Today marks 78 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the concetration camp where the Nazis mudered an estimated 1.1 million Jews. It is also Holocaust Memorial Day, a commemoration not only of the 6 million Nazis victims but also those of other genocides including...

📢New seminar incoming!📢 Come and join us on 25th Feb in the George Porter building, room 2.05 for a brilliant talk on Leicester's architecture. Send us a message if you'd like to join virtually.

📢 Next Seminar 📢 The brilliant Noreen Nasim will be giving a talk about the Ugandan expulsion this Thursday (27th April). Don't miss out! ONLINE ONLY. See poster for all details.

Our PhD students Georgia 。 and Jim Hulbert presented on their projects this week at the HyPIR PGR Conference. Here Georgia discusses the influence of schools on child perpetrators of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. HyPIR at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

I really enjoyed running and speaking at the Conference on Tuesday, thank you again to all who attended and presented!

Really looking forward to this event next week!

Just seen a copy of our European Fascist Movements for the 1st time. It may have been delivered to our recycling bin, but I think there’s still a bit of life left in the book! Here’s the contents should anyone be teaching anything on #fascism next year.

Today marks 30 years since RTLM began broadcasting across Rwanda. An important date in the genocide timeline…

Today's Meet an SBC PGR: Georgia 。! Georgia's research is a social history of child perpetrators of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda through an analysis of how the children became introduced to violence, the violence they committed and the aftermath and punishment.

Had a wonderful day at the Carceral Spaces conference today! I presented this morning on the Rwandan Schoolhouse as a carceral space and have met some wonderful scholars today. I’m looking forward to the final presentations tomorrow! StanleyBurtonCentre @kar_hansen @jcret1 Jonathan Lanz

Very excited for this event taking place in Leicester on 12th October!

I was lucky enough to attend and speak at a brilliant workshop on Othering in the Twentieth Century at The University of Sheffield today. It was wonderful to meet so many new people and listen to some fascinating talks spanning across 5 continents!

Your memories live on forever in our hearts 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯#kwibuka30 Tuzahora tubibuka muba mutima yacu

📣 Join us on 29 April to commemorate: '30 years after: A memorial event for the Genocide Against the Tutsi', in collab with Heritage Hub College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Centre for Regional and Local History, taking place University of Leicester, Att 101, 4-6 pm BST, co-org by SBC's Georgia 。 HyPIR at Leicester reg+details👇

📣Join us next week on 29 April to commemorate: '30 years after: A memorial event for the Genocide Against the Tutsi', in collab with Heritage Hub College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Leicester, Att 101, 4-6 pm BST, co-org by SBC's Georgia 。 HyPIR at Leicester reg and details👇

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi. On Monday I helped organise a memorial event for the genocide alongside StanleyBurtonCentre and university Heritage Hub Thank you to all who attended, and to Anna Katila who spoke & Ishami Foundation for the survivor testimony

My article on the Rwandan schoolhouse as a carceral space is featured in this quarterly issue of EPOCH History Magazine - the link is below to check this issue out!

Thank you Georgia 。! This article is a great addition to this edition of EPOCH - readers can check it out here: epoch-magazine.com/post/the-rwand…

In Issue 16, Georgia 。 examined the history and memory of the Rwandan genocide through the lens of the schoolhouse. epoch-magazine.com/post/the-rwand…

31 years ago, on us, darkness fell. But from the ashes, we rose and chose light. We remember the Genocide against the Tutsi. We honor the resilience. We stand together. Kwibuka means to remember, but it also means to Learn. To Heal. To Rebuild. #Kwibuka31