An International Interdisciplinary Conference will be held 23rd-24th April 2015 on “The Holocaust and the Contemporary World” in Krakow, Poland at the Campanile Krakow Hotel. The deadline for abstracts is 15th January 2015.
Although Holocaust Studies is a thriving research area, boasting many important recent publications and projects, a truly broad, interdisciplinary perspective is still felt to be lacking. Hence, this conference is meant as an opportunity to look together at the theme of the Shoah in as diverse and wide-scoped contexts as possible. The organizers want to talk not only about the genesis, essence, or events of the Holocaust, but also about the influence of that monstrous genocide on the history of humankind, and its role and place in shaping the reality of our lives today. The conference would be a forum to discuss the Holocaust as a decisive phenomenon in transformations of multiple aspects of our contemporary world: from politics to ethics, from norms of behavior to religious beliefs, from art to economy, from philosophy to mass culture.
The organizers invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: anthropology, history, sociology, philosophy, psychology, psychoanalysis, neurology, history of literature, theater studies, film studies, memory studies, consciousness studies, dream studies, gender studies, post-colonial studies, medical sciences, psychiatry, social policy, business, cognitive sciences et al.They encourage different types of presentations, and welcome all levels of scholars and those interested in participating in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation
A detailed call for papers, and list of suggested topics, is available at the conference website. Abstracts of no more than 400 words and bio should be submitted by January 15 to Prof. Wojciech Owczarski (wowczarski1ATtlen.pl) and (holocaustworldATtlen.pl).