to the inspiring discussions ahead!
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research has awarded the 2025–2026 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Virtual Research Fellowship to Galyna Kutsovska, PhD candidate in History at Uppsala University!
Congratulations, Galyna!
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Congratulations, Galyna!
dornsife.usc.edu/cagr/2025/08...
Galyna Kutsovska Awarded 2025-2026 Greenberg Virtual Research Fellowship - Center for Advanced Genocide Research
USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research
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September 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research has awarded the 2025–2026 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Virtual Research Fellowship to Galyna Kutsovska, PhD candidate in History at Uppsala University!
Congratulations, Galyna!
dornsife.usc.edu/cagr/2025/08...
Congratulations, Galyna!
dornsife.usc.edu/cagr/2025/08...
We were honoured to host Dr. Hiroshi Maruyama, founder of Centre for Environmental and Indigenous Policy Studies & Professor Emeritus, Muroran Institute of Technology. Yesterday, Dr. Maruyama shared powerful insights on Indigenous rights, decolonization & the role of research in advancing justice.
September 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We were honoured to host Dr. Hiroshi Maruyama, founder of Centre for Environmental and Indigenous Policy Studies & Professor Emeritus, Muroran Institute of Technology. Yesterday, Dr. Maruyama shared powerful insights on Indigenous rights, decolonization & the role of research in advancing justice.
The semester begins on Monday, but we are already back and ready for the new academic year. Yesterday, we had the pleasure of spending the day with colleagues from the History Department in the beautiful village of Ekeby — an excellent start to the year ahead.
August 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The semester begins on Monday, but we are already back and ready for the new academic year. Yesterday, we had the pleasure of spending the day with colleagues from the History Department in the beautiful village of Ekeby — an excellent start to the year ahead.
New from our colleague Dr. Kate Lonergan in Global Studies Quarterly: on everyday reconciliation, the ordinary practices that help repair relationships after violence & support lasting peace.
Read the full open-access article here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Read the full open-access article here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Everyday Reconciliation: Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Relational Repair in the Aftermath of Violence
Abstract. Reconciling across the social and relational divisions which persist in everyday life is a vital component of building sustained peace after arme
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August 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
New from our colleague Dr. Kate Lonergan in Global Studies Quarterly: on everyday reconciliation, the ordinary practices that help repair relationships after violence & support lasting peace.
Read the full open-access article here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Read the full open-access article here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
A new academic year is starting at Uppsala University — we can’t wait to welcome our incoming students! At the same time, we celebrate the June 2025 graduates whose legacy will inspire the next class.
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
August 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A new academic year is starting at Uppsala University — we can’t wait to welcome our incoming students! At the same time, we celebrate the June 2025 graduates whose legacy will inspire the next class.
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
The 9th Memory Studies Association meeting wraps up today in Prague. Insightful days exploring memory and transformation.
Three of our colleagues presented their papers: Santiago López Rodríguez, Matylda Jonas-Kowalik & Ivo Plšek.
Looking ahead to more meaningful exchanges at MSA!
#MSA2025 #MSA
Three of our colleagues presented their papers: Santiago López Rodríguez, Matylda Jonas-Kowalik & Ivo Plšek.
Looking ahead to more meaningful exchanges at MSA!
#MSA2025 #MSA
July 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association is underway in Prague!
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association is underway in Prague!
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
In recent years, several PhD dissertations have explored the Holocaust and its aftermath in Sweden. One standout: "Afterlives" by Victoria Van Orden Martínez (Linköping Univ, 2023).
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
July 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In recent years, several PhD dissertations have explored the Holocaust and its aftermath in Sweden. One standout: "Afterlives" by Victoria Van Orden Martínez (Linköping Univ, 2023).
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
Our researcher Tadek Markiewicz recently took part in the British International Studies Association’s 50th Anniversary Conference in Belfast. He presented on “Global Vulnerabilities and Challenges to Orders” and convened two panels: “The Many Faces of Security” and “Cultures of Representation.”
July 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our researcher Tadek Markiewicz recently took part in the British International Studies Association’s 50th Anniversary Conference in Belfast. He presented on “Global Vulnerabilities and Challenges to Orders” and convened two panels: “The Many Faces of Security” and “Cultures of Representation.”
Last week, the UHGS took part in #Almedalsveckan in Visby, as part of Uppsala University's program. Prof. Tomislav Dulić spoke on "The Gaza Genocide Case: Between International Law and Politics."
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last week, the UHGS took part in #Almedalsveckan in Visby, as part of Uppsala University's program. Prof. Tomislav Dulić spoke on "The Gaza Genocide Case: Between International Law and Politics."
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó