1,720,998 research outputs found
Introduction: The Lives and Legacies of David Cesarani
Full text linkThis introduction to the edited collection ‘The Jews, the Holocaust and the Public’ focuses on David Cesarani as autobiographer and biographer. It comprises a brief introduction to Cesarani’s life in academia, his own autobiographical essay and his interest in biography as an academic form, via his studies of Benjamin Disraeli, Arthur Koestler and Adolf Eichmann.
This chapter will present the new argument that these three figures can be interpreted as emblematic of three key overlapping themes in Cesarani’s broader research interests: Anglo-Jewish history; migration, minorities and nationalisms; and the Holocaust its history, the prosecution of the perpetrators and its ongoing legacies.
It is these themes that comprise a uniquely ‘Cesaranian’ interdisciplinary approach to the Holocaust. It is also these themes, sometimes separately, and at other times in combination, that will animate the considerations of the chapters in this volume for the ‘Holocaust and its Contexts’
Remembering the Internment of ‘Enemy Aliens’ During the Second World War on the Isle of Man, and in Australia and Canada
No full textIn October 2000, David Cesarani decried the internment of refugees in Britain during the Second World War on BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Behind the Wire’. In recent years, novels, exhibitions, television, and radio programmes have introduced a wider audience to this oft forgotten part of the British wartime narrative, yet not all of those who were interned remained in the British Isles—some were sent to Canada and Australia. Of the five ships that set sail, one never made it to its destination. The sinking of the Arandora Star was the greatest tragedy of internment, and several hundred internees lost their lives. Those who survived were put straight on the Dunera, this time bound for Australia, on which many abuses were committed by British soldiers. This chapter will examine the memory of the camps, and consider how and why internment has been remembered and commemorated differently across continents
Living the lessons of the Srebrenica massacre
No full textPublic address as part of Northampton Borough Council's 'Remembering Srebrenica Ceremony' at Northampton Guildhall (11 July 2015, approximately 35 audience members).
The order of service was as follows:
Opening and Welcome from Councillor Mary Markham Leader of Northampton Borough Council.
·
Words of Remembrance by
·
Mr David Mackintosh MP for Northampton South.
·
Father Timothy Curtis Senior Lecturer in Spiritual Studies Northampton University.
·
Larissa Allwork Lecturer in English & Creative Writing Northampton University.
·
Wreath laying and lighting the Remembrance Candle by the Mayor of Northampton, Cllr Penelope Flavell, Leader of the Council and MP.
·
Words (prayer) before silence lead by Alaa Abouzanad Chair of the Association of Northamptonshire Supplementary Schools.
·
Followed by the one minutes silence.
·
Close and Thanks by Councillor Mary Markham Leader of the Council
Response to Dr Dace Dzenovska for the panel session, ‘Cultural politics and Baltic diasporas’
No full textDuring this panel session, I gave a response to some of the questions raised by Dr Dace Dzenovska's paper, 'The Great Departure: Debt and Morality in the context of Latvian Outmigration', within the wider context of the Baltic States. Given my interests in collective memory, I explored how the dynamics of this 'Great Migration' might impact on how the Second World War, the Holocaust and the Soviet-era is remembered by Lithuanians and Lithuanian Jews both within Lithuania and receiving countries such as the UK. Attached are the poster and conference programme for this event which was was covened by Professor Janet Wilson and myself and was supported by the EU Marie Curie CoHaB ITN
Visual artists and public memorials: a response to Pam Foley's 'Routes of Sorrow' exhibition
No full textOn 9th April 2015, Allwork gave a talk at NN Gallery, Northampton in response to Pam Foley's exhibition, 'Routes of Sorrow'. This talk was recorded and can be accessed through Pam Foley's website and You Tube
Reflections on trauma and the process of researching and writing the histories and memories of the Holocaust
No full textThis paper was delivered at the University of Zaragoza, 'Acts of Remembrance' conference (24-26 April 2013) as part of Dr Allwork and Dr Sonya Andermahr's Santander sponsored trip to promote the Working Group for Interdisciplinary Research in Trauma, Narrative and Performance. Included here is the conference programme as well as reviews of the conference that Dr Allwork and Dr Andermahr posted on the University of Northampton website and research hu
The Stockholm International Forum on Research, Remembrance and Education on the Holocaust (2000): causes, consequences, impact
No full textThis presentation on the causes and consequences of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust was given as part of the History Division's Research seminar serie
From the ITF to the IHRA: future trends and challenges [and book launch for Holocaust Remembrance between the National and the Transnational]
No full textAt the 2015 British Association of Holocaust Studies conference, I presented a book launch for my monograph, 'Holocaust Remembrance between the National and the Transnational'. I also gave a paper entitled 'From the ITF to IHRA', which summarised the main findings of my monograph. The abstract for my paper was as follows:
My book, 'Holocaust Remembrance between the National and the Transnational' (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015) has analysed the causes and consequences of the SIF 2000 on the Holocaust and the founding of the ITF/IHRA. By specifically focusing on the ITF/IHRA and the conference at Stockholm, broader themes have been unpacked relating to the political, social and cultural dynamics of Holocaust memory politics between the national and the transnational at the dawn of the twenty-first century. These themes have included the relationships of power between Western Europe and ‘New’ Europe and how Holocaust-era issues fit into NATO and EU enlargement processes as well as the relationship between the focus on the Jewish Catastrophe, broader Nazi atrocity crimes and the ‘universalist’ political objectives in Bauer’s rhetoric of Holocaust ‘unprecedentedness’. This rhetoric was particularly significant because it formed a central element of the discursive construction of SIF 2000 manifesto and guiding document of the ITF/IHRA, the Stockholm Declaration on the Holocaust.
This paper will draw on material from oral history interviews with, among others, Yehuda Bauer, Kathrin Meyer and Karel Fracapane in order to delineate some of the current strengths of the ITF/IHRA and the challenges that it faces. In the process this paper will reveal the legacies of Persson’s Holocaust research, remembrance and education projects in all of their complexity, while simultaneously suggesting that the challenges that the ITF/IHRA face remain pressing questions for today
Holocaust testimony and its global legacies
No full textI gave this presentation to approximately 28 undergraduates, lecturers and members of the public at the Holocaust Memorial Day event run by the History Division at Park Campus, University of Northampton. My presentation discussed the historical developments of the genre of Holocaust testimony since the Second World War and my personal experiences of interviewing Holocaust survivors such as Ben Helfgott and Kitty Hart-Moxon. I also discussed how narratives of Holocaust testimony have influenced the narratives of other genocides and human rights abuses and vice-versa. As Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 marks almost ten years since the genocide in Rwanda, I concluded my presentation with a reading from Lindsey Hilsum's essay, 'The Rainy Season' (Granta Magazine 125, Autumn 2013)
- …
