DWK
Danielle Willard-Kyle's Academic Homepage
Historian | Migration Researcher + Writer | PhDHi, I’m a book lover, coffee devourer, and archive junkie with a Ph.D. in Modern European History and Women's and Gender Studies. In particular, my work focuses on the plight of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe and North Africa in post-World War II Italy. I received my Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University in 2020, M.St. in Jewish Studies from the University of Oxford, my M.A. in History in collaboration with Jewish Studies from the University of Toronto, and my B.A. in History and English from Westmont College. I am currently a Research Affiliate at the University of Glasgow. |
Recent Public LectureFor a taste of my research, please see a recent public lecture I gave as the recipient of the Association for Jewish Studies Dissertation Fellowship.
"Living in Liminal Spaces: Jewish Refugees in Italian Displaced Persons Camps, 1945-1951" |
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Living in Liminal Spaces: Jewish Refugees in Italian Displaced Persons Camps, 1945-1951 |
My dissertation studied the daily lives of European and North African Jewish displaced persons (or DPs) in postwar Italy. It argued that through their interactions with fellow DPs and aid organizations, many Jewish DPs established homes in these temporary spaces that attempted to both re-create their former lives and to project what they hoped their future lives might look like.
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PresentationsPapers presented at national and international conferences
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Works in ProgressArticles and papers currently under construction
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Refugee BlogAimed at a popular audience, this blog promotes awareness of refugee issues
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