The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is currently inviting applications to participate in an international research workshop for scholars, designed to explore the recently opened archival holdings of the International Tracing Service (ITS). The workshop will run at the USHMM in Washington DC from 3-14 August 2009, and will allow researchers to explore a wide variety of ITS identity documents including: concentration camp, deportation, ghetto, transport and arrest records; 3.2 million displaced person registration cards; and the Central Name Index (CNI). Graduate students and academics from all disciplines are encouraged to apply, and the deadline is April 27 2009; for further details and application instructions, see H-Net or the workshop website.
Posts Tagged 'Germany'
Summer School: Exploring the Newly Opened ITS Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Published April 7, 2009 Calls for Papers , Summer Schools Leave a CommentTags: Europe, Germany, Holocaust, Migration, Registration, Twentieth Century
Summer School: New Approaches to Political History
Published February 24, 2009 Summer Schools Leave a CommentTags: Britain, CCTV, Europe, Germany, Globalisation, Passports, Security, Surveillance
A summer school on ‘New Approaches to Political History: Writing British and German Contemporary History’ will be held at the German Historical Institute, London, on 7-12 September 2009. Within a general focus on new definitions of the political and methodology, one of the four thematic strands concentrates on Politics in a Globalised World: Security and Transnationalisation, and will explore issues such as CCTV, passport controls and other international identity documents. The school is open to PhD students and post-docs working on British, German and British-German history, and the deadline for applications is 1 March 2009; for further details and how to apply see H-Net or the GHI website.
