The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

The Burton Centre is a non-profit teaching and research centre within the School of Historical Studies Department at the University of Leicester and it is the oldest Holocaust research centre in the UK.

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The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies was founded in 1990, and refounded under its present name in 1993 under the auspices of the Burton Trusts. The name was extended to 'Genocide Studies' in 2011.

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The Stanley Burton Centre
School of Historical Studies
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK

T: (44+)116 252 2802

F: (44+)116 252 3986

E: burtoncentre@le.ac.uk  

Media please contact the Press Office

News in the Centre

2 June 2013 Book launch at the Holocaust Memorial in Paris: Dr Fransiska Louwagie and Anny Dayan Rosenman (eds), Un ciel de sang et de cendres: Piotr Rawicz et la solitude du témoin (2013).Please click here for details.

13 May 2013: Book presentation by Dr. Alexander Korb: Im Schatten des Weltkriegs. Massengewalt der Ustaša gegen Serben, Juden und Roma in Kroatien 1941–1945, 6.15pm, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

8 May 2013: Annual Aubrey Newman Lecture by Professor Robert Gordon (Cambridge): 'Grey Zones and Good Italians: The Holocaust and National Character', 5.30pm, Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3.

Our Book Series

Find out about our book series, including how to submit a proposal.