Arleen Ionescu
Welcome to my personal research website, where you will see my main past and current research projects, major publications, a short blurb about what I called ‘memorial ethics’ in one of my monographs, and my academic profile. You will also find a set of relevant academic links to click on further down on the page.
current research
My major current research project focuses on the fate of Jewish refugees in the Shanghai Ghetto during WW2 by considering the existing historical accounts and surviving narratives of exile. Its critical framework includes a combination of deconstruction and narratology / theory of narratives, including from a gendered perspective. More details can be found under the relevant tab in ‘Projects’.
I have also just finalized a special issue of UK-based journal Parallax, titled ‘Holocaust Narratives in the Post-Testimonial Era’, co-edited with Simona Mitroiu, which attempts to define the critical notion of the post-testimonial, a conceptual cornerstone of my ongoing and future work on the Holocaust.
Arleen Ionescu - Research in Memory / Trauma / Holocaust Studies 