Home University: University of Waterloo
Email: a2hooper@uwaterloo.ca
Education: BA (Hons) History, Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson); MA History, Waterloo
LinkedIn: amanda-hooper
Instagram: @stumbling.stones
Research fields: Cold War Era, Modern European, Public History
Supervisor: Gary Bruce
Amanda Hooper is a PhD Candidate at the University of Waterloo. She received her Honours Bachelor of Arts in History from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and her Master of Arts in History from the University of Waterloo.
Upon her entrance to the PhD program, Amanda received the Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women. Her doctoral research explores the ways in which Auschwitz, the former Nazi concentration-turned-death camp, has been placed at the centre of Holocaust history and memory. Her research analyzes the existing historiography, survivor memoir testimony, and public history.
Amanda is also a recipient of the Arts Senate Graduate Scholarship, the Cecilia and the Late George Piller Graduate Research Award, and the History Senate Graduate Scholarship.