Rosalind Hulse

Doctoral researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London

Bio

I am a funded-Doctoral researcher and seminar lead in Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, focusing on popular Holocaust memory in America. Before starting my doctoral research, I studied BA in Film, Television and Digital Production and MA in Holocaust Studies at Royal Holloway (2015-2019). Additionally, between 2019-2021 I worked as Operations Executive for Axiom Media, where I scheduled and coordinated television adverts on many channels (including the Smithsonian Channel). I have extensive experience in media and public affairs, working for Quiller Consultants during the 2017 General Election. I was also a volunteer researcher for the National Secular Society and the Antisemitism Policy Trust.

I am originally from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. I currently live just outside London.

Currently, I am researching American Holocaust education and memory between 1967 to 2019. My thesis focuses on memory, media, journalism, history, and politics during the latter half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Additionally, my project contributes towards the study of public controversies and journalism.

I have written and presented on various topics related to Holocaust media, including Holocaust board games and the recent Holocaust TikTok challenge. With a focus on Holocaust education and teenagers, I presented papers on Holocaust social media at the University of Oxford and the British Association of Holocaust Studies’ annual conference at the University of Winchester in 2022. Recently, I was invited to speak at the University of Oxford on Holocaust film and education as part of their Holocaust Memorial Day “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories” series.

In addition to my research on Holocaust media, my broader interests centre on the representation of history, politics, and trauma in film and television. I am finalising an article on television and industrial Britain’s economic transition during the 1980s.

Research interests:

-Post-war American cinema
-Representation of war and atrocities in cinema
-American collective memory(s) – relating to traumatic historical events
-Post-war genre
-The Holocaust, media, and memory

Writing

Hulse, R (2024) “Gazing at Gary Cooper: Sex, Power, Gender, and the Body in Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938), Ball of Fire (1941), and Love in the Afternoon (1957)” Bright Lights,

Hulse, R (2022) “Gestapo (1976) and Rosenstrasse (2022): Challenges and lessons for Holocaust-themed TRPGs” Historical Games Network

Past events

“Representations of the Holocaust in Film” panel with Cailee Davis
OxHMD23- University of Oxford, United Kingdom – 20/01/23

“Negotiating digital social spaces together: TikTok Holocaust challenge, @eva.stories, and the use of social media in Holocaust studies.” The British Association of Holocaust Studies Annual Conference- The University of Winchester, United Kingdom- 19/07/22

“Resisting traditional Holocaust memory online: participation-based Holocaust social media.” Rethinking Resistance Conference- University of Oxford, United Kingdom- 23/06/22

“Setting the stage for the 1994 Castlemont controversy: Ongoing trends of racialised media discourse in America.” PGR Symposium 2022 – School of Performing and Digital Arts- Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom- 01/06/22

Get in touch

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