| Unit name | Politics, Poetics and Places of Memory: Remembering the Holocaust, 1945 to the Present |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HISTM1011 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Tim Cole |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit aims at a critical examination of the emergence of the Holocaust as a central cultural icon in the contemporary Western World. Whilst introducing the diversity of Holocaust memorial culture and 'industry', the unit aims at more than simply a survey of the cultural legacy of the Holocaust. Rather, there is an attempt to get beneath the cultural icons themselves in order to explore the contested nature of Holocaust representation in terms of power relationships (and thus politics). Three central themes run throughout the unit: the politics, poetics and places of memory. In short, what does the cultural legacy of the Holocaust look like, where (and when) is the Holocaust remembered, and why is it remembered in those ways? The seminar programme is flexible and will be structured according to the interests of those taking the unit.
