Rachel Pistol
@drpistol.bsky.social
Director of the UK Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI-UK) @ehri-uk.bsky.social at @historyatsoton.bsky.social. Digital historian of Second World War internment in the UK & USA and refugee history. Honorary Historian at World Jewish Relief
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Very nice to see so many people showing up for the annual European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Lecture at the University of Southampton! @ehri-project.eu @ehri-uk.bsky.social @ehri-hr.bsky.social @drpistol.bsky.social
CFP - Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents - 14 April 2026 We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton! Please share!!
The Second Call for EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships is live 📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2025 Find out more 👇 www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell... @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
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Please join us for the Annual EHRI-UK Lecture with speakers Michal Frankl, Vanden Daelen Veerle, Michal Brandl and Rachel Pistol! 🗓️ Tuesday 4 November, 5:30 pm GMT 📍 Avenue Campus 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ehri-uk-an...
I sought to protect an immigrant legal client. Instead, I’m facing Trump’s new sanctions
I sought to protect an immigrant legal client. Instead, I’m facing Trump’s new sanctions
I appear to be the first attorney targeted in a scheme that calls on federal agencies to accuse lawyers of unethical conduct
theguardian.com
Come work for me! 👇🏻 @biahs1.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @ehri-project.eu
EHRI-UK@ehri-uk.bsky.social · last yr.We're hiring! EHRI-UK Project Assistant - remote work w/ some travel @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Part time (0.4-0.5FTE depending on candidate). Initially 9 months but anticipating extension. Perfect for #PhD students - spread the word! Closing date 26/09/25 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/s...
Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.
Homelessness, fear of starvation and racism – destitute migrant mothers and their children on the reality of life in the UK
Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.
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What happens when your right to due process is removed? #history theconversation.com/why-japanese... @uk.theconversation.com @officialbaas.bsky.social #ice @hotcus.bsky.social #ushistory #dayofaction
Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
theconversation.com
new blog by our colleague Dr Rachel Pistol about her piece in The Conversation. generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/history/wp-a...
This weekend there was an impressive #DayOfAction to #ProtectOurParks & stand up to erasure of #history under #Trump With #ICE raids & federal troops in #DC there is also an alarming repeat of history. Read more 👇🏻 theconversation.com/why-japanese... @unisouthampton.bsky.social @hotcus.bsky.social
Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
theconversation.com
“They have clearly shifted to it being a resource for BBC business priorities. The corporation no longer recognises the value that working with scholars brings, despite the fact this is an archive of how public money was spent over most of a century.” #history 📚🗃️ #BBC observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
Trump's push for 'Americanism' at the Smithsonian echoes George Orwell’s theme in 1984 of controlling the past to shape the future. A historian examines the implications for national memory: buff.ly/vhcXkeO
The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of public history-making: the Smithsonian. George Orwell would recognize Trump’s impulse.
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Wondering why there is so much happening regarding #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action? The Trump administration is both erasing & repeating history #EO9066 #ICE @jamuseum.bsky.social @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social @denshoproject.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @hotcus.bsky.social
The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · last yr.Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
tcnv.link
My article explaining the disturbing similarities between what happened to Japanese Americans in #WWII & today's #USA @hotcus.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-japanese...
Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
theconversation.com
Research Fellowship opportunities now open ⬇️ @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocauststudies.bsky.social @holocaustmusic.bsky.social @ehri-project.eu @holocaustmuseumuk.bsky.social
EHRI-UK@ehri-uk.bsky.social · last yr.First call for EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships is open! Deadline 23 July 2025. Short term access for researchers, archivists, librarians, & curators @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Imperial War Museum @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
📣JOB ALERT📣 Are you passionate about data and making a difference in the public sector? The National Archives is looking for a talented data specialist to transform archival metadata bringing history to life. Application deadline 29 July 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS940/r... #digitalhumanities
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“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.” ht: @timmiller.bsky.social www.nola.com/news/politic...
Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home
Federal agents arrested an Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for more than four decades outside her Lakeview home Sunday.
nola.com
What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”
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