Keynotes

The MemAct! Core team will introduce a concept for participatory learning approaches in Holocaust Education and history teaching in classrooms, commemoration sites, museums, and public spaces. Paul Salmons and Wolfgang

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Panel 3

In this panel we will discuss the possible connections between educational approaches to the Nazi past and educational / political work against racism, antisemitism and extrem right-wing movements. We will

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Panel 2

In this panel we will discuss methods of and approaches to participant-centered learning about civic responsibility, dealing with the Nazi past and its crimes, which happened in the midst of

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Panel 1

The opportunities and challenges presented by a transnational Holocaust education approach in today’s diverse classrooms. We will draw on two exemplary cases:  (1) “›So, what does this have to do

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Agnieszka Pasieka

Reconquering the imaginary, remaking the society: notes on contemporary far-right activism Abstract Drawing on ethnographic research with youth far-right militants, in this talk I discuss two strongly intertwined dimensions of

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Jan Christer Mattsson

Teaching and learning about the Holocaust in the post liberal society Abstract This presentation will consider fundamental challenges that the revival of political nationalism poses for liberal democracy. Are the

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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, 20.4.2021Day 1: The presence of

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