PY3091 Memory, Testimony and the Shoah
CM3037, CM5037 Museum as Medium
This trip focuses on the social processes leading to genocide and their inscription in social memory. Particular attention to the public display and representation of traumatic events within museums, memorials and monuments and the cityscape. The Shoah serves as the point of reflection on the perpetrators, witnesses, and victims of genocide and on how these traumas are materialized into social practice. Investigate 鈥渉istory tourism鈥� while exploring the meaning and the 鈥渓ived experience鈥� offered by historical sites and museums for visitors. Examine Krakow鈥檚 rich and complex Jewish and Catholic religious history and cultural and the impact of this history on the destruction of Poland鈥檚 Jewish community. What made the Shoah possible? And, how is history told and displayed and to what end?
Led by Profs. Brian Schiff and Charles Talcott
Cost: 鈧�550 (includes round-trip air transportation, hotel accommodations with breakfast, on-site transportation, entrance fees, group dinner, professors鈥� trip costs, and VAT)
Last day to register/cancel: 21 January
Late cancelation fee: 鈧�550
Payment for study trips must be made no later than 29 January for the Spring 2018 semester. Any concerns in this regard should be addressed to the Cultural Program & Student Accounting Services.