7th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries

• 9.30 - 9.45: Registration, coffee, tea (location: Prinsstraat 13, C.102)
   
• 9.45 - 10.00: Welcome Vivian Liska, Karin Hofmeester, Veerle Vanden Daelen 
   
• 10.00- 12.00: Session I: Special panel Jewish Studies on the Low Countries in a comparative perspective
  • Chair: Karin Hofmeester (International Institute of Social History / University of Antwerp)
  • Dan Michman (Yad Vashem and Bar-Ilan University), Comparative Research on the Shoah in Western Europe: Achievements and Limitations
  • Pim Griffioen (Saul Kagan fellow in Advanced Shoah Studies), Jewish coping strategies and hiding in the Netherlands, 1940–1945, in a Western European Context
  • Rudi van Doorslaer and Veerle Vanden Daelen, (Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society), Jewish History in Belgium: Status Quaestionis and  Comparative Perspectives
  • Comments: Hans Blom (em. NIOD and University of Amsterdam)
• 12.00-13.00: Lunch
   
•  13.00-14.30: Session II: Religion, Language, Zionist Politics and the Identity of Jews in Belgium
  • Chair: Veerle Vanden Daelen (Cegesoma, Brussels/University of Antwerp)
  • Barbara Dickschen (Free University Brussels), The Language of the Antwerp Jewish Community
  • Jan Maes (Kazerne Dossin, Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights), “The Mission among the Jews” by the Reformed Church of Sanderusstraat in Antwerp (1932-1948)
  • Jacques Déom (Free University Brussels), The Aliya Beth from Belgium
• 14.30-14.45: Coffee and tea break
   
• 14.45- 16.45: Session III: Images of Jews and Jewish History
  • Chair: Conny Kristel (NIOD)
  • Huibert Schijf (em. University of Amsterdam), Jews in the Merkelbach Archive: a Aseful Sample?
  • Tamara Becker (University of Amsterdam), Photos to be remembered (the Annemie Wolff collection)
  • Eyal Boers (Tel–Aviv University & Ariel University), "Black Book": Dutch Prototype or Jewish Outsider
  • Gerben Zaagsma (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), The Diaries of Anne Frank. Research - Translations - Critical Edition
• 16.45-17.00: Closing Remarks Karin Hofmeester and Veerle Vanden Daelen
   
• 20.00: Public lecture by Dan Michman: The Holocaust and the Genocide Phenomenon: Are They Related? (Location: Rodestraat 14, room R.013)

Click here to read the abstracts of the speakers.

Accommodation

Directions

Contact day venue: University of Antwerp, city campus, Prinsstraat 13, room C.102.

Call for papers

7th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries
University of Antwerp
Monday 26 May 2014

The Institute of Jewish Studies organizes for the seventh time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate contacts between researchers working within this area of study. We especially encourage young researchers to participate in the workshop. We also hope for contributions from more established researchers, in order to establish a positive exchange between different research generations. This year, the contact day includes a special panel on comparative research on the Holocaust with Prof. Dr. Dan Michman as keynote speaker. After the Contact Day, Dan Michman will also give an evening lecture for the Institute of Jewish Studies, entitled “The Holocaust and the Genocide Phenomenon: Are They Related?”.

Because of the special character of this 7th Contact Day we especially invite papers and/or sessions that are explicitly comparative in character, of course we also welcome as always all themes and disciplines within Jewish Studies concerning the Low Countries. Proposals need not be limited to a specific historical period and presentations may include works in progress. Both individual and panel proposals are possible. The conference language is English. Please submit an abstract of maximally 400 words and a short CV by 15 January 2014.

For further information please contact:
Karin Hofmeester: kho@iisg.nl
Veerle Vanden Daelen: veerle.vandendaelen@cegesoma.be