This research theme examines mass violence, persecution, and their afterlives from the nineteenth century to the present, with particular attention to genocide, large-scale violence, and violence against minority populations.
Projects under this theme investigate how violence is experienced, recorded, remembered, and represented across different historical periods, cultural settings, and political regimes. The Institute approaches memory as both a historical phenomenon and a contemporary social process shaped by archives, testimony, institutions, and public narratives.
Custom-designed AI systems may be used to support the analysis of testimonies, archival collections, and comparative historical sources spanning multiple centuries, while interpretation, contextualization, and ethical judgment remain firmly human-led.
This theme supports research outputs intended for academic audiences as well as policy-relevant and public-facing contexts concerned with the long-term dynamics of violence and memory.
Current Research Initiatives
The Second World War Through Family Archives
Status: In development
Holocaust in Eastern Europe: Education, Methodology, and Sources — A New Perspective
Status: In development