The way societies deal with the violence and massacres of the recent past is one of the aspects of genocide studies that needs to be interpreted, deepened and fully analyzed.
In May and June 2012, EHRI was presented on various occasions by Veerle Vanden Daelen, who is leader of the EHRI team for Identification and Investigation. On 22 May, the 5th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries took place, organized by the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp.
The Wiener Library in London was delighted to host the latest international workshop of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure. The workshop, held from 30 April to 2 May 2012, focused on five topics: audio-visual testimony; the timing of testimony; testimony as evidence, evidence as testimony; translation of Holocaust testimonies and false testimony.
EHRI organizes an international workshop on Geography and Holocaust Research, to be held at the International Tracing Service at Bad Arolsen, Germany on May 27-29, 2013, and would like to invite you to submit a proposal.
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) is offering a limited number of fellowships for Ph.D. and Post Doctoral (new!) candidates pursuing advanced Holocaust studies.
The EHRI fellowships are intended to support and stimulate Holocaust research by facilitating international access to key archives and collections related to the Holocaust.
In the second half of 2012 there will be a call for applications to take part in one of two EHRI summer schools on Holocaust studies in 2013. The first EHRI summer school will be organized by the Institute of Contemporary History Munich - Berlin, Germany in July/ August 2013. The second EHRI summer school will be organized by the Shoah Memorial – Museum, Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation, Paris, France in September 2013.
In the Archival Description section of the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen the position of a
Research Assistant / Archivist (male/female)
is to be filled at the earliest possible date. The duration of the post is limited to one year.
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide:
The Nazi Games: Politics, the Media and the Body
Opening 14 June 2012
Oral History Forum d'histoire orale is the journal of the Canadian Oral History Association. It publishes scholarly and other contributions to the field of Oral History and Oral Tradition. For spring 2013 the Oral History Forum d'histoire orale seeks submissions to a special issue entitled 'Confronting Mass Atrocities'.