Bieke Van Camp (Belgium), PhD student, Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, France.  ʺLa Shoah comme expérience sociale et les déportés comme groupes sociaux. Une approche socio-historique comparée des déportés italohpones et néerlandophones.”

Her doctoral research aims to consider the persecution of European Jews through quantitative (prosopography and lexicometry) and qualitative analyses of testimonies. The main hypothesis investigates how and whether, beyond the irreducible uncertainties that arise in such extreme situations, the socio-cultural background from before deportation could influence the way the individual behaves in the Nazi concentration and extermination camps.

Formerly, Bieke Van Camp received a Master’s Degree in History (Traces: Histoire et Sciences Sociales) as well as a Master’s Degree in Italian studies from the Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France.