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ll, B

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Cent

er fo

r Je

wis

h St

udie

s

Sund

ay -

Mon

day

A

pril

22 -

23,

20

12

UC

LA F

acul

ty C

ente

r

Spon

sore

d b

y

The

UC

LA C

ente

r fo

r

Jew

ish

Stud

ies

The

UC

Hum

aniti

es

Re

sear

ch In

stitu

teT

he “1

939”

Clu

b C

ospo

nsor

ed b

y

The

UC

LA D

epar

tmen

t of

His

tory

SAU

L FR

IED

LÄN

DER

Prof

esso

r Sa

ul F

ried

länd

er h

old

s th

e “19

39” C

lub

Cha

ir in

Hol

ocau

st S

tud

ies

at U

CLA

, the

fir

st s

uch

chai

r at

a p

ublic

Uni

vers

ity in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes.

Frie

dlä

nder

is o

ne o

f th

e w

orld

’s

prem

ier

hist

oria

ns in

the

fiel

d o

f H

oloc

aust

Stu

die

s. H

e is

the

rec

ipie

nt o

f a

Mac

Art

hur

‘gen

ius’

g

rant

, and

his

boo

k T

he Y

ears

of

Exte

rmin

atio

n: N

azi G

erm

any

and

the

Jew

s, 19

39-1

945

was

aw

ard

ed b

oth

the

Pulit

zer

Priz

e an

d t

he P

eace

Priz

e of

the

Ger

man

Boo

k T

rad

e A

ssoc

iatio

n,

the

mos

t pr

estig

ious

aw

ard

of

this

kin

d in

Ger

man

y.

Tw

enty

yea

rs a

go,

Frie

dlä

nder

ask

ed a

num

ber

of h

isto

rians

and

the

oris

ts t

o re

flect

on

whe

ther

or

not

the

Hol

ocau

st-a

s-ev

ent

pose

d e

thic

al o

r ae

sthe

tic li

mits

to

its

repr

esen

tatio

n in

fict

ion

or n

on-fi

ctio

n. T

he r

esul

ting

vol

ume,

Pro

bing

the

Lim

its o

f Re

pres

enta

tion

(Har

vard

Uni

vers

ity P

ress

, 199

2), h

ad a

n im

pact

far

bey

ond

the

circ

le o

f H

oloc

aust

sch

olar

s an

d, o

ver

time,

has

ass

umed

the

con

tour

s of

a ‘c

lass

ic’ i

n hi

stor

y

and

the

ory

. Our

con

fere

nce

is e

nvis

ione

d a

s a

“seq

uel,”

but

with

the

inte

ntio

n of

br

ing

ing

tog

ethe

r an

inte

rgen

erat

iona

l dia

log

ue b

etw

een

scho

lars

in h

isto

ry, fi

lm a

nd

med

ia s

tud

ies,

geo

gra

phy

, arc

hite

ctur

al h

isto

ry, a

nd li

tera

ry s

tud

ies

as w

ell a

s ar

tists

, au

thor

s, a

rchi

tect

s, a

nd fi

lmm

aker

s.

The

con

fere

nce

cele

brat

es P

rofe

ssor

Frie

dlä

nder

’s e

xtra

ord

inar

y li

fe a

nd c

aree

r by

ad

dre

ssin

g t

he p

oliti

cs a

nd e

thic

s of

Hol

ocau

st c

ultu

re in

a m

anne

r ap

prop

riate

to

the

cur

rent

sch

olar

ly-c

ultu

ral m

omen

t m

arke

d b

y t

he g

loba

lizat

ion

and

d

igita

lizat

ion

of k

now

led

ge.

FIR

ST C

LASS

MA

IL

U.S

. PO

STAG

E

PAID

U

CLA

Sund

ay, A

pril

22, 2

012

9 A

M •

Ope

ning

Rem

arks

9:30

AM

• Se

ssio

n 1:

IS T

HER

E A

QU

EST

ION

OF

REPR

ESEN

TA

TIO

N IN

HO

LOC

AU

ST H

IST

ORI

OG

RAPH

Y?

Tru

th a

nd D

isbe

lief:

Frie

dlä

nder

’s “I

nteg

rate

d N

arra

tive”

of

the

Hol

ocau

stC

ritic

: HA

YD

EN W

HIT

E (U

C S

anta

Cru

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on S

aul F

ried

länd

er’s

The

Yea

rs o

f Ex

term

inat

ion

(20

07)

Resp

ond

ent:

SAU

L FR

IED

LÄN

DER

(U

CLA

)

9:30

AM

• Se

ssio

n 2:

TH

E H

OLO

CA

UST

AS

“LIT

ERA

RY G

ENRE

Mem

ory

by

Num

bers

Crit

ic: A

NN

RIG

NEY

(Uni

vers

ity o

f U

trec

ht)

on D

anie

l Men

del

sohn

’s T

he L

ost:

