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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You can now watch the recorded Hugo Valentin Lecture 2026 by prof. Andrea Löw on our website. Link below! Recorded lecture: www.uu.se/en/centre/up...

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The Hugo Valentin Lecture 2026: Professor Andrea Löw – Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies – Uppsala University

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Few weeks ago our colleague Dr. Kate Lonergan attended the Conflict Research Society’s 2026 Annual Conference hosted by the Peaceful, Secure, and Empowered Societies research group at the University of Glasgow. @katelonergan.bsky.social presented her new project "Why Victim Movements Succeed".

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our colleague, Matylda Jonas-Kowalik, participated this year in the Sixth Annual International Seminar in Historical Refugee Studies, held in Vienna. The workshop brings together PhD candidates and early-career scholars whose research focuses on historical refugee experiences.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Two upcoming book events at UHGS this October: 12 Oct, 15–17 Tomislav Dulić & Goran Miljan — Jasenovac Past and Present: History and Memory of Institutionalised Destruction 22 Oct, 15–17 Victoria Van Orden Martinez — Female STEM Pioneers Who Survived the Holocaust Warm welcome!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week we had the honour of hosting Prof. Andrea Löw, Director of the Centre for Holocaust Studies at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History and 2026 Hugo Valentin Lecturer at UHGS. Many thanks to Prof. Löw for her inspiring engagement!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We are very excited to share that our colleague Kate Lonergan @katelonergan.bsky.social has received funding from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social for a new 3-year project: Why Victim Movements Succeed, together with Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se from @uupeace.bsky.social Congratulations!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We are pleased to welcome our new intern Ana Gvozdić, a Master's student in Peace and Conflict Research. She will work with Dr Roland Kostić on research into perpetrators and victim-witnesses in tribunals. As an alumna of our Master's programme, we are especially happy to welcome her back!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The beginning of the semester is always a busy time, but we couldn’t let it pass without introducing our new volunteer intern, Tim Rabenau! Tim is joining us as an Austrian Service Abroad volunteer and will spend this academic year supporting our research and various activities at the Centre.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On the 15th of September we would like to warmly invite you to the 23rd Hugo Valentin Lecture, titled Writing as Resistance: Documentation during the Holocaust, which will be delivered by Professor Andrea Löw.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yesterday, we welcomed a new cohort of BA and MA students in Holocaust and Genocide Studies! 🎓 Together, we visited the Swedish Holocaust Museum’s new exhibition, Trials, and met museum professionals who shared their experiences and answered students’ questions. A great start to the academic year!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yesterday, we took part in the History Department’s kickoff meeting, with presentations and discussions about upcoming activities. Among them, Dr Roland Kostić presented upcoming UHGS events, while Dr Savina Sirik introduced her research project. A great start to the new academic year!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our colleague, professor Tomislav Dulić participated as an external commentator on Mémorial de la Shoah annual review, this time in Hamburg. It was a really great opportunity to get better acquainted with the institution, as well as to meet old friends and new acquaintances.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Fisseha Fantahun Tefera to the UHGS from December! Fisseha will work on his VR International Postdoc project, “Transitional Justice Afterlives as Memory Regimes,” exploring memory, transitional justice and Ethiopia’s Red Terror trials. Welcome, Fisseha!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

For researchers, summer often means long days spent in the archives! Our colleague Dr Santiago López Rodríguez is conducting archival research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Shapell Center on Jewish refugees who crossed the Iberian Peninsula during the Holocaust @ushmm.bsky.social

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today, we would like to thank our volunteer intern, Alexander List, who spent the 2025/2026 academic year with us through our volunteer agreement with Austrian Service Abroad. Thank you for your time at UHGS, Alex. We wish you all the best with your studies this fall!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Happy to see our colleagues contribute to intl. research collaborations! Last week, Dr Goran Miljan participated in the Partnership Network Meeting UK–EU–Southeastern Europe, org. by the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London, and hosted by Central European University.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It is a pleasure to announce that the 23rd Hugo Valentin Lecture, titled "Writing as Resistance: Documentation during the Holocaust," will be delivered by Professor Andrea Löw, Director of the Centre for Holocaust Studies at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

