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Rachel Pistol

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Research Fellow, King's College London

I am a historian and digital humanist on the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure, based at King's College London, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. My research interests include twentieth century British and American history, with a particular focus on Second World War internment, immigration and minority history, historical memory, commemoration and the preservation of sites of historical memory, business history, philanthropy, and information management. For more information see www.rachelpistol.com

My first book, Internment During the Second World War: A Comparative Study of Great Britain and the USA is published by Bloomsbury. I have edited a collection titled The Jews, the Holocaust, and the Public: The Legacies of David Cesarani, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

I have given seminars across the country on internment, including the keynote talk at the Italian Cultural Institute at the Italian Embassy in London in 2015 for the 75th anniversary of the tragedy of the Arandora Star. I have also appeared on the BBC and Sky News and blogged for the Huffington Post.

I have previously worked in the Departments of History at the University of Exeter, and Royal Holloway, University of London, and have also lectured Business at Kingston University.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Research associate, King's College London
  • 2018–present
    Honorary research fellow, University of Exeter
  • 2016–2018
    Associate research fellow, University of Exeter
  • 2011–2016
    Visiting Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London

Publications

  • 2021
    Asian American responses to Donald Trump’s anti-Asian rhetoric and misuse of the history of Japanese American incarceration, Comparative American Studies
  • 2021
    The Historical Presidency : From Truman to Trump: Presidents' Use and Abuse of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans, Presidential Studies Quarterly
  • 2019
    The Jews, The Holocaust, and The Public The Legacies of David Cesarani, Palgrave Macmillan
  • 2019
    ‘I can’t remember a more depressing time but I don’t blame anyone for that’: remembering and commemorating the wartime internment of enemy aliens in Britain, Patterns of Prejudice
  • 2017
    Internment during the Second World War: A Comparative Study of Great Britain and the USA, Bloomsbury
  • 2017
    ‘Heavy Is the Responsibility for All the Lives That Might Have Been Saved in the Pre-war Years’ British Perceptions of Refugees 1933–1940, European Judaism

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society