Summer 2023 Global Seminar: Poland – Witnessing Auschwitz: Representations of Holocaust
CENS 303D | 3 Credits
Information Session: Thursday November 3 at 10 am in the Life Building Room 1505 (main floor around the corner from food outlets)
RSVP here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cMy3VgQsSEHJHjE
Auschwitz was a place in which several frequently conflicting agendas of the Nazi Germany intersected: it was an industrial compound, a concentration camp, a medical research site and a killing facility; it served to imprison, enslave, terrorize and kill. It is also a site of conflicted memories. As a memorial site, with archives and a research center, Auschwitz offers an unparalleled opportunity to study the Holocaust in ways that, in turn, foster academic skills and knowledge that can be applied to other genocides and various stories of violence. In this multi‐disciplinary inquiry, students will take up social responsibilities as researchers, drawing connections to territory and space of Auschwitz camp complex. Students will be encouraged to contextualize studying Auschwitz as a site of memory, history and testimony alongside histories of other genocides and current conflicts. Arts Research Abroad funding is available for this program. 70%-100% of program fees and flight costs will be covered for qualifying Arts students from the Vancouver campus.
Thanks to the generous funding from Universities Canada GSO program, Indigenous students in all faculties are eligible for funding up to $10,000 to participate in this program.
Students with financial need are encouraged to apply for the Pathfinder Award by November 4. https://global.ubc.ca/global-seminars
About the Program: https://global.ubc.ca/go-global/international-experiences/global-seminars/poland-witnessing-auschwitz-representations
