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Call for Applications: Joint Workshop for Advanced PhD Candidates

19.03.2015

The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide is partnering with the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem to host the first joint workshop for advanced PhD candidates in the UK and Israel working on Holocaust-related topics from 29 June – 2 July 2015.

This workshop intends to bring together post-graduate students from the United Kingdom and Israel to exchange ideas and to share their research results on the Holocaust, including its antecedents and aftermath. The Wiener Library and Yad Vashem’s Research Institute encourage PhD candidates to submit their applications for the workshop, which will be held in English at The Wiener Library, London, UK. All topics on the Holocaust are open for consideration, though preference will be given to those intending to use the International Tracing Service Digital Archive and other resources at The Wiener Library.

The sessions of the workshop will consist of presentations by the participants on their particular topics followed by discussion periods. Workshop participants will also be allocated time to utilize the holdings of the Wiener Library, including the digital collection of the International Tracing Service (ITS). Accessible in the UK at the Wiener Library, the ITS digital collection contains over 100 million pages of Holocaust-era documents relating to the fates of over 17.5 million people who were subject to incarceration, forced labour and displacement during and after World War II. The Wiener Library is Britain’s most extensive library and archive on the Holocaust period, and has been collecting related material since 1933. It contains approximately 65,000 books and pamphlets, 2,000 document collections, over 17,000 photographs and over 3,000 periodical titles, as well as audio-visual testimonies, press cuttings, and other materials. Collection descriptions can be accessed from the Wiener Library’s website.

More information on the eligibility and application procedure can be found in the Call for Application.

The extended deadline is 31 March 2015.