Warsaw - Holocaust History & Memory

CM2004FB7 Media, Memory & Visual Culture

PY1091FB7 Introduction To Memory Studies

CM3037 Museum as Medium

Take the opportunity to learn about prewar Jewish life in Poland, the tracesthe Holocaust in Warsaw and the contemporary debates on Holocaustmemory taking place in Poland. Visit the vestige of Jewish Warsaw (includingits large cemetery), the places of Jewish persecutions in the Polish capital, theextermination site at Treblinka and one of the small towns outside Warsawwhich were renowned for their vivid Jewish life and institutions. Visit olderHolocaust memorials and the recently opened Museum of the History ofPolish Jews built on site of the former Warsaw ghetto. During the trip, focuson the various forms of visible memorialization, and their absence, in orderto better understand the political and social evolution of the Polish memoryof the extermination of the Jews.

Led by Professors Charles Talcott and Brian Schiff

Cost: 695€ (includes round-trip train transportation, hotel accommodations with breakfast, on-site transportation, entrance fees, guided visits, professors’ trip costs, and VAT)

Last day to register/cancel: September 8

Late cancellation fee: 695€

Payment for study trips must be made no later than September 20 for the Fall 2019 semester. Any concerns in this regard should be addressed to the Cultural Program & Student Accounting Services.