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Rachel Pistol is a digital historian specializing in the history of World War internment in the UK and the USA. She is the author of 'Internment in World War: A Comparative Study of Great Britain and the USA,' which compares the histories of internment. Her research focuses on the memory of internment, particularly how these histories have been used politically in both the UK and the USA. Pistol is interested in employing quantitative digital methods in her research and has lectured on History, Business Information Systems, and Quantitative Methods. She is currently the Director of the UK Holocaust Research Infrastructure, collaborating with the Wiener Holocaust Library and the National Archives in Kew to enhance access to materials related to Holocaust refugee studies. Pistol also works on making archives from World Jewish Relief accessible and is involved in mapping information about refugees and internment camps during World War II. She joined the Department of History and the Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton in 2024 and has previously worked at King’s College London and held a postdoctoral position at the University of Exeter.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Joined the Department of History and the Parkes Institute.
World Jewish Relief •
Worked on making extensive archive of refugees accessible.
Kingston University •
Lectured in Business Information Systems and Quantitative Methods.
University of Exeter •
Worked as an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Holocaust and Genocide Studies.