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I teach and write on transnational histories of migration, displacement, refugees and family, with a current focus on the refugee family during the years of 1933 to 1954. I currently lead two Australian Research Council - funded projects:ÌýRussian Immigrants and Anti-Communism in Cold War Australia, 1946-1966, andÌýThe Holocaust as an Australian Story, 1933-1954: An Intimate History.

My recent monographÌýDestination Elsewhere: Displaced Persons and their Quest to Leave Postwar EuropeÌýis published with Cornell University Press (November 2021) . It exploresÌýthe encounters of refugees with theÌýinternational aid agencies, western migration agents and Allied forces on European soil during the war's aftermath, and the struggle to redefine refugees as migrants to the West. I have also written extensively on the impact of immigration policies on the displaced family, and on women and children.

My other main interest is in Australian migration history. My co-authored book with Julie Kalman, Smuggled: An Illegal History of Journeys to AustraliaÌý(NewSouth Publishing, 2021), exploresÌýthe historiesÌýof refugees and their people smugglersÌýsince the Holocaust:ÌýÌý

My background as a filmmaker has also led me to become increasingly interested in the importance of making Australian history in accessible and creative ways. InÌý2019, my radio documentary 'Cooking for Assimilation'Ìýaired on ABC Radio National's Hindsight program:Ìý. It is about the migrationÌýof my grandmother as a Jewish refugee to Australia, and more broadly, about the expectations and challenges women migrants faced in postwar Australia.

I am the co-lead of the UNSW Forced Migration Research Network.Ìý