UHGS had a great opportunity co-organize a research seminar "Holocaust Collections and Materiality as Sources" - collaboration between our Centre and Sveriges museum om Förintelsen, which took place this morning.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to our graduating class, and to all students who defended their theses in Holocaust and Genocide Studies! We hope you will have fond memories of your time at Uppsala University.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sveriges museum om Förintelsen is launching a series of research seminars, starting with the first seminar, Holocaust Collections and Materiality as Sources, on 15 June from 9:30 to 12:00. We are pleased to be co-hosting this inaugural event.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

On Tuesday our colleague Judith Vöcker presented her research at the Department of History, Uppsala University. Judith's research, funded by Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, contextualises how German courts in Warsaw prosecuted criminality throughout the Nazi occupation.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

On Thursday, 28 May, UHGS had the pleasure of hosting Professor Mark Klamberg for a seminar on his recently published book "Folkmord Sverige och kampen om ett begrepp" - fritanke.se/bokhandel/bo....

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Proud to see our colleagues contributing to the Western Balkans at a Crossroads conference at CBEES. Dr Goran Miljan spoke on extremism and violence in the Western Balkans (1918–1989), while Dr Roland Kostić joined a roundtable on the politics of knowledge and representation. 📍 Södertörn University

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The Director of UHGS, Dr Roland Kostić, had the pleasure of meeting with Ambassador Diane Gashumba, Ambassador of Rwanda to Sweden, together with Edith Kabalira of Africa Center for Peace, Security and Environmental Affairs (ACPSEA), to discuss avenues for future academic cooperation.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We’re pleased to be co-hosting an upcoming online book presentation and discussion: "Thunder Cross. Fascist Antisemitism in Twentieth-century Latvia" Join us in person or on zoom on 6 May 2026 - 15:00–16:30.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Our colleague Dr Savina Sirik was invited by the Forum för levande historia to give a lecture “Transmissions of Memories and Trauma after the Khmer Rouge Regime,” as part of their continuing program for teachers on genocide and crimes against humanity www.levandehistoria.se/kalendarium/...

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Fortbildning: Folkmord och brott mot mänskligheten i historiskt perspektiv - Ideologier, terror och massvåld - Forum för levande historia

Välkommen till det tredje tillfället av tre i en serie fortbildningar för lärare om folkmord och brott mot mänskligheten i historien. Du kan delta vid ett eller flera tillfällen.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Yesterday, the director of UGHS dr Roland Kostić spoke at the Vice-Chancellor’s Seminar: "The University – a Place for Everyone?" His talk highlighted our initiatives in Holocaust and genocide education in Sweden, including courses designed for future teachers.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Dr Goran Miljan took part in the workshop at Central European University, Vienna: Building Authoritarian Empires: War and Axis Across Europe and Asia, where he presented his chapter, “Observation, Validation, and Adaptation: The Ustasha Regime in the Era of Fascism.” Photo: CEU

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Our researcher Dr. Santiago López Rodríguez presented “Humanitarian Dictatorships? Rescue Myths and Positive Memories of the Holocaust in Spain and Portugal” at the workshop on the memory of dictatorships in Europe at Center for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Busy and productive times at the Centre - grant applications in full swing and exciting research progressing. Great to see the team’s energy and collaboration driving things forward!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined yesterday’s roundtable, “Gaza, International Law, and the Question of Genocide.” It was a valuable discussion exploring the legal, political, and moral dimensions of genocide and int humanitarian law from different scholarly perspectives. Many thanks to our speakers!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

UGHS invites you to a panel discussion examining the legal, political, and moral dimensions of genocide, with particular focus on intent, evidentiary standards, international humanitarian law, and the implications of the ongoing cases. www.uu.se/en/centre/up...

