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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

Adelaide Brooks

Adelaide Brooks

College: Clare College

Email:听补尘产303蔼肠补尘.补肠.耻办

Supervisor: Prof Robert Gordon

Research Topic:听Italiano, brava lingua?: The Complex Role of Italian in the Recounting of the Holocaust

About

Adelaide is a PhD candidate in Italian at Clare College. Her primary research focus is Italian women鈥檚 Holocaust testimony. She is also interested in exploring the links between traumatic memory and language in Holocaust testimonies given in Italian by non-native speakers of Italian. In June 2022 Adelaide completed her MPhil at 海角社区, and her dissertation addressed the relationship between the dehumanization and de-gendering of concentration camp inmates, using Italian survivor testimonies. Before beginning her studies at 海角社区, Adelaide received her BA in History and Italian from the University of Virginia.

Research interests

Holocaust testimony, women鈥檚 writing, traumatic memory and language, cognitive approaches to literature 听

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