Mitchel Stuffers

Current PhD Researcher in (Modern) History at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

My interests and area of expertise primarily blend: Holocaust & Genocide studies, imperial and colonial studies, 
memory & heritage, propaganda studies, intellectual history, and comparative fascist studies.

The working title of my project is “Dietschland and Germanje: The Racialist Narratives on Colonies and Communities Under Dutch Fascism, Before and During World War Two”, and it is supervised by Dr Nicholas Terry and Professor Richard Toye.

Beyond these specific ongoing fields of research, my interests span various disciplines and expand into the following fields: Interethnic relations, studies of comparative violence, justice and reconciliation, history, political science, social and cultural anthropology, international relations, psychology, sociology, peace & conflict studies, the history of ideas, and international law. My interdisciplinary background, which integrates the work of a historian, political scientist, and social scientist, is further highlighted by my successful studies in Uppsala University's 2-year MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Sweden. There, my project was titled "Abolitionism and Palingenesis: Jews, Marxists, and the 'Establishment' in Dutch Fascist Propaganda, 1933—1944".

My prior work experience includes teaching, researching, editing, social media management, and long interview transcription, in addition to other roles and tasks held. Past employers include the NIOD: Dutch Institute for War-, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, Uppsala University, and the Uppsala Student Union, among others. Before my work in Higher Education and respective centres of research, I gained experience at various schools as a qualified Teaching Assistant.

I am also a member of the Royal Historical Society (RHS).

Currently, besides my PhD, I work in two other capacities at the University of Exeter: As a seminar tutor for Historiography, and as Assistant Editor for the Centre for Imperial and Global History (CIGH)'s weekly Top Picks blog section.