StanleyBurtonCentre
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The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust & Genocide Studies is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Leicester. https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton
Nearly 12 years ago, ISIS carried out a genocide against Iraq’s Yezidis community. In 2023, Dr Rebecca Jinks travelled to Sinjar to document survivors’ experiences, and we are honoured to host her on 27 May. Register below to join the discussion. www.eventbrite.com/e/1988820855...
Genocidal Captivity: Retelling the stories of Armenian and Yezidi women.
Dive into powerful stories of resilience from Armenian and Yezidi women who survived unimaginable hardships.
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Please join us on 27 May for a talk with Dr Rebecca Jinks on Genocidal Captivity: The Testimony of Yezidi Women Survivors. This talk provides a historical overview of the Yezidi genocide and discusses the importance of survivors’ testimony. Registration link below.👇
The @uolsbc.bsky.social invites applications for funding to support research-related expenses to be used between 24 April and 1 October 2026. Postgraduate students (MA, MRes, MPhil, PhD) at the University of Leicester whose research aligns with SBC aims are eligible to apply for up to £1,000.
Congratulations to SBC PhD student Kelsey Akers, who has received an award from The American Friends of the University of Leicester. The funding will support her research and tuition for four years.
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Great turnout for yesterday's Lecture examining the death of Hitler. The talk explored, how his grave was imagined, searched for, and controlled. The lecture was led by Dr @carolinesharples.bsky.social author of the book "The Long Death of Adolf Hitler". Details for discount code👇
We are always delighted to see students affiliated with the @uolsbc.bsky.social contributing to knowledge. Today, we spotlight Georgia Parsisson, who has published a book review of Yudit Kiss’s More Nights Than Days: A Survey of Writings of Child Genocide Survivors.
𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 The hybrid lecture “𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒛𝒊 𝑫𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓” with Dr. Caroline Sharples is tomorrow. We would be delighted if you could also join us for a reception afterwards.
Today we celebrate our very own Betsy Inlow on successfully passing her viva on her PhD Project "Museum Use of Holocaust Graphic Narratives". We also extend our heartfelt thanks to her examiners, Dr Fransiska Louwagie and Dr Nuala Morse, and to Dr Sally Horrocks for chairing the viva.
This is a friendly reminder that we still have a few spots available for those who wish to register for our upcoming lecture, 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 Registration links below👇
We are delighted to welcome @carolinesharples.bsky.social to give a lecture on her book, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫. The event will take place on 24 March at the University of Leicester. Please feel free to register using the links in the comment section.
![Eighty-one years ago, Adolf Hitler retreated into the study of his Berlin bunker and shot himself in the head. Yet, despite the efficacy of that bullet, his fate has been shrouded in speculation and mythmaking. A protracted search for definitive proof of death has helped keep him very much 'alive' in the public imagination, and there have been various efforts to reenact, or reimagine, Hitler's demise across popular culture. As one film critic once put it, 'every decade or so . . . the dictator has to be hauled out of the ground, propped up and slain again, just to make sure he’s [truly] dead'.
To enlighten our understanding, Dr Caroline Sharples (Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Roehampton), will explain the persistence of public discourse around the death of Adolf Hitler. She will speak on how his demise was anticipated by Allied audiences during the Second World War, mourned by loyal National Socialists in 1945, and subsequently represented in postwar popular culture. She will also demonstrate how applying a cultural history lens to this topic exposes the emotional investment that ‘ordinary people’ had placed in the prospect of Hitler meeting a ‘fitting end’, and the meanings that his death held for different audiences.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xkbwljq3wtneufqbs6umqd32/bafkreibsr2j7p7277flmufqd5e3kw36yllbng2f4pipi6nsioxds3apkiy)
Yesterday we welcomed @neilgregor.bsky.social for a lecture on The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany. He reflected on audience’s experience and how everyday cultural life became intertwined with Nazi ideology. Interested to learn more? You can purchase the book here 👇
𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 (𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡). @neilgregor.bsky.social will reflect on what the study of orchestras and their audiences can tell us about the social and cultural history of Nazi Germany. The event will be followed by a reception, and you can register using the links below.
StanleyBurtonCentre@uolsbc.bsky.social · 6mo ago⏰ Happening soon. Kindly secure your spot for the SBC hybrid lecture on 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐥l. Registration links below👇 ONLINE- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by... IN PERSON www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by...
𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐄 congratulations👏👏👏 to our very own Kelsey Akers on being accepted as an @ehri-project.eu . Kelsey will spend some time at @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and @holocaustnorth.bsky.social working closely with curators and subject experts to advance her Holocaust research.
⏰ Happening soon. Kindly secure your spot for the SBC hybrid lecture on 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐥l. Registration links below👇 ONLINE- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by... IN PERSON www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by...
Lecture by Neil Gregor: The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany - IN PERSON
Join us for an evening talk and reception with Neil Gregor on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall'
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StanleyBurtonCentre@uolsbc.bsky.social · 6mo ago📣Join us on 4 March, 5.30pm for our hybrid SBC lecture and reception with @neilgregor.bsky.social on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall'. Please register using the links below for either in-person or online attendance.
On 29 January, our very own @svenjabethke.bsky.social joined Prof. Richard Breitman and @waitmanwbeorn.com for an online discussion on Holocaust studies. If you missed the book talk, kindly feel free to watch the recorded discussion using the link below youtu.be/f_AL_8tO3pw?...
