Women and Holocaust 2011. New Perspectives and Challenges

Researching Holocaust was gender blind until recently no matter that gender as an analytical category is vital in understanding mechanisms of discrimination. The pioneering works scholars such as Ringelheim, Goldenberg, Weitzman, and Ofer approached the question with theoretical zeal. This conference aims to focus on Jews in Central Europe (excluding Germany and Austria, where these questions have already been discussed extensively) from a comparative interdisciplinary perspective defining common points for further research in the field of arts, history, narrativity, representations and visuality.

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  • Conference program

     

    • 17/11/2011
      • 9:30 am - 10:00 amWelcome
      • 10:00 am - 10:45 amGENDERED MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS CONSEQUECES

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    Main sponsor

    Visegrad Fund