The Holocaust forms a crucial chapter in European history, as well as a central issue in the contemporary European politics of memory. Today, researching the Holocaust, educating about the Holocaust and remembering the Holocaust remain a common European intellectual duty.Holocaust and Genocide Studies form a cross-disciplinary field of scholarly inquiry for historians, lawyers, philosophers, psychologists as well as sociologists.
As a field, the Holocaust and Genocide Studies are not limited to the events of the Second World War, but have taken a comprehensive interest into questions tied to the human rights and discrimination of minorities within societies, contributing directly to both foreign and domestic policy formation.For the Finnish Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Finnish experience in the Second World War forms a natural and unique starting point, from which to set about tackling the questions in the whole field. Finland's particular experience differs from those countries forcefully attached to the post-war Soviet bloc as well as from those who adopted the Western security solution.
The Finnish experience is one of periphery; her war-time alliance with Nazi Germany and her difficult post-war situation as a Soviet tributary combine to produce a still largely untapped field for scholarly inquiry into the Finnish relationship to the Holocaust.The summer course introduces students to the field of the international Holocaust and Genocide Studies. As key speakers, the course will host such highly respected senior scholars as Cecilie Stokholm Banke, Alain Goldschlager and Wichert ten Have. The course also gives a unique opportunity to discuss advanced students' or junior researchers' own fields of interest. Participants are encouraged to contact the organizers if they would like to present their own work in the workshops of the programme.
The successful completion of the course will require classroom attendance and active participation in the workshops as well as the completion of a written assignment. To receive the six ECTS credits, the students must actively take part in the course and write a 10-12 page essay. In addition to active participation, the students who wish to receive 10 ECTS credits must submit a 20-25 page essay. All students should submit their essays to the organization not later than one month after the conclusion of the course.
The department of World Cultures at the University of Helsinki has already been in cooperation with the Dutch-Nordic Network for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in preparation to launch the first systematic research effort into the Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Finland. The network is a research community consisting of North-European research organizations specializing in Holocaust-, genocide- and minority studies. The Summer school will be organized together with the network partners.
Period
09-08-2011 - 25-08-2011 (3 weeks)
Target group
Historians, lawyers, philosophers, psychologists and sociologists with 2 or more years of university studies.
Course aim
The summer course introduces students to the field of the international Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The course also gives a unique opportunity to discuss advanced students' or junior researchers' own fields of interest. Participants are encouraged to contact the organizers if they would like to present their own work in the workshops of the programme.
Credits
6.0 ECTS credits. The successful completion of the course will require classroom attendance and active participation in the workshops as well as the completion of a written assignment. To receive the six ECTS credits, the students must actively take part in the course and write a 10-12 page essay. In addition to active participation, the students who wish to receive 10 ECTS credits must submit a 20-25 page essay. All students should submit their essays to the organization not later than one month after the conclusion of the course.
Course fee
EUR 545: Registration fee 100 EUR/150 EUR (until 31 May / after 31 May)
Course fee: 395 EUR Accommodation 430-770 EUR
Course leader
Mr. Malte Gasche. The course will host such highly respected senior scholars as Cecilie Stokholm Banke, Alain Goldschlager and Wichert ten Have.
Helsinki Summer School is supported by a consortium of nine universities in the Helsinki region.
Address: P.O. Box 3 University of Helsinki
Postal code: FI-00014
City: Helsinki
Country: Finland
Website: http://www.helsinkisummerschool.fi/home/index
E-mail: summer-school@helsinki.fi
Phone: +358 (0)9 191 24766
Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies
