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Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies (Seminar)

Inhalt: In this seminar, students will engage with the transcultural concepts of the holocaust, genocide, and memory studies. We will learn about the the importance of history and the holocaust for the development of Jewish identity, examine the Kindertransport to the U.K., refuge in the United States as well as read Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel's "Night" and the highly acclaimed graphic novel "Maus" by Art Spiegelman. After an introduction to the modes of documentary film interpretation, we will discuss Selfhelp Home by Ethan Bensinger and meet the director. A further documentary will be critically studied in the second half of the seminar when discussing Native genocide in Canada and the legacy of residential schools by examining "Muffins for Granny" by Nadia McClaren. Moreover, we will discuss the concept of "writing back" while looking closer at "God and the Indian" by Drew Hayden Taylor. Finally, we will attempt to answer the question whether it is appropriate to compare the genocide with Native peoples and the Holocaust.