{"id":764,"date":"2026-03-02T09:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=764"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:54:54","slug":"nicole-toedtli","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/nicole-toedtli\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Toedtli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Toedtli work is a comparative study that examines actors who move between being a victim, perpetrator, bystander, and rescuer in the context of the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to understand how, when, and why actors in genocide engage in role-shifting. Examining the shared and divergent patterns emerging from this comparison will identify the underlying mechanisms of role-shifting. It will also examine the consequences of the fluidity of categories and role-shifting for our broader understanding of genocides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advisor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/thomas-kuehne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas K\u00fchne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.A., International Relations, University of Geneva (or: Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve), Geneva\/Switzerland, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., History &#8211; Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Amsterdam (or: Universiteit van Amsterdam), Amsterdam\/The Netherlands, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fellowships:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claimscon.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claims Conference Fellow (The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against 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