Trauma and Atrocity: Holocaust Memory, Memorial and Museums (323-0-20)
Instructors
Daniel Maurice Cohen
Meeting Info
Annenberg Hall G15: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
Overview of class
What is Holocaust memory? How has Holocaust memory changed over time, and how does the Holocaust continue to affect our understanding of trauma, atrocity, and human rights today?
This course addresses individual memory, including survivor and witness testimony, memory and trauma, and the impact of the Holocaust on survivors' families and communities.
We also explore collective Holocaust memory and the development of mainstream framings of Holocaust history. We consider Jewish, Roma, and other victim narratives, including national memorialization, rituals of commemoration, and the development of Holocaust memorials, museums, and institutions in the United States and around the world. And we study how we have come to remember the Nazi perpetrators and their collaborators.
We draw on course texts, including film and fiction, to ask questions about the relationships between individual and collective memories, as well as between commemoration and education.
Teaching Method
Interactive lectures and workshops; Individual journal entires; Group creative responses; Team open projects; Museum field trip
Class Materials (Required)
To purchase: "Maus I & II" by Art Spiegelman (1993)
Other texts TBD
Class Attributes
Attendance at 1st class mandatory