Memory, Agency and the Act of Civic Responsibility

Tue/Wed April 20/21 online 2:00pm-5:30pm (CEST)

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: 8:00am-11:30am

Registration day 1: EventBrite

14:00-14:15	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
14:15-15:00	Keynote: Reconquering the imaginary, remaking the society: notes on contemporary far-right activism	Agnieszka Pasieka University of Vienna/ Yale University
15:00-15:15	Coffee break
15:15-16:00	Keynote: Teaching and learning about the Holocaust in the post-liberal society	Jan Christer Mattsson University of Gothenburg
16:00-16:30	Breakout rooms	Reflections on the two keynotes
16:30-16:45	Coffee break
16:45-17:25	Plenary discussion and Q & A	Moderation: Paul Salmons, MemAct! Core Team
17:25-17:30	Closing remarks	Wolfgang Schmutz, MemAct! Core Team

Registration day 1: EventBrite

Wednesday, 21.4.2021

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

Registration day 2: EventBrite

14:00-15:00	Keynotes: Participant-centered Learning	Paul Salmons, Wolfgang Schmutz, Karin Schneider
15:00-16:15	MemAct! panels	simultaneously, each panel consists of an impulse/case study followed by reflection and discussion
	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
16:15-16:30	Coffee break
16:30-17:15	Reflection and conclusion	Moderation: Paul Salmons
17:15-17:30	Closing remarks