Memory in the Digital Age - Gedenkstätte Bergen

Bergen-Belsen
Memorial
Lower Saxony
Memorials
Foundation
Bergen-Belsen International Summer School
Memory in the Digital Age
01– 07 August 2015
in Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Bergen-Belsen International Summer School
Memory in the Digital Age
The Bergen-Belsen International Summer School is aimed at
international undergraduate students from different disciplines
interested in the challenges of commemorative culture in a global,
digital and medial context.
The summer school offers lectures, guided tours, workshops and
discussions held in English. Its aim is to develop visions for the
future of educational work at museums and memorials.
This year, we will be focussing on issues of space, a topic which
brings with it diverse approaches and perspectives:
Which concepts of space are currently being discussed within
academia in the framework of the on-going ‘spatial turn’?
What role does the ‘authentic site’ have to play for concentration
camp memorials and how does this ‘authentic character’ change
over time? One example is the very different history of the two
camp sections of Bergen-Belsen.
What does the design and architecture of a memorial tell us
about our memorial culture? What opportunities does the digital
space of the internet offer for educational work and research at
concentration camp memorials?
Call for Applications
The Bergen-Belsen Memorial will cover your board
(double room), food, and the attendance fee.
Please register before 07 June 2015
via gbbbb.org/summerschool.
Contact:
Karen Bähr
[email protected]
http://bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de/bbiss
phone: +49 (0) 5051-4759-171
Photos:
cover and inside: • Tobias Trutz/Memorial Bergen-Belsen
rear: • Sytse Wierenga/Memorial Bergen-Belsen
Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Anne-Frank-Platz
D-29303 Lohheide
Tel.: +49 (0) 5051 – 47 59-0
Fax: +49 (0) 5051 – 47 59-118
E-Mail: [email protected]
www.bergen-belsen.de