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 ยฃ1,000.
Her research focuses on clothing made by Jewish Holocaust survivors in the post-war period. More info: afuol.org
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.
To order at the discounted price, find the book on yalebooks.co.uk, add to your cart and use the code ๐๐๐๐๐ when prompted at the checkout. Offer runs until 30th June 2026. Orders fulfilled by John Wiley & Sons. Many thanks to the UoL Centre for Regional and Local History hosting us.
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 code๐
The review can be found in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the @ushmm.bsky.social
Link-
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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 Kissโs More Nights Than Days: A Survey of Writings of Child Genocide Survivors.
In-Person attendance - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984492423...
Online attendance- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984493826...
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The hybrid lecture โ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ with Dr. Caroline Sharples is tomorrow. We would be delighted if you could also join us for a reception afterwards.
Throughout her journey, Betsy was supervised by Dr Alex Korb, Dr Sheila Watson, and @svenjabethke.bsky.social
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.
In-Person attendance - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984492423...
Online attendance- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984493826...
This is a friendly reminder that we still have a few spots available for those who wish to register for our upcoming lecture, ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ
Registration links below๐
In-Person attendance - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984492423...
Online attendance- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984493826...
Attendees are welcome to join either in person or online.
![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 heโs [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 โordinary peopleโ had placed in the prospect of Hitler meeting a โfitting endโ, and the meanings that his death held for different audiences.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xkbwljq3wtneufqbs6umqd32/bafkreibsr2j7p7277flmufqd5e3kw36yllbng2f4pipi6nsioxds3apkiy)
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 heโs [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 โordinary peopleโ had placed in the prospect of Hitler meeting a โfitting endโ, and the meanings that his death held for different audiences.
We are delighted to welcome @carolinesharples.bsky.social to give a lecture on her book, ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ซ. 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.
Yesterday we welcomed @neilgregor.bsky.social for a lecture on The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany. He reflected on audienceโs experience and how everyday cultural life became intertwined with Nazi ideology. Interested to learn more? You can purchase the book here ๐
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@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.
The EHRI-UK National Research Fellowship Programme is designed to support and stimulate Holocaust research conducted by researchers, archivists, librarians, curators, and early career scholars, especially PhD candidates with limited resources, based at institutions in the United Kingdom and British Isles. EHRI-UK Research Fellowships cover a stipend for travel, accommodation and subsistence for access lasting between 1 and 4 weeks at one of the following host institutions: The Wiener Holocaust Library (London) Holocaust Centre North (Huddersfield) The National Archives (London) The Imperial War Museum (London)โ
๐๐๐๐ congratulations๐๐๐ 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.
โฐ Happening soon. Kindly secure your spot for the SBC hybrid lecture on ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ข ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ: ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅl.
Registration links below๐
ONLINE-
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IN PERSON
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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
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๐ฃJoin 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 Jaffรฉ & @svenjabethke.bsky.social
The evening will reflect on the millions killed in the Holocaust and in later genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, with the Lord Mayor of Leicester, Cllr Teresa Aldred, and local dignitaries in attendance. All are welcome.
The Lord Mayor of Leicester, Cllr Teresa Aldred, will join other local dignitaries at De Montfort University for an evening of reflection and commemoration to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Students from Beauchamp College will talk about their experiences of visiting Auschwitz, while there will also be music from Caroline Salinger and an address on this yearโs theme, โBridging Generationsโ, by Professor Aubrey Newman, former director of the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The winning entries in a schoolsโ essay-writing competition โ the Paul Winstone Memorial Competition ยญ- will also be read out.
As the UKโs 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.
Registration https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9IiVFgRz1ND6zbv7EB5MtmFuW1c73Voago1lJie6xSrqQEg/viewform
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...
Reminder! Tomorrow 20 January 2026
18:00 UK-Time, 19:00 CET
Register here ๐
Tickets to attend our online #HMD2026 lecture are now live!
Book via our website ๐ wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/holoca...
