barnabas.balint@magd.ox.ac.uk /barnabas.balint@sas.ac.uk

Barnabas Balint studied for his doctorate in History at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. His multi-lingual research (in English, French and Hungarian) combines the history of childhood, gender, and identity to explore Jewish life during the Holocaust.

Barnabas completed his undergraduate degree in History at the University of Exeter in 2019, where he was awarded the Jean Henderson Prize for the Finalist with Best Academic Performance in European History. He studied under Dr Nicholas Terry and wrote his dissertation on the survival strategies of young Hungarian Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau. This was subsequently published in the Journal of Holocaust Research. While at Exeter, Barnabas founded the University’s now-annual schools’ conference for Holocaust Memorial Day. As a key part of the University’s outreach offer, this conference welcomes hundreds of school students each year to hear a personal testimony about the Holocaust and take part in seminar discussions with academics. It has been featured in the local news, including on BBC Spotlight and ITV West Country.

After Exeter, Barnabas moved to Magdalen College, University of Oxford. His masters degree charted the history of the Jewish Scouts of France during the Holocaust and has been published in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. His subsequent PhD project focused on the experiences of Jewish youth during the Holocaust in Hungary, under the supervision of Professor Zoe Waxman. During his PhD, he held the 2021-2022 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, a 2022 European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Conny Kristel Fellowship at Yad Vashem, and a 2023-4 Scouloudi Fellowship at the Institute for Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London.