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Dr Maurizio Cinquegrani is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead at the University of Kent's School of Arts. He holds a PhD from King's College London and has held roles including Head of Film and Media, School Director of Graduate Studies, and Deputy Dean (Student Experience). His research focuses on film's relationship with space, memory, and historical events, particularly the Holocaust and Cold War. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (2018-2023). Education: PhD in Film Studies (King's College London, 2010), MA in Contemporary Cinema Cultures (King's College London), BA in Film Studies (University of Bologna). Research interests include cinematic geographies, urban space representation, and documentary film. His notable works include Of Empire and the City: Remapping Early British Cinema (2014), Journey to Poland: Documentary Landscapes of the Holocaust (2018), and Film, Hot War Traces and Cold War Spaces (2022). He has also produced essay films such as Aran Diary (2023) and Formosa 228 (2024). Professional activities include editorial roles for Immagine. Note di Storia del Cinema and AHRC-funded research projects. He supervises doctoral students in film history, documentary cinema, and spatial memory studies. Key awards include the Royal Geographical Society Fellowship. His teaching emphasizes research-led learning and has been influenced by his extensive international collaborations, including visiting roles at Taipei National University of the Arts and Poznań University of Technology.

• Film Studies
• Cinematic Geographies
• Holocaust Representation
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Professor Benjamin Ziemann of the University of Sheffield , holds a Ph.D. and Habilitation from German institutions. His research spans Modern German History, with a focus on the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany , labor movements, and anti-nuclear pacifism . He has received grants from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , British Academy , and others. His work includes a definitive biography of Martin Niemöller , analyzing themes like antisemitism , nationalism , and postwar moral reckoning . He has authored and edited seminal texts such as The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic and co-edits journals like Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft . Research Interests : Social history of German workers in WWI, Weimar/Nazi political culture, religious movements. Teaching : Imperial Germany (1871-1918), Weimar Republic, Gender and Violence in WWI. Supervision : PhD on German army combat, refugee camps in postwar Germany, Catholic discourses on war/peace. Public Engagement : Frequent lecturer in Europe, Japan, USA; media appearances in Deutschlandfunk and rbb Kulturradio .

• Modern German History
• Weimar Republic
• Nazi Germany
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Professor Esra Özyürek is a faculty member in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, holding the title of Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values . She also serves as the CIP Academic Director and acts as a Supervisor under the guidance of Ayesha Ulhaq, Djan Sauerborn, Imad Ahmed, Peach Hoyle, and Zain Bin Bayah. Her academic positions include roles as a University Teaching Officer and part of the Religious Studies specialists group within the academic staff. Professor Özyürek's educational background includes a PhD from the University of Michigan and undergraduate degrees in Sociology and Political Science from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. Her research interests are expansive and interdisciplinary, focusing on secularism, Islam and Muslims in Western societies, Muslim-Jewish relations, religious conversion, empathy in interfaith contexts, Holocaust memory, civil religion, and regional studies of Turkey and Germany. These areas reflect a deep engagement with contemporary religious dynamics, cultural diversity, and historical memory. Professor Özyürek is currently accepting PhD students but is not available for consultancy. She is affiliated with the School of Arts & Humanities and contributes to its research initiatives and graduate programs. Her professional narrative highlights academic leadership and supervision. She collaborates within the CIP (Centre for Interfaith Practices?) team , fostering dialogue on shared values among Abrahamic faiths. While no specific grants are mentioned, her work likely involves collaborative projects given her supervisory roles and academic directorship.

• Religious Studies
• Sociology of Religion
• Political Science
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Professor Tony Kushner is the James Parkes Professor of History at the University of Southampton , affiliated with both the History Department and the Parkes Institute . His work spans Jewish migration history , Refugee studies , and Representation and memory of the Holocaust , with additional expertise in Bystander studies and Heritage, history and memory . Current Research: Cultural history of Jacob Harris (18th-century Jewish triple murderer); co-presentations to the Holocaust with Dr Aimee Bunting. Key Article Trends: Focus on Holocaust memory, urban Jewish communities, migration patterns, and intersections of race, colonialism, and genocide. Scientific Awards: BA Fellowship (Dr Jennifer Craig-Norton) K Pieren Postdoc Research Fellowship Hannah Ewence Postdoc Research Fellowship Kushner Rothschild Parkes Intl Summer School in Jewish Heritage PhD Supervision: Currently supervising 7 PhD students across History and Geography. Grants: Sponsored research projects from the British Academy and Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe.

