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Status: PhD Candidate

Adviser: Karen Auerbach

Graduate Email: curryal@live.unc.edu

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Education

B.A. History and Anthropology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2016
Graduate Certificate, Digital Public Humanities, George Mason University, 2018
M.A. Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College, 2018
M.A. Thesis: “Use, Function, and Destruction: A History of Poland’s Jewish Cemeteries During and After World War II”

Research Interests

My research interests are Polish-Jewish history, the Holocaust, memorialization, material culture, and the impact of collective trauma. My recent research has focused on the function and destruction of Jewish cemeteries in Poland, as well as the impact of the Holocaust on Polish society.