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Denials, sacralizations and banalization of the Holocaust

Denials, sacralizations and banalization of the Holocaust

Denial is a rhetorical device endowed with an internal logic, a repertoire of recurring motifs, and an arsenal of argumentative techniques designed to sow doubt about the reality of Nazi extermination. But a rhetorical device does not act in a vacuum. It would not...
Teaching about genocides (Barcelona)

Teaching about genocides (Barcelona)

The seminar is addressed to high school teachers who want to go into depth in some of the most significant historical issues regarding mass genocide and violence, such as the Holocaust or the Civil War and on how to transmit them to their students; In its second...
Université de Bordeaux Montaigne

Université de Bordeaux Montaigne

The Bordeaux Montaigne University (UBM) is a Humanist university with a long tradition of openness to the international community. It brings together approximately 16,000 students and 1,300 teaching and administrative staff for the study and research in Arts,...
Memory, Art & Identity

Memory, Art & Identity

The annual conference of the International Committee of memorial Museums in remembrance of the victims of Public Crimes (IC-MEMO) will focus on the influence of memorial museums on shaping personal and collective memory, and on the intergenerational transmission of...
Hollandsche Schouwburg – National Holocaust Memorial

Hollandsche Schouwburg – National Holocaust Memorial

Historical Description The Hollandse Schouwburg (Dutch theater) was opened on the 5th of May 1892 in the Amsterdam Plantage District, it was designed by the Dutch architect Cornelis Antonius Bombach. Initially it was named the Artis Schouwburg, but two years later it...