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- I am Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Division of Academic Research and Dissemination. My c... moreI am Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Division of Academic Research and Dissemination. My current research focuses on the material culture and archaeology of the Holocaust. My previous work includes Holocaust representation, the Perpetrator-Victim-Bystander constellation, and science and society. My ORCID link is https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8361-2843.edit
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After Representation? explores one of the major issues in Holocaust studies-the intersection of memory and ethics in artistic expression, particularly within literature. As experts in the study of literature and culture, the scholars in... more
After Representation? explores one of the major issues in Holocaust studies-the intersection of memory and ethics in artistic expression, particularly within literature. As experts in the study of literature and culture, the scholars in this collection examine the shifting cultural contexts for Holocaust representation and reveal how writers-whether they write as witnesses to the Holocaust or at an imaginative distance from the Nazi genocide-articulate the shadowy borderline between fact and fiction, between event and expression, and between the condition of life endured in atrocity and the hope of a meaningful existence. What imaginative literature brings to the study of the Holocaust is an ability to test the limits of language and its conventions. After Representation? moves beyond the suspicion of representation and explores the changing meaning of the Holocaust for different generations, audiences, and contexts.
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<i>Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Vol. 2A: Background to the Study of the Metal Remains</i>. Joyce C. White and Elizabeth G. Hamilton, eds. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018, 296 pp. $59.95, cloth. ISBN 9781931707213. <i>Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Vol. 2B: Metals and Rela...more
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum recognizes the increasing importance and use of Digital Humanities (DH) in Holocaust research, teaching, and conservation. To that end, the Museum instituted the Material Culture and the... more
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum recognizes the increasing importance and use of Digital Humanities (DH) in Holocaust research, teaching, and conservation. To that end, the Museum instituted the Material Culture and the Holocaust Initiative (MCHI) in 2018 to explore the state-of-the-art approaches in material-culture research that could create new opportunities for Holocaust scholars, teachers, and conservators. MCHI requires large-scale collaboration to bring in a wide range of expertise from across the institution and beyond. MCHI explores the nexus of historical knowledge, technical art history, conservation, and archeological practices within emerging technologies. Specifically, the Initiative is investigating how digital collection and representation of artefacts can aid Holocaust scholars, teachers, and conservators in their work, recognizing that they all have different perspectives and demands in terms of resolution, interactivity, and capability. The three author...
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Holocaust Archaeologies: Approaches and Future Directions aims to move archaeological research concerning the Holocaust forward through a discussion of the variety of the political, social, ethical and religious issues that surround... more
Holocaust Archaeologies: Approaches and Future Directions aims to move archaeological research concerning the Holocaust forward through a discussion of the variety of the political, social, ethical and religious issues that surround investigations of this period and by considering how to address them. It considers the various reasons why archaeological investigations may take place and what issues will be brought to bear when fieldwork is suggested. It presents an interdisciplinary methodology in order to demonstrate how archaeology can (uniquely) contribute to the history of this period. Case examples are used throughout the book in order to contextualise prevalent themes and a variety of geographically and typologically diverse sites throughout Europe are discussed. This book challenges many of the widely held perceptions concerning the Holocaust, including the idea that it was solely an Eastern European phenomena centred on Auschwitz and the belief that other sites connected to it were largely destroyed or are well-known. The typologically , temporally and spatial diverse body of physical evidence pertaining to this period is presented and future possibilities for investigation of it are discussed. Finally, the volume concludes by discussing issues relating to the “re-presentation” of the Holocaust and the impact of this on commemoration, heritage management and education. This discussion is a timely one as we enter an age without survivors and questions are raised about how to educate future generations about these events in their absence.
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... At the min-ing camp of Wadi el-Hudi in southern Egypt, for instance, a hilltop settlement located near the mines could have ac ... Susan Lawrence of LaTrobe University and Alexy Simmons of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust... more
... At the min-ing camp of Wadi el-Hudi in southern Egypt, for instance, a hilltop settlement located near the mines could have ac ... Susan Lawrence of LaTrobe University and Alexy Simmons of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust dis-cussed how women were central to the ...
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... microscopy and scan-ning electron microscopy for the classification of use-wear and cut ... to show the relevance of archaeometric techniques through the use of archaeologically ... Experimental Determinations of Stone Tools: A... more
... microscopy and scan-ning electron microscopy for the classification of use-wear and cut ... to show the relevance of archaeometric techniques through the use of archaeologically ... Experimental Determinations of Stone Tools: A Microwear Analysis, Chi-cago University Press ...
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... Some large-scale copper and tin production did occur in Wales during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, but ... The third criterion is the control of technology ... The Early Bronze Age burials with smithing residues in southwestern... more
... Some large-scale copper and tin production did occur in Wales during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, but ... The third criterion is the control of technology ... The Early Bronze Age burials with smithing residues in southwestern Britain imply the existence of a hierarchical industrial ...
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... midway between the average hardness of low-carbon, low-phosphorus iron (135.9 HV/5g) and that of high-carbon, low-phosphorus iron (198.1 HV/5g); and (3) phosphoric iron may have been preferentially used by early blacksmiths to produce... more
... midway between the average hardness of low-carbon, low-phosphorus iron (135.9 HV/5g) and that of high-carbon, low-phosphorus iron (198.1 HV/5g); and (3) phosphoric iron may have been preferentially used by early blacksmiths to produce harder, more durable tools and ...