Recent Books in Holocaust Studies | Richard Breitman, Waitman Wade Beorn & Svenja Bethke
YouTube video by Western Galilee College: Holocaust Studies Program
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📣Join us on 4 March, 5.30pm for our hybrid SBC lecture and reception with @neilgregor.bsky.social on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall'. Please register using the links below for either in-person or online attendance.
The recording of the Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture is now available to watch. youtu.be/bnOpAAIJfoA?... Many thanks to our partners @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @igdjhh.bsky.social, and the presenters @drhannahw.bsky.social, @Deborah Jaffé & @svenjabethke.bsky.social
Holocaust Memorial Lecture 2026 – What Remains: Personal Objects and the Memory of the Holocaust
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As the UK’s oldest Holocaust research centre at a British university, the @uolsbc.bsky.social is proud to mark Holocaust Memorial Day with our partners, Leicester City Council. The event will be held at De Montfort University on Tuesday 27 January from 7pm.
Last-minute registration is still open for the Online discussion on Recent Books in Holocaust Studies: New Research and Interpretations. Event will be held on 29 January at 5pm UK / 7pm IL time. The discussion will feature @svenjabethke.bsky.social , Prof. Richard Breitman & @waitmanwbeorn.com
Our very own @svenjabethke.bsky.social will be talking about her book 'Dance on the Razor's Edge: Crime and Punishment in the Nazi Ghettos' @uoftpress.bsky.social on Thursday, 29 January, 5pm UK time. Join her and other authors discussing their books! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Dr Svenja Bethke@svenjabethke.bsky.social · 7mo agoI look forward to discussing my book 'Dance on the Razor's Edge: Crime and Punishment in the Nazi Ghettos' @uoftpress.bsky.social online on 29 Jan, 5pm UK time/7pm IL time alongside other exciting publications - thanks @Western Galilee College- Reg to join us👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reminder! Tomorrow 20 January 2026 18:00 UK-Time, 19:00 CET Register here 👇
StanleyBurtonCentre@uolsbc.bsky.social · 7mo agoJoin us for our virtual #HolocaustMemorialDay 2026 event co-organised with @wienerlibrary.bsky.social & @igdjhh.bsky.social on 20 Jan, 6-7pm UK time, with @drhannahw.bsky.social, Deborah Jaffé and @svenjabethke.bsky.social Details and registration👇 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/holoca...
Tickets to attend our online #HMD2026 lecture are now live! Book via our website 🔗 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/holoca...
Online Holocaust Memorial Lecture 2026 - What Remains: Personal Objects and the Memory of the Holocaust - The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Institute for the History of the German Jews in Hamburg, the Wiener Holocaust Library London and the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Leicester are ple...
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StanleyBurtonCentre@uolsbc.bsky.social · 7mo agoJoin us for our virtual #HolocaustMemorialDay 2026 event co-organised with @wienerlibrary.bsky.social & @igdjhh.bsky.social on 20 Jan, 6-7pm UK time, with @drhannahw.bsky.social, Deborah Jaffé and @svenjabethke.bsky.social Details and registration👇 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/holoca...
Last chance to register for this year’s Beyond Camps and Forced Labour Conference! We gather tomorrow! @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @lbilondon.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social
Beyond Camps and Forced Labour Conference @bcflconference.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe programme and registration is LIVE! wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/r... fees: £120 3 days; £60 single day. Subsidised tickets avail for PhD students. Register now! @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @lbilondon.bsky.social
Join us for our virtual #HolocaustMemorialDay 2026 event co-organised with @wienerlibrary.bsky.social & @igdjhh.bsky.social on 20 Jan, 6-7pm UK time, with @drhannahw.bsky.social, Deborah Jaffé and @svenjabethke.bsky.social Details and registration👇 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/holoca...
Online Holocaust Memorial Lecture 2026 - What Remains: Personal Objects and the Memory of the Holocaust - The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Institute for the History of the German Jews in Hamburg, the Wiener Holocaust Library London and the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Leicester are ple...
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Dear colleagues and friends of the SBC, We regret to inform you that our planned event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We are working on rescheduling the event for the New Year and will share the updated details as soon as they are confirmed.
StanleyBurtonCentre@uolsbc.bsky.social · 8mo ago📣Join us on 2 Dec, 5.30pm for our hybrid SBC lecture and reception with Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall' - Please register for in-person or online attendance. Eventbrite links below
Yesterday we were honored to welcome Dr. Waitman Beorn @waitmanwbeorn.com for the SBC 2025 Aubrey Newman Lecture. He introduced us to his groundbreaking work, "𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩" shedding light on one of the Holocaust’s most overlooked yet deadly sites.
I'll be talking about Janowska and the #VisualizingJanowska project this Thursday as I am honored to be giving the Aubrey Newman Lecture at the @uolsbc.bsky.social in Leicester! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
The 2025 Stanley Burton Centre's Aubrey Newman Lecture
Please join us for the 2025 Stanley Burton Centre's Aubrey Newman Lecture.
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📣Join us on 2 Dec, 5.30pm for our hybrid SBC lecture and reception with Neil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social on 'Writing Cultural Histories of Nazi Germany: Thoughts from the Concert Hall' - Please register for in-person or online attendance. Eventbrite links below
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.
