Our researcher Tadek Markiewicz recently took part in the British International Studies Association’s 50th Anniversary Conference in Belfast. He presented on “Global Vulnerabilities and Challenges to Orders” and convened two panels: “The Many Faces of Security” and “Cultures of Representation.”

In recent years, several PhD dissertations have explored the Holocaust and its aftermath in Sweden. One standout: "Afterlives" by Victoria Van Orden Martínez (Linköping Univ, 2023). It has now been reviewed by our PhD student: Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB

The 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association is underway in Prague! Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis. Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025

The 9th Memory Studies Association meeting wraps up today in Prague. Insightful days exploring memory and transformation. Three of our colleagues presented their papers: Santiago López Rodríguez, Matylda Jonas-Kowalik & Ivo Plšek. Looking ahead to more meaningful exchanges at MSA! #MSA2025 #MSA

A new academic year is starting at Uppsala University — we can’t wait to welcome our incoming students! At the same time, we celebrate the June 2025 graduates whose legacy will inspire the next class. Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!

The semester begins on Monday, but we are already back and ready for the new academic year. Yesterday, we had the pleasure of spending the day with colleagues from the History Department in the beautiful village of Ekeby — an excellent start to the year ahead.

We were honoured to host Dr. Hiroshi Maruyama, founder of Centre for Environmental and Indigenous Policy Studies & Professor Emeritus, Muroran Institute of Technology. Yesterday, Dr. Maruyama shared powerful insights on Indigenous rights, decolonization & the role of research in advancing justice.

Reconciliation after civil war and mass violence takes many forms, and recognizing these everyday practices can help to uncover overlooked pathways for sustaining peace. Read the full article here 🔓: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

I develop the concept of everyday reconciliation—ordinary practices that help repair relationships across the legacies of past violence. The framework identifies three types: 1️⃣ elite everyday reconciliation 2️⃣ grassroots everyday reconciliation 3️⃣ vertical everyday reconciliation

🎙️In this episode, Karen Brounéus, one of our professors and clinical psychologist, takes us on a journey there and back again. Her research helps us think more deeply about the intrinsic link between #MentalHealth and #ConflictReduction. Listen: 🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i2jm6-...

🆕 📣 Making my BlueSky debut to share some exciting news: the first solo-authored publication from my PhD dissertation, published last week 🔓 open access in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic... A thread 🧵:

Last week, the UHGS took part in #Almedalsveckan in Visby, as part of Uppsala University's program. Prof. Tomislav Dulić spoke on "The Gaza Genocide Case: Between International Law and Politics." Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible! photo: Bene Riobó

🚨 We're hiring! In autumn 2026 we start with our international Bachelor's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. To support this, we're hiring a new Senior Lecturer to join our team at the centre. Applications open: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Just a few weeks left to apply - our call for a Senior Lecturer is open until 17 June. Don’t miss this exciting chance to be part of our team.

Yesterday, a few of us attended a fascinating seminar at the Swedish Holocaust Museum, where historian Wendy Lower spoke about her book "The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed." Great to connect with new and catch up with old colleagues in our field.

At yesterday's department conference we had our own Kate Lonergan present her postdoctoral project titled "From Extraordinary Moments to Everyday Reconciliation". We are looking forward to the research results from this highly relevant and timely project, and to many more presentations like this.

Last Thursday, Kate Lonergan participated in the panel on women’s rights in South Asia at Lund University, which we previously announced. The discussion explored challenges and opportunities across the region, with Kate sharing insights from her research on everyday reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

Last Thursday one of our postdoctoral researchers, Ivo Plsek, had the pleasure of giving a public lecture at the Technical Lyceum Stranice in his home country, the Czech Republic. His talk "Three Stories from Lidice" explored his ongoing research on this profound and tragic chapter of history.

Big announcement! This year's Hugo Valentin Lecture will be given by Professor Alex Hinton of Rutgers University on 24 September. His lecture, titled "Perpetrators: Why do they kill?", will focus on why perpetrators commit their acts of genocidal violence. Follow us for more information!

It was a pleasure for two of our colleagues @rokos031.bsky.social and Goran Miljan to be part of this important discussion on Transitional Justice. Thank you to the organizers for this opportunity.

On Wednesday, our Senior lecturer @rokos031.bsky.social served as an external reviewer at Hamdja Begović's final PhD seminar at the department of sociology at Södertörn University. A great opportunity to connect with colleagues and engage in a vibrant discussion.

Yesterday our postdoctoral researcher Santiago López Rodríguez was interviewed on the spanish broadcast laSexta. The segment is called "Franco was never the ‘saviour of the Jews’: how Spain collaborated with the Holocaust". Read the (Spanish) article here: www.lasexta.com/programas/la...

