Dr Gilly Carr wins Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award

ICE archaeologist Dr Gilly Carr has won the 2016 Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, for her work on 'Victims of Nazism in the Channel Islands: A Legitimate Heritage?'.

These prestigious awards have been established to recognise and reward those whose research has led to excellent impact in the world beyond academia.

The aim of Gilly's research has been to increase awareness of Channel Islander victims of Nazi persecution both locally (in the Channel Islands) and nationally. She is achieving this through the creation of a plural 'heritage landscape' in the Channel Islands, to facilitate the voice of this group, and via education. She is working with the Holocaust Education Trust to create educational materials for the UK and Channel Islands, and will also be curating exhibitions in London. The creation of the heritage itself is a major achievement and will be of significant impact for the Channel Islands.

Gilly has recently filmed two BBC documentaries on her work. Her application earlier this year was successful for Jersey woman Dorothea Le Brocq to be recognised as 'Righteous Among the Nations' by Yad Vashem for sheltering a Jewish woman. Gilly's exhibition on Channel Islander victims of Nazism will be coming to London, to the Wiener Library for the study of the Holocaust and Genocide, in 2017.

Speaking after the awards ceremony, Gilly said: "I am really pleased to win this award for my work on victims of Nazism. I am passionate about getting their story more widely known and it is nice to feel that one's hard work has been appreciated."