Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
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I am Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Holocaust Heritage. I am also Academic Director in Archaeology at ICE, a Fellow and Director of Studies in Archaeology at St Catharine's College, and a Partner of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre. Outside the University I am a member of the UK delegation of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, and a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the UK Holocaust Memorial. My research sits at the intersection of archaeology, heritage studies, Holocaust studies and history. I have a particular interest in European WWII and Holocaust archaeology and like to excavate at such sites each summer. I am also interested in the archaeology, material culture and heritage of WWII internment and imprisonment, and am also an expert in the heritage and memory of the German occupation of the Channel Islands, especially its victims of Nazism. I am currently working on the state of Holocaust heritage in the 21st century and the problems it faces, particularly from climate change.
As Academic Director in Archaeology at ICE, I have oversight of all archaeology, classical studies and Medieval period certificates and diplomas. My role is to ensure high quality and accessible undergraduate-level teaching and to support the part-time tutors in my team in teaching effectively for our diverse range of students to help them all achieve to the best of their ability.
I received my PhD and MPhil in archaeology here in Cambridge (St John's College).
I publish in the fields of archaeology, heritage studies, Holocaust studies and history. I am the author of c. 75 publications, including 8 monographs and 8 edited volumes. I have published extensively on the archaeology, heritage and history of the German occupation of the Channel Islands, especially its victims of Nazism, and regularly work on heritage projects with Jersey Heritage and Guernsey Museums. In 2024 & 2025 I brought Stolpersteine memory stones to the Channel Islands. I have previously worked on memorials, excavations and exhibitions in the Channel Islands, including 'On British Soil', which also travelled to the Weiner Holocaust Library in London.
From 2023-24 I co-ordinated the Lord Pickles Alderney Expert Review, which accurately calculated the number of prisoners who came to the island during the Nazi occupation and the number who died. From 2019-2024 I led the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's flagship project, the IHRA Charter for Safeguarding Sites.
Member of the UK delegation of IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance)
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Partner of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Member of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Fellow of St Catharine’s College
Quondam Fellow, Hughes Hall
ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites UK)
Member of the British Association of Holocaust Studies
Member of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies
Member of the European Association of Archaeologists
Member of the CBA (Council of British Archaeology)
Painful Heritage (Trondheim)
Terrorscapes (NIAS)
Landscapes of War, Trauma and Occupation (sponsored by AHRC-NWO and partnered with Professor Rob van der Laarse)