About
I am Professor of Holocaust Studies in the Department of English with over twenty years experience. My work focuses on the presence of the Holocaust and its legacy in film, radio and television with a specific focus on the history of the BBC.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- The British Broadcasting Corporation
- Holocaust studies
- Post-war media in Britain
- Museums and public history
- Film and television studies
Current research
My work takes me across a number of different fields that intersect with an interest and research expertise in Holocaust studies, post-war Britain, museums and public history, film and television studies, history, race and racism. I am currently researching how the Holocaust has been reported, depicted and imagined by the BBC (news broadcast, current affairs and magazine programmes, dramas and documentaries on radio and television) from 1933. This emerged from an initial project looking at the role and representation of Jews and Jewishness at the BBC.
Research projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
I teach across English, Film and History with interests in
The BBC and the history of media and communications
The Holocaust
Representation theory and cultural studies
Jewish/non-Jewish relations
Sexuality
Gender
'Race', and racism
Post-war Britain and Britishness
Biography
I came to Southampton in 1994 as an undergraduate and liked it so much that I have never left. A BA English and History was followed by an MA in Jewish History and Culture and then a PhD titled Bearing Witness to the Holocaust in the Courtroom of American Fictive Film.
In 2005-6 I worked as Teaching Fellow in Jewish Fictions and Modernism, then spent four years as the Ian Karten Fellow for the Parkes Institute for Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. I have since been Karten Lecturer and Karten Associae Professor in Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. As of 2023 I am Professor of Holocaust Studies based in the department of English.
From 2020-2023 I was the Head of English and 2023-2024 the interim Head for the School of Humanities. I was co-editor of the journal Holocaust Studies from 2004-2026 and founding board member of the British Association for Holocaust Studies.