• Jewish migration history
• Refugee studies
• Representation and memory of the Holocaust
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Professor Helen Finch (University of Leeds) is a leading scholar in German Literature , with a focus on Holocaust Studies , Queer Memory , and German-Jewish Cultural Production . Affiliated with the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies and the Centre for Jewish Studies , she co-leads the LCS Queer Area Studies Network and contributes to equality initiatives through the LGBT+ staff network . Research: Holocaust representation in German works, queer identity in postwar literature, transnational memory studies, curriculum design in German studies Awards: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2014) Academic Output : Her 15 most recent publications span Holocaust poetics , queer life writing , translation ethics , and Sebaldian intertextuality , with a particular focus on intersections between trauma , identity , and intergenerational testimony . Supervision : Currently guides PhD research on topics including transnational transphobia , queer art practices , and LGBTQ+ cross-cultural representation . Her students explore areas from German exile photography to postcolonial queer narratives .

• German Literature
• Holocaust Studies
• Queer Studies
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Professor Juliet John is a leading scholar in Victorian literature and cultural studies, particularly renowned for her expertise on Charles Dickens. She serves as Dean of Arts & Social Sciences at City, University of London, following roles as Hildred Carlile Chair of English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, and leadership positions including Head of Humanities and Director of Victorian Studies centers. Educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge (BA, Double First) and University College London (PhD), her research spans Dickens, melodrama, popular culture, digital humanities, and heritage studies. She advises institutions like the Dickens Museum and has received fellowships from the Royal Society of Arts and English Association. Her work bridges academia and public engagement, with projects like the AHRC-funded Gladstone Catalogue and collaborations on cultural policy. Awards include teaching excellence and invited keynotes globally. Research interests include Victorian literature's intersection with mass culture, adaptation studies, and digital humanities. Her books include *Dickens and Mass Culture* (2010) and *Reading and the Victorians* (2016, co-edited). Recent work explores Dickens's global legacy in *The Edinburgh Companion to Charles Dickens and the Arts* (2024). She has held leadership roles in pedagogy, including Director of Student Experience at Liverpool. Professional activities include peer review for AHRC and strategic roles in academic organizations. Key achievements: Founded the Gladstone Centre for Victorian Studies; co-organized the Dickens Society of America’s 2020 colloquium; curated the Charles Dickens Museum’s *Global Dickens* exhibition. Awards include the prestigious FRSA and FEA. Current focus includes metamodern melodrama and digital approaches to Victorian studies.

• Victorian Literature
• Cultural Studies
• Dickens Studies
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Barry Langford is a Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. He holds degrees from Queens’ College, Cambridge, and Columbia University. His research focuses on critical theory, Holocaust film representations, theories of mass culture, urban studies, postmodernism, and post-classical Hollywood cinema. He has authored major works including Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond (2005) and Post-Classical Hollywood: Film Industry, Style and Ideology since 1945 (2010). Currently, he is preparing a study titled Darkness Visible on Holocaust film. Langford is also a professional screenwriter. His short film Torte Bluma (2005) won multiple awards, including Best Drama at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and Best Film at Palm Springs. He co-created the ITV drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015). His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to education and cultural preservation. His research interests span film genre evolution, Holocaust cinema’s ethical dimensions, and the intersection of cinema with urban and postmodern themes. He has presented at international conferences, including invited talks on 'Film Genre in the 21st Century' and 'Soundscapes of Holocaust Film'. Langford leads the Holocaust Research Institute’s academic initiatives and collaborates on projects like the Rothschild Foundation-funded 'Global Jewish Studies in/as Holocaust Studies' (2022–2026).

• Film Studies
• Holocaust Representation in Cinema
• Critical Theory
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Aleksandra Pomiecko is a Lecturer in Modern History at King's College London, specializing in Eastern European and Soviet history. She has held teaching positions at the University of St Andrews, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Toronto, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. PhD, University of Toronto MA, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Her research focuses on war and violence in twentieth-century Eastern Europe, particularly paramilitary activity, partisan movements, and local experiences of conflict. She explores topics such as Belarusian nationalism, post-war insurgency, and the role of religious institutions during the Holocaust. Recent publications examine paramilitarism in Polish borderlands, Soviet nation-building policies, and religious resistance in wartime Poland. Her work contributes to understanding the longue durée of paramilitary dynamics and their global implications. Scientific awards: Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies

