Isabel Wollaston
Biographic Data
| ID | 1038439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabel Wollaston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabel |
| FAMILY NAME | Wollaston |
| SIGNATURE | WOLLASTON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Re-)visualizing the ‘heart of hell’? Representations of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando in the art of David Olère and Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)
This paper discusses recurrent debates over whether there are limits in representing the experience of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz, with particular reference to art by the survivor David Olère and László Nemes’ Saul Fia (Son of Saul). It argues that whilst those Sonderkommando who sought to represent the ‘heart of hell’ were acutely aware of the limits of representation, they remained resolutely committed to communicating that reality; and co…
Emerging from the Shadows? The Auschwitz Sonderkommando and the ‘Four Women’ in History and Memory
This essay falls into two parts. First, an analysis of the changing ways in which the Auschwitz Sonderkommando have been discussed, with particular reference to the sources of our knowledge of them, developments in historiography, and the ways in which they have been represented in museums and popular culture. The second part of the essay explores these issues in more depth via a case study focusing on the story of four women – Ala Gertner, Roza …
Post‐Holocaust Jewish Interpretations of Job
The absent, the partial and the iconic in archival photographs of the Holocaust
The present article offers a critical analysis of archival photographs of the Holocaust. It explores what is – and is not – represented in such photographs, the range of approaches towards the use of photographs, particularly in museums, and some of the ethical questions these raise, for example, in relation to putting atrocity photographs on public display. This broader thematic discussion in the first part of the article is then applied to thre…
Swimming Against the Tide? Melissa Raphael’s Contribution to the Study of Jewish Religious Responses to the Holocaust
This essay assesses the significance of Melissa Raphael’s The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust in relation to Jewish feminist theology, the academic study of Jewish religious responses to the Holocaust and gender-focused study of the Holocaust. It evaluates the central role women’s Holocaust testimony plays in Raphael’s methodology and explores whether her analysis should be read as a post-Holocaust fem…
Negotiating the marketplace
This paper explores four roles played by Holocaust museums today, as sites of mass tourism; memorials to the dead; vehicles of historical exposition; and living memorials educating subsequent generations about the “lessons” of the Holocaust. Whilst the paper refers to various Holocaust museums, it focuses on the Auschwitz museum and the Holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, 1945-2000; German Strategies and Jewish Responses
Journal Article Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, 1945–2000; German Strategies and Jewish Responses Get access I. Wollaston I. Wollaston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 119, Issue 480, February 2004, Pages 261–262, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/119.480.261 Published: 01 February 2004
Em Habanim Semeha
Sharing sacred space? The Carmelite controversy and the politics of commemoration 1
Starting All Over Again
Negotiating the marketplace
This paper explores four roles played by Holocaust museums today, as sites of mass tourism; memorials to the dead; vehicles of historical exposition; and living memorials educating subsequent generations about the “lessons” of the Holocaust. Whilst the paper refers to various Holocaust museums, it focuses on the Auschwitz museum and the Holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Sharing sacred space? The Carmelite controversy and the politics of commemoration 1
The absent, the partial and the iconic in archival photographs of the Holocaust
The present article offers a critical analysis of archival photographs of the Holocaust. It explores what is – and is not – represented in such photographs, the range of approaches towards the use of photographs, particularly in museums, and some of the ethical questions these raise, for example, in relation to putting atrocity photographs on public display. This broader thematic discussion in the first part of the article is then applied to thre…
Emerging from the Shadows? The Auschwitz Sonderkommando and the ‘Four Women’ in History and Memory
This essay falls into two parts. First, an analysis of the changing ways in which the Auschwitz Sonderkommando have been discussed, with particular reference to the sources of our knowledge of them, developments in historiography, and the ways in which they have been represented in museums and popular culture. The second part of the essay explores these issues in more depth via a case study focusing on the story of four women – Ala Gertner, Roza …
Starting All Over Again
Sharing sacred space? The Carmelite controversy and the politics of commemoration 1
Em Habanim Semeha
Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, 1945-2000; German Strategies and Jewish Responses
Journal Article Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, 1945–2000; German Strategies and Jewish Responses Get access I. Wollaston I. Wollaston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 119, Issue 480, February 2004, Pages 261–262, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/119.480.261 Published: 01 February 2004
Negotiating the marketplace
This paper explores four roles played by Holocaust museums today, as sites of mass tourism; memorials to the dead; vehicles of historical exposition; and living memorials educating subsequent generations about the “lessons” of the Holocaust. Whilst the paper refers to various Holocaust museums, it focuses on the Auschwitz museum and the Holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Swimming Against the Tide? Melissa Raphael’s Contribution to the Study of Jewish Religious Responses to the Holocaust
This essay assesses the significance of Melissa Raphael’s The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust in relation to Jewish feminist theology, the academic study of Jewish religious responses to the Holocaust and gender-focused study of the Holocaust. It evaluates the central role women’s Holocaust testimony plays in Raphael’s methodology and explores whether her analysis should be read as a post-Holocaust fem…
The absent, the partial and the iconic in archival photographs of the Holocaust
The present article offers a critical analysis of archival photographs of the Holocaust. It explores what is – and is not – represented in such photographs, the range of approaches towards the use of photographs, particularly in museums, and some of the ethical questions these raise, for example, in relation to putting atrocity photographs on public display. This broader thematic discussion in the first part of the article is then applied to thre…
Post‐Holocaust Jewish Interpretations of Job
Emerging from the Shadows? The Auschwitz Sonderkommando and the ‘Four Women’ in History and Memory
This essay falls into two parts. First, an analysis of the changing ways in which the Auschwitz Sonderkommando have been discussed, with particular reference to the sources of our knowledge of them, developments in historiography, and the ways in which they have been represented in museums and popular culture. The second part of the essay explores these issues in more depth via a case study focusing on the story of four women – Ala Gertner, Roza …
Re-)visualizing the ‘heart of hell’? Representations of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando in the art of David Olère and Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)
This paper discusses recurrent debates over whether there are limits in representing the experience of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz, with particular reference to art by the survivor David Olère and László Nemes’ Saul Fia (Son of Saul). It argues that whilst those Sonderkommando who sought to represent the ‘heart of hell’ were acutely aware of the limits of representation, they remained resolutely committed to communicating that reality; and co…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · The Holocaust (7 works) · Art (6 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (6 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works)