Memory and the interpretation of past events are crucial in the construction of a national identity. Yet memory is not constant. It is permanently reinterpreted and differs in time and space. During a Summer School at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial, we intend to explore how the memories of the Second World War and the Holocaust influences the identity of different nations on a local, regional, national and international level.
Through a very innovative programme focusing on exchange and dialogue between young academics, we aim to get a better understanding of these diverse identities: How do different nations choose to remember the past and to what ends? The programme will focus on differences and continuities in the culture of remembrance of Germany, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. Participating students will be supported in their enquiry through lectures by accounted experts. They will also get to know the history of the Flossenbürg concentration camp and the culture of remembrance at the memorial site through a variety of tours and workshops to frame the theoretical input. However, we mainly wish to encourage dialogue between students, for example through “barcamps”, allowing participants to discuss and analyse what they are most interested in in this context.
The Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial invites graduate and undergraduate students from Germany, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan to apply for an intensive seven-day-programme from 19 August 2018 until 26 August 2018. We highly encourage students interested in the history of the Second World War, the Holocaust and their memories from different disciplines to apply. The language of the Summer School will be English. The programme will take place at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial and in Regensburg in cooperation with the Institute of Southeast and East European History of the University of Regensburg. We ask students from Germany to pay fee of 80,00 € in advance and to cover their travelling costs to and from the venue. We ask students from Ukraine to pay a fee of 30,00 €, traveling costs will be covered by the memorial. All other costs during the programme will be covered for all participants by the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial. For students from Kyrgyzstan, the programme is free of charge and all travelling costs will be covered by the memorial.
To apply, please send a CV and a letter of motivation to
Rebecca Weissrweiss [at] gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg [dot] de
until 31st May, 2018 latest.
(Attention: Due to visa issues, we ask all students from Kyrgyzstan to apply until 11th March, 2018 and students from Ukraine until 31th March, 2018 latest!).
Date
August 19th - August 26th, 2018
Venues
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial/Regensburg
Programme
August 19 (Sunday)
Flossenbürg: Until 18:00 Arrival of the Participants
19:00 Welcome Dinner
August 20 (Monday), Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
10:00 Workshop: Temporal Classifications of the History of WWII
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Guided Tour: The Flossenbürg Concentration Camp
16:00 Time to explore the various Exhibitions of the Memorial
18:00 Dinner
August 21 (Tuesday), Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
10:00 Lecture: Culture of Remembrance – a Theoretical Approach (Dr. Volodymyr Sklokin, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Guided Tour: Culture of Remembrance at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
15:00 Workshop: Culture of Remembrance in your Home Country
18:00 Dinner
August 22 (Wednesday), Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
10:00 Lecture: Culture of Remembrance in the two Germanys (Dr. Juliane Brauer,Max-Planck-Institute for human development, Berlin)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Workshop: “Barcamp”
18:00 Dinner
August 23 (Thursday), Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
10:00 Lecture: Culture of Remembrance in Central Asia (Dr. Irina Morosova, Berlin)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Time to explore the various Exhibitions of the Memorial
16:00 Departure to Regensburg
09:00 Dinner (optional)
August 24 (Friday), Regensburg
10:00 Guided Tour in Regensburg (optional)
12:00 Lunch (optional)
13:00 Free Time
15:00 Lecture: Culture of Remembrance in Eastern Central Europe (Prof. Dr. Klaus Buchenau, University of Regensburg)
18:00 Dinner
August 25 (Saturday), Regensburg
10:00 Workshop: Challenges and Chances in a Common Memory of the Second World War
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Feedback / Reflection on the Programme
15:00 Free time
19:00 Dinner
August 26 (Sunday), Regensburg
10:00 Breakfast
12:00 Departure from Regensburg