• Modern History
• Eastern European History
• Twentieth Century Conflict
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Dr. Darren O'Byrne is a historian of modern Germany at the Department of German and Dutch , affiliated with Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge . His academic journey includes a PhD in History from Cambridge and prior degrees in History and Politics (BA) and International Relations (MA) from University College Dublin. Research focuses on German politics, administration, and bureaucracy from 1871 to the present Specializes in civil service under Weimar and Nazi regimes Co-edited Handbook Ideologies in National Socialism (2024) and a critical edition of sports journalist Willy Meisl’s writings Recent projects include a monograph on senior Nazi civil servants ( Hitler's Mandarins , forthcoming) and a biography of Willy Meisl. His publications span journal articles, book chapters, and interviews on topics like Nazi ideology, interwar sports journalism, and contemporary debates about memory. He is a Fellow at Wolfson College and teaches Modern German History.

• Modern German History
• Nazi Germany
• Weimar Republic
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Professor Ian Gregory , Distinguished Professor of Digital Humanities at Lancaster University's School of Global Affairs , is a pioneer in integrating Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with humanities research. His work bridges historical demography, literary studies, and social geography through projects like the European Research Council-funded Spatial Humanities: Texts, GIS, Places and the Leverhulme Trust's Geospatial Innovation in the Digital Humanities . BA in Geography (Lancaster), MSc in GIS (Edinburgh), PhD in Historical GIS (London) Co-founder of Lancaster’s Digital Humanities Centre Former Head of Department of History (2018-2022), now Associate Dean of Research Research Interests : Historical GIS for long-term change in Britain and Ireland Textual GIS to analyze large corpora (e.g., Lake District literature, 19th-century newspapers) Developing spatial methodologies for humanities scholarship Publications span GIS applications in literary geography, historical demography, and corpus linguistics, with recent trends focusing on emotional mapping of testimonies and deep mapping of cultural landscapes. Grants include 25 major awards (14 as PI) from the ERC, AHRC, ESRC, and Leverhulme Trust, supporting projects on topics like space-time narratives and historical vegetation change. Labs/Teams : Co-directs Lancaster’s Digital Humanities Centre, fostering collaboration in spatial humanities, NLP, and AI.

• Digital Humanities
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
• Spatial Humanities
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Professor Rachel Kerr is a leading scholar in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, specializing in transitional justice, international criminal law, and the role of art in post-conflict reconciliation. She co-convenes the War Crimes Research Group and leads the Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network , focusing on intersectional gendered violence. Education: PhD and MA in War Studies from King’s College London; BA in International History and Politics from University of Leeds Research: Explores judicial intervention in the ICTY, Sierra Leone Court, and UK war crime allegations in Iraq; current work bridges art with peacebuilding in Bosnia, Canada, and South Africa Teaching: Courses on Conflict, Rights, and Justice; International Law and the Use of Force; War and Genocide Her AHRC-funded research project Art and Reconciliation: Conflict, Culture and Community (2016-2021) produced interdisciplinary insights into creative peacebuilding. She also leads ESRC research on visual methodologies for gendered violence studies. Awards: Elected to International Institute for Strategic Studies (2001) Elected to Royal Institute for International Affairs (2001) Recent publications analyze art’s role in Bosnian reconciliation, digital data in transitional justice, and Canada’s reconciliation processes. She supervises PhD research on topics spanning UK war crimes, post-conflict education, and atrocity prevention.

• Transitional Justice
• Post-Conflict Societies
• International Criminal Law
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Gilbert Achcar is a Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the Department of Development Studies, SOAS University of London. He holds a PhD in Social History/International Relations from Paris VIII University, alongside earlier degrees from institutions in France and Lebanon. His career includes teaching and research roles in Beirut, Berlin, and Paris before joining SOAS in 2007. His research focuses on globalisation, global power relations, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the sociology of religion, and revolutionary movements. Notable works include The Clash of Barbarisms , Perilous Power (co-authored with Noam Chomsky), and The New Cold War . His books have been translated into 20 languages, addressing themes like the Arab uprisings, US foreign policy, and the geopolitics of conflict. Dr. Achcar supervises PhD students such as Anne-Marie Misconi (on Iraqi Orientalism) and Bryony Wolff (on Egypt and Turkey’s political economy). He actively engages with contemporary issues like the Gaza crisis and the Syrian conflict, offering critical analyses of neoliberalism, global power structures, and revolutionary processes. His work bridges academic scholarship with public discourse on pressing geopolitical challenges.

