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Rebecca Clifford

レベッカ・クリフォード

Rebekka Kurifōdo

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1974-06-16 (Kingston, Ontario)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Kingston, Ontario → Oxford → Swansea → Durham

Career

Occupations
historian, Professor of history
Active Years
2001-
Affiliations
Swansea University, Durham University
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Nominations
Nominated for Cundill Prize, Nominated for Wingate Prize, Nominated for Wolfson History Prize

Education

McGill University
History
Country: Canada
Undergraduate studies
Queen's University
History
Country: Canada
Undergraduate studies
University of Toronto
History
Degree: 修士
Year of Graduation: 2001
Country: Canada
University of Oxford
Modern European History
Degree: DPhil
Year of Graduation: 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Thesis on Holocaust commemoration in postwar France and Italy

Awards

Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Scholarship
2021
Work: Survivors: Children's Lives After the Holocaust
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Commemorating the Holocaust: The Dilemmas of Remembrance in France and Italy

2013 History

Examines the evolution of Holocaust memorialization in postwar France and Italy.

Holocaust commemorationNational memory

Europe’s 1968: Voices of Revolt

2013 History

Based on interviews with activists from 14 European countries on 1968 revolts.

1968 movementsActivism

Survivors: Children's Lives After the Holocaust

2020 History

Explores lives of 100 Jewish child survivors post-Holocaust using interviews and archives.

Holocaust survivorsChild trauma

Legacy

Canadian historian specializing in Holocaust memory studies.