EHRI Partners | International Research Workshop "Art and Literature of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union"
August 21–29, 2023 | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, US | Deadline April 21, 2023.
The Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on the Holocaust in the Soviet Union of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem and the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) are pleased to invite applications for a research workshop entitled, “Art and Literature of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union.” The workshop is scheduled for August 21-29, 2023 at the USHMM in Washington DC. This is the fifth research workshop co-organized by Yad Vashem and USHMM with a focus on the former Soviet Union.
Despite Soviet attempts to downplay the Holocaust in officially approved narratives, literary and artistic works emerged during and after World War II which revealed the suffering endured by Jewish victims at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. Newspaper articles, plays, musical works, memoirs, poems, films, and fictional accounts all focused on various aspects of the Holocaust as it occurred in the Soviet Union. These framed the experiences of Soviet Jews, especially as there was no official recognition of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union.
The goal of this workshop is to discuss and develop research that emphasizes works of art and literature about the Holocaust in the Soviet Union. Applications will be considered for any proposals touching upon any aspect of art and literature within the categories described above.
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