ATS4286 · Final journey: Remembering the Holocaust

Overview

This two-week intensive study abroad unit explores the modern history of European Jews and their complex relations with their non-Jewish neighbours. You will travel to the major centres of interwar Jewish life in Europe, and encounter the diverse heritage of the region's Jewish population. The unit will also explore the dynamics that shaped interactions between Europe's Jews and their neighbours prior to and during the Holocaust. You will visit museums, synagogues, cemeteries, destroyed ghettos, and sites of mass murder such as Auschwitz-Birkenau. We will explore how Europeans have struggled to come to terms with this difficult past through debates around memorialisation, reconciliation and justice.

Areas of study: History International studies

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook publishes no assessment items for this unit yet.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. describe and analyse the diversity of Jewish communal life and cultural expression in modern Europe;
2. discuss the significance of Yiddish as a literary and cultural phenomenon;
3. explain the factors that create co-existence and conflict between different religious, ethnic and national groups in Europe;
4. explain the rise of modern antisemitism and its social function
5. discuss the origins, implementation and impact of the Holocaust
6. examine the politics that shape memory and memorialisation practices
7. describe contemporary debates in Europe about diversity, migration, tolerance and religious freedom

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. + Additional requirements + This unit will be taught intensively at Prato

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.