Overlapping Histories - Conflicting Memories. The Holocaust and the Cultures of Remembrance in Eastern and Central Europe.' International conference

in German:
'Overlapping Histories - Conflicting Memories. The Holocaust and the Cultures of Remembrance in Eastern and Central Europe.', Internationale Konferenz

 

International conference of the Austrian delegation of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Science, the Commission for Cultural Sciences and the History of Theater, Vienna 26-28 February 2006. The main aim of this conference was the analysis and discussion of the conflicts surrounding social memory with which Holocaust Remembrance/Holocaust Education initiatives are confronted today and the related tendencies to play down the Holocaust.

in German:
Internationale Konferenz der Austrian Delegation der Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Eduction, Remembrance and Research (ITF) in Kooperation mit der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Kommission für Kulturwissenschaften und Theatergeschichte (KKT), Wien, 26.-28. Februar 2006. Ziel dieser Konferenz ist vor allem die Analyse und Diskussion jener Konflikte um das soziale Gedächtnis, mit denen Initiativen der Holocaust Remembrance/Holocaust Education gegenwärtig konfrontiert sind, und den damit verbundenen Tendenzen einer Relativierung des Holocaust.

Association for the Promotion of Cultural Scientific Research

in German:
Verein zur Förderung kulturwissenschaftlicher Forschungen

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29 Nov 2005

Symposium, seminar, conference, workshop

Commemoration / remembrance

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