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Dr William Ross Jones

@williamrossjones.bsky.social
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Historian of the Holocaust, Gender, and Sexuality Freelance German-English Translator DPhil from the University of Oxford

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Very excited to have been invited to speak at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social this summer! I’ll be in conversation with @rosieramsden.bsky.social and Will Jones. If you’re in London, don’t miss it! wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-t...
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Book Talk - I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany, Samuel Huneke in conversation with William Jones and Rosie Ramsden - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Join Samuel Clowes Huneke for a conversation about his new book I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany, in conversation with Dr Rosie Ramsden and Dr William Ross Jones.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📣 It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Christine Schmidt as Co-Directors of the Wiener Holocaust Library! Bringing a combined 23 years' experience to their new role, they take the helm at a crucial time.. Full announcement🔗
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New Co-Directors announced to take the helm of the Wiener Holocaust Library - The Wiener Holocaust Library
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Christine Schmidt as Co-Directors. They take the helm of the UK’s foremost institution dedicated to the study of the…
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Jewish Book Council @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Congratulations to Anna Hájková and William Ross Jones (translator) for PEOPLE WITHOUT HISTORY ARE DUST: QUEER DESIRE IN THE HOLOCAUST, winner of the Holocaust Award! bit.ly/4bWYPgv
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Dr William Ross Jones @williamrossjones.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
My newest article has just published open access with @holocauststudies.bsky.social ! A case study in Queering the Holocaust, it explores experiences of sexual violence and consensual same-sex sex in the concentration camps in the testimony of a single survivor. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sexual violence, queer practices, and heterosexual identity in the concentration camps: a survivor case study
Norman Jaffé was born into a wealthy and assimilated German-Jewish family in 1924. His experience of the Holocaust as told to the Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive in 1998 is marred by contin...
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Dr William Ross Jones @williamrossjones.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Very excited to read this in the coming weeks!
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 14/11/2025
Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026. Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v #Skystorians
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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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Dr William Ross Jones @williamrossjones.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
If you have not already seen, this exciting new edited volume by Helga Amesberger, Helga Embacher, and Johannes-Dieter Steinert released in September. Filled with poignant new research on sexual(ized) violence during the Holocaust and Second World War, it includes my newest publication!
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
So pleased that I will get to discuss my new book with my brilliant colleagues @helencfinch.bsky.social and @williamrossjones.bsky.social in an event organized by @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social
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Dr William Ross Jones @williamrossjones.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
In Oxford for the day as a guest panelist at a conference focused on the memory of the “Comfort Women.” I’ll be speaking later today with several other scholars of sexual violence on preserving voices of marginalized victim groups in the face of societal, political, and archival pressures!
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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Attendance is free but registration is required. You can sign-up here: forms.office.com/e/BX3CpFiGux The day event will be followed by an author talk at the Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social. Sign-up to the evening event here: shorturl.at/ou5xR
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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
There will be a workshop during the day with Anna, alongside Dr Will Jones, who translated the book from German to English. Anna and Will will also be joined by Professor Helen Finch. Anna's book will be used as a springboard for discussion on Queer Studies in the context of Holocaust Studies.
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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Queerness remains one of the most stigmatized and overlooked aspects of Holocaust history. Anna's book explores same-sex desire in the Holocaust, challenging this silence, weaving together compelling stories of German, Dutch, Czech, and Polish Jewish Holocaust victims and survivors.
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Holocaust Research Institute @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
On 10 December 2025, the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP) @hgrporg.bsky.social will be hosting two events with Dr Anna Hájková on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.
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Dr William Ross Jones @williamrossjones.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A massive congratulations to Anna for the English translation of her book! Anna's work queering Holocaust history is monumental and inspiring. As a scholar, I am continuously impressed by her boundary pushing research. Personally, I am honoured to have been a part of the process. BUY IT FOLKS!
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The book is here! This morning the UPS delivered fresh off the press my second monograph, People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust, published by @uoftpress.bsky.social translated by @williamrossjones.bsky.social and with a foreword by @jennifervevans.bsky.social
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The book is a labor of love made possible thanks to the support of many wonderful people: @williamrossjones.bsky.social who wonderfully translated the harder part & pushed me to think, and @jennifervevans.bsky.social who authored a lovely introduction and in many ways inspired me to go this way.
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Here the whole flyer
flyer that tells more about my book which costs £14,99 and also gives the 30% discount code
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
If you are in Europe and want to pre-order People without History are Dust, you can do that here: there is also a 30% discount coupon: FFS25 mngbookshop.co.uk/978148755711...
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People Without History Are Dust
Queerness remains one of the most stigmatized and overlooked aspects of Holocaust history, often erased due to the lingering homophobia of survivors. People ...
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Three more months until People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust comes out @uoftpress.bsky.social and translated @williamrossjones.bsky.social you can preorder below. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 03/07/2025
The Society is very pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 Early Career Article and First Book Prizes bit.ly/3GqSCfk This year's recipients are Laura Flannigan, William Ross Jones, Michaela Kalcher, and Jules Skotnes-Brown for work published in 2024. Our congratulations to all #Skystorians
left to right: William Ross Jones, Jules Skotnes-Brown, Laura Flannigan, Lucy Noakes (President of the Royal Historical Society), and Michaela Kalcher, 2 July 2025
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Dr William Ross Jones @williamrossjones.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Truly honored and delighted to share this post. Thank you very much to the Royal Historical Society and the judges panel for the kind words and support of my work!
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 03/07/2025
William's article was praised by the judges as: "A groundbreaking and sensitive study of sexual violence during the Holocaust ... In the extensive historiography of the Holocaust, William Jones has something new and important to say.” bit.ly/3I4VdfB 2/2
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 03/07/2025
Winner of the RHS Early Career Article Prize (2025): William Ross Jones for '“You are going to be my Bettman”: Exploitative Sexual Relationships and the Lives of the Pipels in Nazi Concentration Camps', published in The Journal of Holocaust Research (2024) bit.ly/4luFKDU 1/2 #Skystorians
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Dr William Ross Jones @williamrossjones.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
So very excited and grateful to have been shortlisted!
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
I have happy news. The Manuscript Review Committee at the University of Toronto Press has approved my (short) book on queer Holocaust history. Coming out 2025, with a preface by Jennifer Evans and one part translated by William Jones.
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