A S

earc

h fo

r Si

x of

Six

Milli

on (2

00

6)

Resp

ond

ent:

DA

NIE

L M

END

ELSO

HN

(A

utho

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:45

PM •

LUN

CH

BRE

AK

2:15

PM

• Se

ssio

n 3:

DIG

ITA

LIZ

ING

TH

E A

RCH

IVE

The

Eth

ics

of t

he A

lgor

ithm

: Clo

se a

nd D

ista

nt L

iste

ning

of

the

Sho

ah F

ound

atio

n V

isua

l His

tory

Arc

hive

Crit

ic: T

OD

D P

RESN

ER (U

CLA

) on

the

USC

-Sho

ah F

ound

atio

n In

stitu

te f

or V

isua

l His

tory

Arc

hive

Resp

ond

ent:

STEP

HEN

SM

ITH

(USC

Sho

ah F

ound

atio

n In

stitu

te)

4 PM

• Se

ssio

n 4:

PLA

CIN

G T

HE

HO

LOC

AU

ST

A S

patia

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n in

His

tory

?C

ritic

: CLA

UD

IO F

OG

U (U

CSB

) on

Hol

ocau

st G

eog

raph

ies

Resp

ond

ents

: AN

NE

KN

OW

LES

(Mid

dle

bury

Col

leg

e) &

T

IM C

OLE

(Br

isto

l Uni

vers

ity)

6 PM

• RE

CEP

TIO

N A

ND

TO

AST

T

o SA

UL

FRIE

DLÄ

ND

ER

(

UC

LA, “

1939

” Clu

b C

hair

in H

oloc

aust

Stu

die

s)G

iven

by

YEH

UD

A B

AU

ER

(H

ebre

w U

nive

rsity

of

Jeru

sale

m)

Satu

rday

, Apr

il 21

, 20

12

7 PM

• O

peni

ng R

ecep

tion

and

Film

Scr

eeni

ngs:

PE

TER

FO

RGA

CS’

MA

ELST

ROM

(199

7) &

Y

AEL

HER

SON

SKI’S

A F

ILM

UN

FIN

ISH

ED (2

010

)

Mon

day

, Apr

il 23

, 20

12

9 A

M •

Sess

ion

5: F

ILM

ING

MEM

ORY

Min

ing

the

Hol

es in

Hol

ocau

st H

isto

ry:

Mae

lstr

om a

nd A

Film

Unfi

nish

edC

ritic

: MA

RSH

A K

IND

ER (U

SC) &

NIT

ZA

N L

EBO

VIC

(Leh

igh

Uni

vers

ity)

on P

eter

For

gac

s’ M

aels

trom

and

Yae

l Her

sons

ki’s

A F

ilm U

nfini

shed

Resp

ond

ents

: PET

ER F

ORG

AC

S (F

ilmm

aker

) &

Y

AEL

HER

SON

SKI (

Dire

ctor

)

11:15

AM

• Se

ssio

n 6:

HIS

TO

RIO

GRA

PHIC

AL

REA

LISM

Sens

e an

d S

ensi

bilit

y: T

he H

oloc

aust

Rea

lism

of

Chr

isto

pher

Bro

wni

ngC

ritic

: WU

LF K

AN

STEI

NER

(SU

NY

Bin

gha

mto

n)

on C

hris

toph

er B

row

ning

’s T

he O

rigin

s of

the

Fin

al S

olut

ion

(20

04)

Resp

ond

ent:

CH

RIST

OPH

ER B

ROW

NIN

G (

UN

C C

hape

l Hill)

12

:45

PM •

LUN

CH

BRE

AK

2 PM

• Se

ssio

n 6:

HO

LO-M

ON

UM

ENT

-CA

UST

Pete

r Ei

senm

an’s

Dec

onst

ruct

ivis

t C

onfr

onta

tion

with

the

Hol

ocau

stC

ritic

: GA

VRI

EL R

OSE

NFE

LD (F

airfi

eld

Uni

vers

ity)

on P

eter

Eis

enm

an’s

Mem

oria

l to

the

Mur

der

ed J

ews

of E

urop

e (2

00

5)

Resp

ond

ent:

PET

ER E

ISEN

MA

N (Y

ale)

3:45

PM

• Fi

nal R

ound

tabl

e: B

EYO

ND

HO

LOC

AU

ST

EXC

EPT

ION

ALI

TY

: TH

EORI

ZIN

G G

ENO

CID

E ST

UD

IES

Pane

lists

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UL

FRIE

DLÄ

ND

ER (U

CLA

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HA

YD

EN W

HIT

E (U

C S

anta

Cru

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KIE

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ale)

O

MER

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row

n)

ELI

SABE

TH

WEB

ER (U

CSB

)

Mod

erat

or: L

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UN

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UC

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