Andrea Hammel

Andrea Hammel is Professor of German and Director of the Centre for the Movement of People at Aberystwyth University. She specializes in the history and memory of National Socialist refugees, particularly Kindertransportees, and engages in public-facing research with global impact.

• Director of Research for School of Languages and Literature
• Editorial roles: Yearbook of the Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Exile Studies series
• Key funding bodies: British Academy, National Heritage Lottery Fund, Public Health Wales

Her research spans:

• Autobiographical narratives of refugees
• Translation and cultural adaptation
• German-Jewish literary production
• Women's experiences under National Socialism
• Comparative refugee studies with 21st-century contexts
• Postmemory and trauma analysis

Recent publications include The Kindertransport: What Really Happened (2024) and Finding Refuge (2022). Projects involve exhibitions at Houses of Parliament and Holocaust education initiatives.