HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

About the Institute

The London Summer Institute, organized by Royal Holloway, University of London with the support of the Pears Foundation and HEFNU, is held biennially since 2012. The programme is an intensive 10-day residential course designed to broaden and deepen the background of postgraduates in Holocaust Studies, early career academics and educators in relevant fields. It is open to full- or part-time PhD students (particularly those in their final year of study), early-career full- or part-time academic staff, and educators at recognised institutions such as museums and archives.

Nineteen Fellows will be selected, each of whom will receive free room, board and tuition during the programme. (Please note, however, that Fellowships do not cover travel expenses to and from the applicant’s home or institutional address to the UK and/or Egham). We seek Fellows from a wide variety of disciplines and all intellectual fields related to Holocaust Studies. 

The Institute curriculum consists of courses, lectures and seminars taught by leading scholars on themes such as Holocaust history and historiography; Yiddish language and culture; genocide and humanitarian responses; the Holocaust in literature and film; and the Holocaust and modern thought. Faculty staff will include Dr William Pimlott, Professor Robert Eaglestone, Dr Becky Jinks, Professor Barry Langford, Dr Paris Papamichos Chronakis and Professor Dan Stone.

In addition, the Institute offers a rich programme of guest lectures on special topics and field trips to relevant sites in London.