Rebuilding Lives After Genocide

Linda Asquith is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She has been working in higher education for the past 10 years. Prior to this she completed the Imperial War Museum Holocaust Education Fellowship in 2006-7. It was this fellowship that prompted her decision to conduct research which focused on Holocaust survivors and their experiences. Alongside her academic work, Linda has also worked in the field of Holocaust education and regularly gives talks on Holocaust Memorial Day to community groups.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Bourdieu and Social Capital.- 3. Migration and Acculturation.- 4. New lives: Initial adaptation.- 5. Resettlement and Reintegration: Adapting to life in the UK.- 6: Identity and Adaptation.- 7. Conclusion.