First EHRI Summer School Starts in Paris

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Tuesday, 16 July, 2013
EHRI Summer Schools in Holocaust Studies 2013
July 15 - August 2

Open to scholars from a variety of disciplines (historians, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists and other academics who are interested in the Holocaust) as well as to archivists, the first EHRI Summer School is organized by the Mémorial de la Shoah. A week later, a second EHRI Summer School, organized by the Institut für die Zeitgeschichte, will start in Munich.

Read the Programme EHRI Summer School Paris 2013.

The Summer School is a graduate-level seminar aimed at deepening the knowledge and comprehension of the extermination process of European Jews during World War II. It will also provide a comprehensive overview on the most relevant methodologies and sources as well as an update on the current state of research in the field of Holocaust history. The seminar will tackle the history of the Shoah from a European perspective. It will be strictly hinged on sources, the latest historiographic interpretations and the most recent research work in the field. Traditional lectures will alternate with more intensive document-based work sessions.

During the seminar the 12 participants will be offered the visit of major places related to Holocaust in France and to the history of the French Jewish community such: the ancient camp of Drancy, the Mémorial de la Shoah, the Jewish Museum MAJH (Musée d’art et d’histoire juif), the House of Yiddish Culture (La Maison de la culture Yiddish and the Medem library, the largest Yiddish language library in Europe.

Participants will also be offered the opportunity to do their own research work at the Mémorial’s library and archives and also to visit the premises of the National Archives (Archives Nationales) and of the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Archives des Affaires étrangères).

Lectures and presentations, mostly focusing on the Holocaust in Western Europe, will be delivered by leading specialized European historians and researchers from different institutions and associations.

During the Summer School the 12 participants will also have the unique opportunity to present and discuss the results of their own research work.

Later in 2013 you will have the chance to answer to a new call for the EHRI Summer Schools 2014, that will be held at NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Watch this site for more upcoming information about the EHRI Summer Schools.