The European Network Remembrance and Solidarity conference, the tenth in the Genealogies of Memory series, opened on November 4 and will run until November 26. The main theme of this edition is "The Holocaust between Global and Local Perspectives." One of the sessions is moderated by Dr. Hanna Węgrzynek, Deputy Director for Research and Exhibitions at the MGW.
November 6 2020
Organized by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, the event is dedicated to current research on Holocaust memory. Among the topics discussed by conference participants are the globalization and universalization of the meaning of the Holocaust, shifts in approaches to texts and source materials, issues of locality and privacy, and local spaces and materiality. This international event brings together researchers from Canada, the United States, Poland, Germany, France, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Israel, and South Korea. Due to the epidemiological situation, the conference is being held in eight online sessions, broadcast on the ESPS YouTube and Facebook channels.
Initiated in 2011, the Genealogies of Memory conference is one of the main projects implemented by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity in collaboration with research partners. ENRS proposes treating memory with historical sensitivity. We want to emphasize the seemingly obvious fact that historical experiences shape specific memory processes. Memory research should also consider the close connection between history and memory, focusing on how historical processes shape memory processes , say Dr. Małgorzata Pakier and Dr. Joanna Wawrzyniak, the originators and authors of the Genealogies of Memory concept.
Session 6 – “Translation and Travel of Holocaust Memory between Europe and Israel” – will be moderated by Dr. Hanna Węgrzynek, Deputy Director of the MGW for Research and Exhibitions.
Partner institutions: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Foundation, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw
Institutions invited to the academic discussion: Jewish Historical Institute, Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Warsaw Ghetto Museum, Wiesenthal Institute in Vienna
The full programme is available on the ESPS website: https://enrs.eu/news/program-of-the-10th-genealogies-of-memory
All sessions will be broadcast on the ESPS YouTube profile: https://youtube.com/c/EuropeanNetworkRemembranceandSolidarity and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enrs.eu
More information can be found on the ENRS website: www.enrs.eu/genealogies
Anna Kilian
Photo: ENRS
