Holocaust Archaeologies: Approaches and New Future Directions

The investigation of Holocaust sites using archaeological methods has emerged in recent years as a new sub-discipline. In this lecture, Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls will discuss her work at two sites of persecution – Treblinka and Alderney – highlighting how innovative, interdisciplinary approaches have led to new spatial, historical and material understandings of these landscapes of mass violence.

Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls’ pioneering research focuses on the application of interdisciplinary approaches to the investigation of Holocaust landscapes. She conducted the first forensic archaeological investigations at Treblinka Extermination and Labor Camps, the results of which will be presented in her forthcoming book Finding Treblinka. She is also the author of several other books including Holocaust Archaeologies: Approaches and Future Directions (2015), the Handbook on Missing Persons (2016) and Adolf Island: The Nazi Occupation of Alderney (2022).

This event is free and open to the public. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed on zoom. Registration is required.

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This event is co-sponsored by the Geography and Sustainability, Geological Sciences and History departments. It is made possible by the generous support from the Jewish Community Center, Combined Jewish Philanthropies and the Cummings Foundation.

This lecture is part of a collaboration with the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College. There will be another lecture with Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls at Keene State on Tuesday, September 24.