Home University: University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
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Education: BA (Hons) History, Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson); MA History, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
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Research fields: Cold War Era, Modern European, Public History
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Amanda Hooper is a PhD Candidate at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. She received her Honours Bachelor of Arts in History from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and her Master of Arts in History from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.Â
Upon her entrance to the PhD program, Amanda received the Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women. Her doctoral research explores the ways in which Auschwitz, the former Nazi concentration-turned-death camp, has been placed at the centre of Holocaust history and memory. Her research analyzes the existing historiography, survivor memoir testimony, and public history.Â
Amanda is also a recipient of the Arts Senate Graduate Scholarship, the Cecilia and the Late George Piller Graduate Research Award, and the History Senate Graduate Scholarship.Â