• Globalisation
• Global Power Relations
• MENA
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Dr. Michael Fiddler is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Greenwich, affiliated with the School of Law and Criminology within the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences. He serves as Lead of the Centre for Transformative and Global Justice. Fiddler joined the University in 2006 following his PhD in Criminology at Keele University, where his thesis explored prison spaces’ production. His research focuses on the interplay of space, architecture, and visual arts in criminological understandings, particularly through the lens of 'Ghost Criminology' informed by Derrida’s hauntology. His research interests span penal systems, spatial theory, and the representation of crime in cinema and media. Notable works include analyses of haunted architecture, Nazisploitation films, and gendered viewing strategies in Holocaust-related media. Fiddler engages in interdisciplinary critiques of incarceration’s spatial dimensions and the uncanny in cinematic narratives. Publications highlight themes like 'spectral criminology,' hauntology, and the Gothic underpinnings of penal spaces. His work bridges criminological theory with cultural studies, emphasizing how spatial and visual elements shape perceptions of crime and punishment. Collaborations include co-authorship with Stacy Banwell on gendered representations in film and historical prison studies. Award-winning achievements are not explicitly noted in the provided texts, though contributions to special journal editions and editorial roles reflect academic recognition. Fiddler’s leadership in the Centre for Transformative and Global Justice underscores his commitment to advancing interdisciplinary criminological discourse.

• Criminology
• Penal Systems
• Spatial Theory
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Professor Sir Chris Clark is the Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge and an Ostrer Professorial Fellow in History at St Catharine's College. His academic work focuses on the intersection of political and cultural history in 19th- and 20th-century Germany and Europe. Key Roles: Regius Professor of History (since 2014), Ostrer Professorial Fellow Research Focus: Modern German and European history, religious-political dynamics, military history Contact: cmc11@cam.ac.uk | St Catharine's College, Cambridge CB2 1RL Clark’s scholarship investigates the evolution of the 'Jewish Question' in Prussia, confessional conflicts, and the aftermath of the 1848 revolutions. His work bridges intellectual history with macro-political narratives, emphasizing the role of state authority in religious matters. His publications, including Iron Kingdom and The Sleepwalkers , have earned prestigious awards like the Wolfson Prize and LA Times Book Prize. His research often involves comparative studies of European states and their cultural dynamics. Clark supervises doctoral research on topics such as monarchical governance and comparative accident insurance policies in 19th-century Europe. He contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in German history, music and society, and modern European history. Scientific Awards: Wolfson Prize for History ( Iron Kingdom ) LA Times Book Prize (History) for The Sleepwalkers (2013) Knight Bachelor for services to British-German relations (2015)

• Modern German History
• Continental European History
• Political and Cultural History of Religion
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Prof Mahon O'Brien is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex's School of Media, Arts and Humanities. He holds a BA and MA in Philosophy from University College Cork and a PhD from Boston University. His academic career includes roles as Lecturer (2013–2017), Senior Lecturer (2017–2021), and Professor (2021–present) at Sussex, alongside postdoctoral research at University College Dublin. O'Brien's research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century European philosophy, particularly Martin Heidegger's work, with four books on the topic pending or published, including Heidegger on Ethics (2025). He also investigates ancient philosophy, feminist theory (collaborating with Luce Irigaray), and ethics of horseracing. Since 2018, he chairs the British Horseracing Authority's Ethics Committee, addressing issues like the air-cushioned whip's ethics, publishing impactful analyses in International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics . His teaching spans ethics, phenomenology, and continental aesthetics across multiple institutions. Education: BA Philosophy & English Literature, University College Cork MA Philosophy, University College Cork PhD Philosophy, Boston University Research Interests: Phenomenology, Heidegger's ethics, ancient philosophy, feminist theory, and applied ethics in horseracing. He critiques Heidegger's political legacy while engaging interdisciplinary debates on embodiment, gender, and animal welfare. Impact & Grants: Shaped horseracing policies through evidence-based ethics reports. His 2021 article on whip usage influenced BHA's 2022 consultation report and led to podcast discussions. He edits journals, including a 2014 special issue of International Journal of Philosophical Studies . Teaching: Over 20 modules taught worldwide, including ethics, continental philosophy, and interdisciplinary seminars at Sussex, UCD, and Boston University.

• Phenomenology
• History of Philosophy
• Ancient Philosophy
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