Upcoming on 27 January, Holocaust Memorial Day: Our researcher Carl Henrik Carlsson will give a lecture at Trondheim Synagogue titled "Attempts to Save Norwegian Jews from Annihilation by Granting Swedish Citizenship". A meaningful opportunity for remembrance and reflection.

On Friday, our postdoctoral researcher Santiago López Rodríguez held a workshop for PhD students in History on how to transform your PhD dissertation into an idea for postdoctoral project!

We're proud to share that one of our researchers, Ivo Plsek, was invited to a live broadcast on Czechia's biggest news platform to discuss the inauguration of Donald Trump and the implications of his second term for the US and the rest of the world. www.novinky.cz/clanek/volby...

We are thrilled that @rokos031.bsky.social & Goran Miljan will present at the 2025 Sommerhauser Symposium on Holocaust Education, hosted by the Harris Center for Judaic Studies. The event is titled "Transitional Justice Revisited: From the Nuremberg Trials to the Present," held on March 3.

We are so very proud of our own Tadek Markiewicz and his important contribution to this significant methodological and theoretical discussion in a prestigious journal! academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

We’re thrilled to share that our researcher Michelle Gordon will be a keynote speaker at the 7th Convention of ComFas at UAB, Barcelona! The conference "Fascism, Radicalization, and War, 1914-50s: Occupation, Counterinsurgency, Collaborationism, Civil War" will take place on May 28th–30th 2025.

Watch this year's Hugo Valentin Lecture on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vvb...

Our very own Tadek Markiewicz was selected as the new Convener of the Interpretivism in International Relations Working Group (IIR) at the ISA. The IIR seeks to foster methodological debate and innovations in the study of meanings, identities and ideas through various empirical approaches.

The annual Hugo Valentin Lecture remains our cornerstone event, honoring Hugo Valentin's foundational contributions to the development of our field in Sweden. For more information, read the article: www.uu.se/en/centre/up...

The Hugo Valentin Centre is now the Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (UHGS). This name change reflects our commitment to enhancing research and education in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Uppsala University.

1 PhD post in historical sociology/war studies at the University of Liege, France: www.uliege.be/upload/docs/...

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Three days left to apply for this researcher position!👇

We witness a crisis of the international regime for protecting civilians in armed conflict. However, this is not a total collapse but a return to the troubling world that the legal protections for civilians in the 1949 Geneva Conventions were made for: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/11/2...

New piece! Joseph Cerrone on how far-right parties have fared over the past year in global elections. @ieres-gwu.bsky.social

We are hiring a Senior Lecturer (tenured Associate Professor) and an Associate Senior Lecturer (tenure-track Assistant Professor). Our department is the oldest, largest, and the leading department of peace and conflict research in the world. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Today’s seminar featured Ivo Plsek with another fascinating presentation of his ongoing project, "Narratives in Bronze: The Children's War Victims Monument in Lidice". An insightful exploration of history and memory. 🖋️📚 #Lidice #HolocaustStudies #MemoryCulture

Join us today! 👇 polisky | nationalisky

Lea has a new book, which is really great:

Join us in Zadar in June 2025. Open to all graduate students and the early career academics.

There is still time to register for our publishing webinar next week together with CEEISA! We are keen to speak with ECRs and PhDs based in central and Eastern Europe on best practices for getting your manuscript ready for publication. Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/writi...

Today we welcomed Dr Ümit Kurt from @newcastleuni.bsky.social to our seminar! He gave us a sneak peek into his latest book project, entitled "Biographies of Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire," and got us all engaged in a lively round of discussion and feedback. #Research #Collaboration

Had the pleasure of exploring an incredible book project by Ümit Kurt, offering fresh insights into mid- and grassroots-level perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. Can’t wait to see its impact!

Worth a look - includes plenty of arts and humanities and social scientists as well as people who work in STEM

Interested in the topic of #Holocaust memory and its #distortion, and the epistemic practices used by governments to that end? Don’t miss Jan Grabowski's compelling public lecture delivered in September 2024 at Uppsala University. A must-watch for anyone in this field!

This morning, @uuhvc.bsky.social hosted a seminar with Daniel Lee, who shared insights into his current book project and received valuable feedback from our research team. 🚀 #Research #Collaboration

As people are leaving X and joining Bluesky instead, here is a starter pack of peace and conflict researchers for all new users ⤵️ go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2

Today Ivo Plsek, one of our researchers, presented a chapter of his current project called "Narratives in Bronze: The children's war victims monument in Lidice". The rest of our research team joined in for a discussion afterwards.