Dr William Ross Jones

@williamrossjones.bsky.social

Historian of the Holocaust, Gender, and Sexuality Freelance German-English Translator DPhil from the University of Oxford

📣 It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Christine Schmidt as Co-Directors of the Wiener Holocaust Library! Bringing a combined 23 years' experience to their new role, they take the helm at a crucial time.. Full announcement🔗

New Co-Directors announced to take the helm of the Wiener Holocaust Library - The Wiener Holocaust Library

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Christine Schmidt as Co-Directors. They take the helm of the UK’s foremost institution dedicated to the study of the…

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If you have not already seen, this exciting new edited volume by Helga Amesberger, Helga Embacher, and Johannes-Dieter Steinert released in September. Filled with poignant new research on sexual(ized) violence during the Holocaust and Second World War, it includes my newest publication!

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So pleased that I will get to discuss my new book with my brilliant colleagues @helencfinch.bsky.social and @williamrossjones.bsky.social in an event organized by @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social

Holocaust Research Institute@rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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'.

In Oxford for the day as a guest panelist at a conference focused on the memory of the “Comfort Women.” I’ll be speaking later today with several other scholars of sexual violence on preserving voices of marginalized victim groups in the face of societal, political, and archival pressures!

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A massive congratulations to Anna for the English translation of her book! Anna's work queering Holocaust history is monumental and inspiring. As a scholar, I am continuously impressed by her boundary pushing research. Personally, I am honoured to have been a part of the process. BUY IT FOLKS!

Dr Anna Hájková@ankahajkova.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The book is here! This morning the UPS delivered fresh off the press my second monograph, People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust, published by @uoftpress.bsky.social translated by @williamrossjones.bsky.social and with a foreword by @jennifervevans.bsky.social

I have happy news. The Manuscript Review Committee at the University of Toronto Press has approved my (short) book on queer Holocaust history. Coming out 2025, with a preface by Jennifer Evans and one part translated by William Jones.

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