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Avril Alba | |
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| Born | 20 May 1970 Adelaide, Australia |
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| Education | University of Sydney |
| Thesis | Redeeming the Holocaust: uncovering the sacred narratives of the secular museum (2011) |
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| Institutions | University of Sydney |
Avril Alba (born 20 May 1970) is an Australian professor of Holocaust studies and Jewish civilization at the University of Sydney.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Alba was born 20 May 1970 in Adelaide to Solomon Alba and Shirley Alba.[1][3][4]
During 2002 to 2011, Alba worked as the education director of the Sydney Jewish Museum.[2][5]
In 2011, Alba received her PhD in history from the University of Sydney.[6] Alba's thesis Redeeming the Holocaust: uncovering the sacred narratives of the secular museum, examined the museum as a sacred space.[6] In 2015, Alba published The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space.[7]
Through the Australian Research Council, Alba has conducted research on the impact of Holocaust museum education during 2014 to 2017, and on the memory of the Holocaust in Australia from 2019 to 2025.[2][8][9][10]
Publications
[edit]- Alba, Avril (2015). The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137451354.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Alba, Avril, 1970". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "People: Professor Avril Alba". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ "Alba, Avril". Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ Alba, Avril (2015). "Acknowledgments". The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. ix–xi. ISBN 9781137451354.
- ↑ "Avril Alba". The Conversation. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- 1 2 "Conference Program. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES AND PAPER EXTRACTS". Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation; 2013 - Third Dr Jan Randa Aftermath Conference, Archived site. Melbourne, Victoria: Monash University. 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ Alba, Avril (2015). The Holocaust Memorial Museum: Sacred Secular Space. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137451354.
- ↑ "DP190101946 — The University of Sydney, The memory of the Holocaust in Australia". ARC Grants Data Portal. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ "LP220100410 — The University of Sydney, Evaluating the impact of Holocaust museum education". ARC Grants Data Portal. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ Alba, Avril (2 January 2024). "Australian Holocaust Museums: From Particular to Universal". Journal of Museum Education. 49 (1): 13–25. doi:10.1080/10598650.2023.2286567. ISSN 1059-8650.
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