Conference "Facing Holocaust Today"

You are invited to an international online conference for teachers "Facing Holocaust Today", which is held on 9th - 11th September 2021. The conference is held on the 80th anniversary of the Jewish codex (anti-jewish laws) in Slovakia.

The aim of the conference is to inspire, share good practice, introduce tools in history education, but also an opportunity how to work within the class with topics as discrimination, human rights, and critical thinking. The guests from Czech Republic, Hungary, USA, and Slovakia will lead workshops, discussions and presentations.

How does the conference work?
 

• we broadcast each day 15:00 - 18:00 a stream from  Bratislava, Slovakia
• the whole conference is interpreted to/from English and Slovak language
• you can participate in the whole duration but also only in specific themes
• the conference is free
• registration link is below
• registration for specific themes will start at the beginning of August

For whom is the conference?

• teachers of primary schools
• teachers of high schools
• teachers of history, ethical education, or similar subjects

Themes and guests:

• "Antisemitism then and now" - Miloslav Szabó, Comenius University, Slovakia
• "Jewish codex and its legacy" - Pavol Makyna, Nation's Memory Institut, Slovakia
• "Method  oral history" - Monika Vrzgulová, ethnological department  Slovak Academy of Science, Slovakia
• "Holocaust in nonformal education and sharing of good practice" - Tomáš Filip, a teacher at st. Edita Steina high school Košice, Slovakia
• "Hoaxes, disinformation and conspirators" - Vladimír Šnídl, newspaper Denník N, Slovakia
• "Critical thinking development in me and in the class" - Hana Skljarszka, Academy of critical thinking, Slovakia
• "Inclusive history" - Michala Lônčíková, Department of the modern history of Czech Academy of Science & Tereza Štepková, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
• "Database of holocaust victims" - Michal Frankl, Masaryk's Institut and archive of Czech Academy of science
• "Education, digital technology and personal history" - Andrea Szőnyi, Zachor, Hungary
• "Dear Mr. President (book)  - reading  and sources as teachesr tool" - Madeline Vadkerty, USA
•  "Roma  holocaust" - Michal Schuster,  Terezin Initiative Institut, Czech Republic
• "Holocaust survivors today" - Eva Mosnáková, Club of holocaust survivors, Slovakia

Registration

Contact:
Michal Keim, michal@nadaciams.sk, +421 903 434 282

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