The Holocaust and European Identity after 1989Public lecture by Senior Researcher Cecilie Banke, Visiting Professor at Clark University Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe has experienced an increased interest in the Holocaust. Several countries have confronted the more neglected aspects of their Second World War history, publicly admitting their cooperation with the Nazi regime and their participation in the deportation of Jews. How can we explain this change? Is there a relationship between the growing interest in the Holocaust in Europe with a growing need for a shared history and does this phenomenon reflect certain shared European values? The lecture will present some explanations for how and why the interest in the Holocaust developed after 1989, and discuss the relationship between the legacies of the Holocaust and European identity. Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke is Senior Researcher and Head of the Research Unit in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen. During the fall 2009 she is the Kulin Distinguished Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University. Dr. Banke will lecture on November 18, 2009 at 4PM in the Rose Library of the Cohen-Lasry House on Clark University campus, Worcester, MA 01610. For more information please contact Dr. Tatyana McAuley@508-793-7764 Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/holocaust/ |
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