“We share a commitment to throw light on the still obscured shadows of the Holocaust.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
IHRA News
Professional Development Seminar in El Salvador, 9 January
50 participants of the professional development seminar
Project coordinator, Carrie Olson, addresses participants
Mrs. Frieda C. de García, the granddaughter of the El Salvadorian diplomat José Arturo Castellanos
Jennifer Ciardelli, member of the US Delegation to the IHRA, addresses participants
Mr. Ionuț Vâlcu, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Romania to the United Mexican States
Head of the Delegation of El Salvador to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, Ambassador Ricardo Ferracuti
Opening panel with Minister of Education, Carlos Rodriguez Rivas (left)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Find out what is happening on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in IHRA Member and Observer Countries. This information will be updated throughout January.
Program for Study of Antisemitism
05.01.2017
Yale University intends to appoint a Postdoctoral Associate in the Study of Antisemitism for the academic year 2017-18.
Fighting Online Hate Speech
05.01.2017
The European Commission has published the first evaluation of how IT companies applied the code of conduct to combat illegal online hate speech.
IHRA Conference on Refugee Policies
From 16-17 February 2017 the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, in cooperation with the Holy See, will hold a conference for public policy-makers from Europe, North America and the Middle East, media representatives and representatives of NGOs and civil society organizations at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome focusing on refugee policies from 1933 to the present day.
Holocaust Professorship for Germany
21.12.2016
Historian Sybille Steinbacher will take on Germany's first dedicated professorship for the "Study of the History and the Consequences of the Holocaust."
IHRA delegation visits Poland
At the Iasi Plenary Meetings, IHRA experts raised serious concerns about provisions in the existing and proposed legislation in Poland that could impact on Holocaust research. On the invitation of the Polish authorities, an IHRA expert working group visited Warsaw on 15 December to enter into dialogue with the relevant Polish stakeholders.
The work and legacy of David Cesarani
21.12.2016
From 3 – 4 April 2017 the Holocaust Research Centre of Royal Holloway University will hold a conference entitled "The Holocaust and History: the work and legacy of David Cesarani".
Identity. Construction. Diversity Conference, errinern.at, 24 - 26 November 2016, Ossiach Abbey (Carinthia / Koroška)
Austrian IHRA Delegate, Martina Maschke, in a conversation with Talya Lador-Fresher, the Israeli ambassador to Austria on the diplomatic relations between Israel and Austria.
Monique Eckmann, Swiss IHRA Delegate, comments on the seminar.
Ambassador Michael Baier, co-Head of the Austrian Delegation to the IHRA, in his opening speech.
Working Definition of Antisemitism
The UK government is to formally adopt a definition of antisemitism based on the working definition of antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on 26 May 2016.
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