Chair – Professor Kim Sadique
Kim Sadique is an Associate Professor in Genocide Prevention and Education at De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester, UK. Her PhD thesis: ‘Learning from Genocide: A narrative study of guiding experiences at sites of mass atrocities in Poland and Bosnia’ established a pedagogical model for the delivery of genocide education that leads to global, active citizenship. Her recent work has led to the development of an open access virtual Bosnia Room exploring the Bosnian genocide, supported by a pedagogically underpinned teaching guide, ‘Antiracist Education: A Pedagogy for Social Change using a virtual Bosnian Genocide platform’. Kim also developed the Building Stronger Communities programme. Kim is a DMU SDG Fellow and her work directly supports SDG16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Kim has been Chair of Remembering Srebrenica’s East Midlands Board since 2019 and continues in this role.
Board Members
Sam Hunt
Sam has been a teacher for 26 years and is Deputy Headteacher at Sandhurst School in Bracknell Forest. Her work in anti-racism and genocide education has led her to win the Secondary School Teacher of the Year Award for the South of England and the Anne Frank Award for Inspirational Educator of the Year. She has also been recognised as a “Pride of Bracknell” and as a Sue Ryder Woman of Achievement. Her school holds Beacon Status in Holocaust education and she spearheads this programme. In addition, Sam chairs the NGO Survivors Fund, which supports survivors of the Rwandan genocide. She has worked extensively in Rwanda, leading initiatives to provide homes, income-generating activities and education for genocide orphans. She leads a groundbreaking project which links schools and students in the UK with survivors in Rwanda. She regularly takes student groups to Poland, Bosnia and Rwanda where participating students are challenged to become active upstanders rather than indifferent bystanders when faced with human rights atrocities and the oppression of their fellow human beings.
Lucy Adams
Lucy is a Part Time lecturer in Criminology at Leeds Beckett University, and currently Module Leader for the Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity module. She is also a 4th year part-time PhD student, with a specific focus on Genocide Education in the UK. She has been involved with Remembering Srebrenica since 2017, and was previously Chair of the North East Regional Board. Lucy is now a member of the Yorkshire & Humber Board.
Email: lucy.adams@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Professor Eric Gordy
Eric Gordy is Professor of Political and Cultural Sociology at the School for Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. His research concentrates on Southeast Europe, especially the states of the former Yugoslavia. He is the author of The Culture of Power in Serbia: Nationalism and the Destruction of Alternatives and Guilt, Responsibility and Denial: The Past at Stake in Post-Milošević Serbia, and editor (with Adnan Efendić) of Meaningful reform in the Western Balkans: Between formal institutions and informal practices and (with Alena Ledeneva and Predrag Cvetičanin) Captured societies in Southeast Europe: Networks of trust and control. He was coordinator and principal investigator for the Horizon 2020 research project INFORM: Closing the Gap Between Formal and Informal Institutions in the Balkans.
Email: e.gordy@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Rachel Kerr
Rachel Kerr is Professor of War and Society in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Rachel is a contemporary historian whose research focuses broadly on how states, societies and individuals contend with legacies of war and atrocity. Rachel’s current research is focused on the role of art and culture in peace and reconciliation and using visual and embodied methodologies to address intersectional gendered violence.
Email: rachel.kerr@kcl.ac.uk
Dr Lorna Waddington
Lorna Waddington is an Associate Professor of International History at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Hitler’s Crusade: Bolshevism and the Myth of the International Jewish Conspiracy. Her more recent research focuses on the British responses to various genocides in the Twentieth Century. Her forthcoming article, ‘A Very Diplomatic Response: Britain and the Killing Fields of Cambodia’ will be published with the Journal of Genocide Research. Her current research project examines the British response to events in Bosnia and is entitled ‘Britain: from Sarajevo to Srebrenica’. She presented on this topic at the International Association of Genocide Scholars conference in Barcelona in 2023. Lorna’s research also involves academic integrity, GenAI and Genocide Studies. Her most recent presentation, ‘GenAI and Genocide Studies: ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ was presented at the July 2024 IAGS genocide education conference (which she co-organised). She also works with a variety of NGOs including Genocide Watch and Educators’ Institute for Human Rights. She is a member of the International Network of Genocide Scholars, Leeds Holocaust Memorial Day steering group and Remembering Srebrenica’s Yorkshire and Humberside Board since 2019.
Email: l.l.waddington@leeds.ac.uk
Dr Aidan Hehir
Dr Aidan Hehir is a Reader in International Relations at the University of Westminster. His research interests include transitional justice, humanitarian intervention, and statebuilding in Kosovo. He is the author/editor of eleven books; his most recent monograph – Hollow Norms and The Responsibility to Protect (Palgrave Macmillan) – won the 2019 British International Studies Association ‘Working Group on Intervention and R2P’ book prize. He has published over fifty academic book chapters and journal articles; his work has been published in The European Journal of International Relations, International Security, The Journal of Peace Research, Ethics and International Affairs, and Cooperation and Conflict. He is co-editor of the Routledge Intervention and Statebuilding book series and is a regular contributor to national and international television and radio. In 2022 his novel “The Flowers of Srebrenica” was published; the novel – illustrated by David Frankum – recounts a journey to and from the memorial centre at Srebrenica, Bosnia. All proceeds from the book have been donated to Remembering Srebrenica.
Hasan Hasanović
A survivor of the Srebrenica genocide, Hasan Hasanović tragically lost his twin brother, father, and many other family members during the atrocity. For 17 years, he has educated hundreds of thousands of visitors at the Srebrenica Memorial, sharing his story and raising awareness of the genocide. As a prominent keynote speaker, Hasan has addressed universities, schools, and parliaments across several countries, shedding light on the legacy of the Srebrenica genocide.
With the support of the Scottish First Minister, Hasan published a memoir titled Surviving Srebrenica, which has been translated into Italian, Dutch, and German. He is also a co-author of Voices From Srebrenica: Survivor Narratives of the Bosnian Genocide.
In 2019, Hasan began developing the Oral History Programme at the Srebrenica Memorial Center, where he currently leads the team and is one of the three primary interviewers. His work has led to the creation of the Oral History Collection, consisting of over 700 interviews, and has contributed to several museum exhibitions.
Hasan coauthored the groundbreaking Oral History Guidelines with Professor Ann Pertila from the University of Denver. He has also played a key role in coordinating a significant collaboration between the Srebrenica Memorial Center and the Shoah Foundation.
In addition to his work as a genocide educator and lecturer, Hasan holds a Master’s degree in Criminology and is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Amsterdam. He is also focused on writing his upcoming memoir.