PhD researcher Daria Cherkaska has received a prestigious award for her doctoral work. The Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at Yad Vashem selected Daria for a Research Scholarship as part of their Doctoral Students and Young Scholar’s grant program. Her research, which focuses on the application of forensic…
A tile from the gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp, discovered by Staffordshire University researchers, has recently gone on display in the new Imperial War Museum (IWM) Holocaust Galleries. The new galleries were officially opened by the Duchess of Cambridge on 10 November. Following a seven-year remodel, the new £30.7 million exhibition “incorporate the most up to…
Recent media reports have suggested that a report written by a British investigator in 1945 about the atrocities committed on the island of Alderney has remained classified by the British government for more than seventy years. However, as Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls reports, copies have been available in two British archives for more than a…
Today, the Centre of Archaeology have launched our Searching for Shakespeare digital exhibition which showcases 3D models of artefacts found during archaeological excavations at Shakespeare’s final home, New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon. This represents an exciting new resource that provides access to the items recovered between 2012 and 2016 Click here to access this exciting new…
On 25th November, why not join us for our Virtual Open Day to learn more about our MSc and MA courses in Forensic Archaeology and Genocide Investigation course which will soon be accepting applications for September 2021? Book now for our virtual open day Find out more and apply for our MSc course Find out…
On 6th November, PhD researcher Ermelinda Trinder will be presenting at the event “What’s new in Bronze and Iron Age Finds?” about her work on Albanian tumuli. The event will be online and registration is free via EventBright.
An article about the discovery of the old gas chambers at Treblinka was published by Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls and Kevin Colls last month. The article, which appears in a major new monograph Archaeologies of Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Repression: Dark Modernities published edited by Pavel Vareka and James Symonds, outlines the archaeological investigations at Treblinka…
Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls will participate in a number of events to mark Srebrenica Memorial Week this month. From the 6 – 11 July 2020, the YMCA North Staffordshire has organised a varied online programme which honours the victims of the crimes perpetrated in Srebrenica in 1995. Full event information is included below. Event Information…
With Dr. Carmelle Stephens, Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls, Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Dr. Tomasz Łysak, Dr. Victoria Grace Walden and Imogen Dalziel Wednesday 15th July 13:30-15:00 British Summer Time Digital technologies are increasingly used to remember, research and teach about the Holocaust. In this online discussion, an international and interdisciplinary panel of academics working with and on digital media…
The Centre of Archaeology is delighted to announce that enrollment for our new Masters course is now open. The MA/MSc Forensic Archaeology and Genocide Investigation will welcome its first cohort in September 2020. The course represents an opportunity to study alongside world-leading staff and participate in active investigations of conflict sites around the world. For…