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We concluded the second and final day of the workshop on Neutral Countries & Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust. Today featured the roundtable on Jewish refugee experiences in Sweden & panels on neutrality in Sweden, Turkey, Spain & Portugal. Thank you to all speakers and the public!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We concluded Day 1 of the workshop "The Neutral Countries and the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust" at UGHS, Uppsala University. Featuring a keynote by Rebecca Erbelding and panels on refugees, neutrality, and complicity. Looking forward to more interesting panels tomorrow!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

New book by our colleague! "Radicalization and Fascism in the Ustaša" by Constantin Iordachi & Goran Miljan examines the Ustaša’s path from interwar terrorism to genocidal rule, using new archival research and a newly translated militant memoir. More here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radicaliz...

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Radicalization and Fascism in the Ustaša

This book explores the radicalization and fascistization of the Ustaša–The Croatian Revolutionary Organization within the interwar Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and…

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Professor Tomislav Dulić recently visited Kraków to give a guest lecture in the Erasmus+-funded course “Genocide and Mass Atrocities Under International Law”. A great opportunity to share a historian’s comparative perspective with engaged students!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Last week, our colleague Dr. Santiago López Rodríguez co-organized and presented at the international workshop "Victims and Bystanders: the Sephardi Jews and Spain during the Holocaust" at the University of Potsdam. His talk examined Franco, Salazar, and historiographical debates on neutrality.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Happy to share a new publication by our colleague and UGHS Director, Dr Roland Kostić, co-authored with Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, titled “Intimate Networks and Strategic Knowledge in Peacebuilding Interventions”! Available here (open access): academic.oup.com/book/61853/c...

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Intimate Networks and Strategic Knowledge in Peacebuilding Interventions

Abstract. This chapter discusses ‘intimate networks’ in peacebuilding: flexible private webs of intervening actors who strategically produce knowledge and

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We’re pleased to share a new publication by our colleague Dr Michelle Gordon! Her chapter, “Persecution, Oppression, and Subjection,” appears in A Cultural History of Violence in the Age of Empire, published by Bloomsbury Academic.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

As we approach the end of this semester, we want to congratulate five students from our MA Programme in Holocaust and Genocide Studies who recently successfully defended their theses - a fantastic achievement worth recognizing. We wish you all the best in the next chapter!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Our centre is launching a new BA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies, with the first cohort starting autumn 2026. More on how to apply: tinyurl.com/j9ecvjcn More information about the BA programme: www.uu.se/en/study/pro...

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Bachelor's Programme in Holocaust and Genocide Studies – Uppsala University

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Our Master's Programme in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Uppsala University is a cross-disciplinary course of study drawing from diverse academic fields. The application period is now open! tinyurl.com/5cz4bw2h Learn more about the programme: tinyurl.com/h46z4h5k

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Our centre is launching a new BA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies, with the first cohort starting autumn 2026. Applications are now open! Apply: www.universityadmissions.se/intl/search?... Programme info: www.uu.se/en/study/pro...

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Our colleague Dr. Ivo Plšek has been awarded a MIRAI/STINT Research Fellowship, a competitive Swedish–Japanese program supporting high-impact international research collaboration. In 2026 he will serve as a Visiting Researcher at Sophia University (Tokyo). Congratulations Ivo!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Looking to join a dynamic research community in Holocaust and Genocide Studies? We invite researchers to share their project proposals with us!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Last week, our colleagues Dr. Santiago López Rodríguez and Matylda Jonas-Kowalik took part in the international conference “Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory, and Materiality” hosted by the Swedish Holocaust Museum and Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Our colleague Dr. Santiago López Rodríguez took part in the conference “Past and Present: Reflections on the Transmission of the Memory of the Holocaust and the Second World War in Contemporary Society” where he presented “Memoria selectiva: judíos españoles, franquismo y recuerdo del Holocausto.”

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Yesterday we had the pleasure to host Valens Bimenyimana (University of Gothenburg and University of Rwanda), who, in our internal seminar, presented a draft of his article “Interacting with Memory: Social Categories and the Genocide Memorial Sites in Rwanda.” Thank you Valens!

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Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies @uhgs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Thinking about studying Holocaust and Genocide Studies? We offer an interdisciplinary Master’s programme, and starting autumn 2026, a Bachelor’s too! More information 👉https://www.universityadmissions.se/intl/search?period=27&freeText=Holocaust+and+Genocide+Studies youtu.be/4fB7n8BH-VI?...

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Master’s Programme in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

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