Gillian Carr

Gillian (Gilly) Carr FSA is a British archaeologist best known for her work on the Holocaust and Conflict archaeology. Early in her career her research focused on the Iron Age and Roman Archeology. Carr is a Senior Lecturer at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge and Academic Director in Archaeology at the University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). In 2019, Carr was elected as a Fellow to the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Gillian Carr

FSA
Academic background
Doctoral advisorSimon Stoddart
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineConflict archaeology
Holocaust archaeology
InstitutionsSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Career

Gillian Carr is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. She is Academic Director in Archaeology at the University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). The Iron Age and Roman Archeology were areas of early research for Carr; She has published several publications on her research.[1]

Carr's current work centres on World War II in Europe. Her research focuses on the history and legacy of the German occupation of the Channel Islands, the Nazi labor camps in the Islands and the victims of Nazism.[2] Carr researched the German occupation of the Channel Islands and persecution of over 2000 islanders from 1940 to 1945. Her findings were the subject of an exhibition titled: On British Soil: Victims of Nazi Persecution in the Channel Islands at the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide from October 2017 to February 2018. The exhibit is a permanent online exhibition at the library.[3][4]

Carr has also researched the material culture of the Channel Islanders deported to internment camps in Germany during World War II. She has published several journal articles and books on her research of the Channel Islands. She is one of the 12 members of the UK delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.[5]

Awards and honours

In 2016, Car was a recipient of the Cambridge University's Vice-Chancellor Awards for Impact.[6] On 10 October 2019, Carr was elected as a Fellow to the Society of Antiquaries of London.[7]

Select publications

Journals
  • Carr, G. 2005. "Woad, Tattooing and Identity in Later Iron Age and Early Roman Britain", Oxford Journal of Archaeology 24 (3), 273-292.
  • Carr, G. 2006. Creolised Bodies and Hybrid Identities: Examining the Later Iron Age and Early Roman Periods of Essex and Hertfordshire (BAR British Series 418). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports
  • Carr, G. and Sturdy Colls, C. 2016. "Taboo and Sensitive Heritage: Labour camps, burials and the role of activism in the Channel Islands", International Journal of Heritage Studies 22 (9): 702-715. doi:10.1080/13527258.2016.1191524
  • Carr, Gillian (2017). "Nazi camps on British soil: the excavation of Lager Wick forced labour camp in Jersey, Channel Islands". Journal of Conflict Archaeology: 135–157.

Books
  • Carr, G. and Mytum, H. (eds) 2012. Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War: Creativity Behind Barbed Wire. New York: Routledge.
  • Carr, G. 2014. Legacies of Occupation: Archaeology, Heritage and Memory in the Channel Islands. Springer.
  • Carr, G., Willmot, L. and Sanders, P. 2014. Protest, Defiance and Resistance in the German Occupied Channel Islands, 1940-1945. Bloomsbury Academic.
  • Carr, G. and Reeves, K. (ed.) 2015. Heritage and Memory of War: Responses from small islands. Routledge: New York.
  • Carr, G. 2019. Victims of Nazism in the Channel Islands: A legitimate Heritage?. Bloomsbury Academic.

References
  1. "Dr Gilly Carr". Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. "Dr Gilly Carr". St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. "On British Soil: Victims of Nazi Persecution in the Channel Islands". Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. Cruikshank, Charles (1975). The German Occupation of the Channel Islands. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0192158086.
  5. "United Kingdom: Delegation Members". International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  6. "Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Impact". Cambridge University. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  7. "Dr. Gilly Carr". Society of Antiquaries of London. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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