To mark the postponed seventh international multidisciplinary conference, Beyond Camps and Forced Labour, this virtual symposium will explore new international debates in Holocaust memorialisation. In the spirit of the conference, we hope that the debate and discussion generated by the panel presentations will bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines engaged in research on themes of the ‘life after’ and memory, as well as the interested public. We are looking forward to hosting the next Beyond Camps and Forced Labour conference in January 2023.
Programme: (All times GMT)
6.00pm Welcome and introduction
Suzanne Bardgett, Head of Research and Academic Partnerships, Imperial War Museum Institute
6.05pm New museum initiatives in the UK and the Netherlands
James Bulgin, Content Lead on the new Holocaust Galleries at Imperial War Museums London
Emile Schrijver, Director, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam
Discussion/ Questions
Chair: Dr Christine Schmidt, Deputy Director, Wiener Library
6.45pm Recent debates on Holocaust memorialisation in Germany and Poland
Professor Jennifer Evans, Professor of History at Carleton University, to reflect on developments and debates in Germany
Professor Dariusz Stola, Professor of History, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, and former Director of POLIN, museum of the history of Polish Jews, Warsaw, to reflect on developments and debates in Poland
Discussion/Questions
Chair: Professor David Feldman, Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
7.25pm Concluding words
Professor Dieter Steinert, Professor of Modern European History and Migration Studies, University of Wolverhampton