inaugural conference

The inaugural conference of MemAct will address challenges in Holocaust education in a time of rising extremism and endangered stability of democracies.

Conference Program:

Tuesday, 20.4.2021
Day 1: The presence of the past
CEST: 2pm – 5.30 pm = EDT: 800am-1130am

1400 – 1415	Welcome address and Introduction	Hemma Schmutz artistic director of the Museums of the City of Linz Karin Schneider head of education of the Museums of the City of Linz and MemAct! core team
1415 – 1500	Keynote: Reconquering the imaginary, remaking the society: notes on contemporary far-right activism	Agnieszka Pasieka University of Vienna/ Yale University
1500 – 1515	coffee break
1515 – 1600	Keynote: Teaching and learning about the Holocaust in the post-liberal society	Jan Christer Mattsson University of Gothenburg
1600 – 1630	Breakout rooms	Reflections on the two keynotes
1630 – 1645	coffee break
1645 – 1725	Plenary discussion and Q & A	Moderation: Paul Salmons, MemAct! Core Team
1725 – 1730	Closing remarks	Wolfgang Schmutz, MemAct! Core Team

Wednesday, 21.4.2021

Day 2: How should education respond?
CEST: 2pm – 5.30 pm = EDT: 8:00am-11:30am

1400 – 1500	Keynotes: Participant-centered Learning	Paul Salmons, Wolfgang Schmutz, Karin Schneider
	Panel 1: Developing transnational Holocaust Education and memory activities	Miško Stanisic and Nevena Bajalica, Terraforming South. Guest: Renate Höllwart, Büro trafo.k Moderation: Norina Müller, PH OÖ
	Panel 2: The ethics of civic responsibility in education	Bartosz Duszyński, Galicia Jewish Museum, Kraków Wolfgang Schmutz, Hartheim Castle Matej Beránek, EDAH Moderation: Paul Salmons
	Panel 3: Combining Holocaust Education, civic, social, and political work	Pascal Begrich, miteinander e.V. Guest: Meron Mendel, Bildungsstätte Anne Frank Moderation: Karin Schneider
1615 – 1630	coffee break
1630 – 1715	Reflection and conclusion	Moderation: Paul Salmons
1715 – 1730	Closing remarks

The conference is hosted by the museums of the City of Linz

in the context of the exhibitions
Transformation and Recurrence Reflections on Radical Nationalisms in Contemporary Art in the Lentos art museum

“Young Hitler The formative years of a dictator 1889–1914” in the Nordico City museum Linz