Course
Course 15 credits • YIDC03
Deepen your understanding of how the memory of the Holocaust has been processed within Jewish culture. Through films, literature, memorial sites, and trials, you’ll examine how different generations express and preserve this memory.
Through lectures and seminars, you will gain a deeper understanding of how the Holocaust has been processed within Jewish culture, both as a response to ongoing persecution and in the years that followed. The course offers an overview of how the memory of the Holocaust is expressed culturally in different parts of the world – Western Europe, Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, the United States and Israel.
You will learn how the Holocaust has been portrayed in film, literature, museums, and memorials. You also explore how the memory of the Holocaust has influenced younger generations. The course provides tools to understand how a collective trauma can live on through culture, storytelling, and memory work.
Study period:
autumn semester 2024
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
mixed
Study period:
2024-09-02 – 2025-01-19
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-31702
Eligibility:
General requirements for university studies in Sweden
Teachers:
Oren Cohen Roman
First Admission Round
Internationell ansökan
Autumn semester 2026
Late application
Possibly opens March 31
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Autumn semester 2026
Application opens 16 March
15April 2026