| CODE | HBW2015 | |||||||||
| TITLE | The Holocaust | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The Holocaust, or the Shoah, is one of the darkest chapters in the history of humankind but also a historically defining moment of the 20th century. This study-unit presents a historical overview of the Jews in Europe prior to and during World War II and explores the chain of events that led to the "final solution". The unit also discusses the war's aftermath and its impact on Jews and Jewish culture, paying particular attention to the testimonies of Holocaust survivors. Study-unit Aims: The aims of the study-unit are: 1. to give a historical introduction to the Holocaust and its aftermath; 2. to explore the development of Jewish thought and culture following World War II; 3. to analyze the Holocaust from the perspective of Holocaust survivors and their testimonies. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. relate and cite the reasons for the outbreak of World War II and the factors which led to the "final solution"; 2. name and describe key events, places, historical figures, and other aspects pertaining to the Holocaust and its aftermath; 3. analyze and interpret various "texts" - including survivors' testimonies, literary works, and other media - which stem from the experience of the Holocaust; 4. appraise the impact of the Holocaust on the Jews and the world at large. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. apply critical approaches to reading historical documents, archives, texts, and visual media; 2. discuss historical events and contemporary affairs in a critical manner; 3. examine the interplay between history, culture, and society. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bajohr, Frank and Löw, Andrea, eds. The Holocaust and European Societies: Social Processes and Social Dynamics. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016. - Bartov, Omer. The Holocaust: Origins, Implementation, Aftermath. London: Routledge, 2015. - Bauer, Yehuda. Rethinking the Holocaust. Rev. edn. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. - Clendinnen, Inga. Reading the Holocaust. Rev. edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. - Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Holocaust Theology: A Reader. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2002. - Engel, David. The Holocaust: The Third Reich and the Jews. 2nd edn. London: Routledge, 2012. - Gigliotti, Simone and Lang, Berel, eds. The Holocaust: A Reader. Chicester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005. - Katz, Steven T., ed. The Impact of the Holocaust on Jewish Theology. New York: New York University Press, 2007. - Neville, Peter. The Holocaust. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. - Rapaport, Lynn. The Jews in Germany after the Holocaust: Memory, Identity, and Jewish-German Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. - Spargo, Clifton R. and Ehrenreich, Robert M., eds. After Representation? The Holocaust, Literature, and Culture. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2009. - Waxman, Zoë Vania. Writing the Holocaust: Identity, Testimony, Representation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. A more detailed bibliography will be given in class. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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