Dr. Sulamith Graefenstein

Biography

Sulamith Graefenstein is a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at Australian National University. She has conducted research in countries including Belgium, Austria, Canada, the United States, and South Korea. Her work primarily focuses on Memory Studies and Museum Studies, particularly in relation to human rights museums and human rights memorials. Graefenstein aims to promote concepts of (trans)national justice and solidarity within the context of circulating Holocaust memory and human rights. She is the author of the book "Das National Museum Australia und die Debatte um die Darstellung der kolonialgeschichtlichen Vergangenheit Australiens" published by Lit-Verlag in 2013. Graefenstein holds a PhD in Museum Studies and Memory Studies from Australian National University, an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of Konstanz, and a BA in European Studies from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

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