“We share a commitment to throw light on the still obscured shadows of the Holocaust.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
BAHS Conference, 19-21 July
19.07.2016
The Presence of the Holocaust in society, politics and culture, c.1970 – 2015
From Tuesday 19th – Thursday 21st July 2016 the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education is hosting the annual British Association of Holocaust Studies (BAHS) conference. The conference will focus on the ‘Presence of the Holocaust’ in society, politics and culture since 1970 and explore the growth and development of Holocaust history and memory over the past four decades.
More information on the conference themes, how to submit a proposal to contribute and details of the keynotes can be found by clicking on the links to the right of this page.
The BAHS 2016 conference is organised and hosted by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education at the UCL Institute of Education, in Bloomsbury, Central London.
On 20 July the IHRA Executive Secretary, Dr Kathrin Meyer, will present a paper on the topic of the Holocaust in the international political arena at the BAHS conference in London.
From 19 – 21 July 2016 the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education is holding a conference entitled 'The Presence of the Holocaust in society, politics and culture, c.1970 – 2015'.
The conference, organised annually by the British Association of Holocaust Studies (BAHS), will explore the growth and development of Holocaust history and memory over the past four decades.
The conference is concerned specifically with how the collective conception of the Holocaust has developed since the mid to late 1970s. Holocaust memory has grown exponentially, expanding and extending at such a rate that it not only permeates Western culture and society, but now has global proportions. Nor is there any indication of this slowing down any time soon; instead, increased concern at the passing of survivors has given but further impetus to attempts to teach, learn, and remember the Holocaust, whilst its continued representation raises ongoing interest in its abstraction and appropriation.
More information on the conference themes can be found on the conference website.
The BAHS 2016 conference is organised and hosted by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education at the UCL Institute of Education, in Bloomsbury, Central London.