Gilly Carr

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Gilly Carr
OBE FSA FRHistS
Born (1972-01-07) 7 January 1972 (age 53)
TitleProfessor of Conflict Archaeology and Holocaust Heritage
Academic background
Doctoral advisor Simon Stoddart
Institutions

Gillian Clare Carr (born 7 January 1972) is a British archaeologist and academic. She currently specialises in the Holocaust and conflict archaeology, while her early career research focused on the Iron Age and Roman Archaeology. She is Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Holocaust Heritage at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education, and a fellow and director of studies in archaeology at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 2019, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and of the Royal Historical Society. In 2020, she won the EAA European Heritage Prize for her work on the heritage of victims of Nazism.

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Biography

Carr was born on 7 January 1972 in Barking, Essex, England. [1] [2] She studied archaeological science at the University of Bradford, graduating with a first class honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1994. [1] She then went on to study world archaeology at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 1995. [1] She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in archaeology by the University of Cambridge in 1999. [3] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Romanization and the body: changing identities in the Later Iron Age and Early Roman period in the territory of the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni". [4]

From 2000 to 2006, Carr was a research fellow at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. During this time, she was also teaching fellow in archaeology at the University of Kent (2001–03), and a staff tutor in archaeology at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge (2003–06). Since 2006, she has been a fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge and a university lecturer in archaeology. She was promoted to senior lecturer in 2012, associate professor in 2021, and appointed Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Holocaust Heritage in 2024. [1] [5] She is also academic director in archaeology at the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), [6] a partner of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre, and a member of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. [7]

She is a member of the UK delegation of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, and a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. She current chairs IHRA's 'Safeguarding Sites Archived 2023-03-30 at the Wayback Machine ' project, which is writing a charter to safeguard Holocaust heritage in Europe.

Research

Carr's graduate degrees and early research was on the Iron Age and Roman Archaeology. Her current work centres on Conflict Archaeology and war heritage, especially that of World War II in Europe. Her research focuses, among other topics, 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. [8] Carr researched the German occupation of the Channel Islands and the deportation of over 200 islanders for acts of protest, defiance and resistance. This work can be seen in her website, the Frank Falla Archive. Her work on Channel Islander victims of Nazism were the subject of an exhibition titled: On British Soil: Victims of Nazi Persecution in the Channel Islands at the Wiener Holocaust Library from October 2017 to February 2018. The exhibition also has a permanent online presence at the library. [9] [10] The exhibition then moved to Guernsey Museum in 2019.

Carr has also researched the material culture of the Channel Islanders deported to internment camps in Germany during the Second World War. She has published over 70 journal articles and books on her research. She is one of the 12 members of the UK delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. [11]

Awards and honours

In 2016, Carr was a recipient of the Cambridge University's Vice-Chancellor Awards for Impact. [12] On 10 October 2019, Carr was elected as a Fellow to the Society of Antiquaries of London. [13] She was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) in 2019. [14] In 2020, she was awarded the EAA European Heritage Prize. [15]

In the 2025 New Year Honours, Carr was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Holocaust research and education. [16]

Select publications

Selected Recent Journal Papers

Books

[5 previous volumes on Iron Age and Roman Archaeology, one authored and four co-edited]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Carr, Prof. Gillian Clare, (Gilly); OBE 2025; PhD; FSA; FRHistS; Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Holocaust Heritage, University of Cambridge, since 2024; Fellow, and Director of Studies in Archaeology, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, since 2006". Who's Who 2026 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "VIAF: Carr, Gillian 1972". viaf.org. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Gilly Carr". orcid.org. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Carr, G. (2000). "Romanization and the body: changing identities in the Later Iron Age and Early Roman period in the territory of the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Lord (Eric) Pickles [@EricPickles] (14 June 2024). "Congratulations to my friend @CarrGilly for her promotion to Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Holocaust Heritage at Cambridge University. A leading expert on the Channel Islands during WW2. Gilly's coordination of the Report into Atrocities by the Nazis on #Alderney was invaluable @TheIHRA @GuernseyPress @BBCJersey @BBCGuernsey @HolocaustUK @UKHMF @HMD_UK @TheAJR_ @wienerlibrary @JewishChron @JewishNewsUK" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 February 2025– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Professor Gilly Carr OBE". St Catharine's College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Dr Gilly Carr". Department of Archaeology. University of Cambridge. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dr Gilly Carr". St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ Cruikshank, Charles (1975). The German Occupation of the Channel Islands. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0192158086.
  11. ↑ "United Kingdom: Delegation Members". International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Impact". Cambridge University. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Dr. Gilly Carr". Society of Antiquaries of London. 31 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "RHS Awards 2019, New Fellows and Members". The Royal Historical Society. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  15. ↑ Bonner, Laure (26 August 2020). "European Heritage Prize awarded to Dr Gilly Carr". Department of Archaeology. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "No. 64607". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2024. pp. N10 –N11.
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