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Course "The Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory" Designated as Being of Ministerial Interest

July 1, 2010
From July 5 to 14, the Department of Jewish Studies offered the course “The Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory,” designed for teachers in the national secondary education system. This course has been designated as being of Ministerial Interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, through the ministry’s Human Rights Directorate. Teachers from Universidad ORT Uruguay interested in this topic also participated.

Programme

July 5

1. 6:00 p.m.: Teaching the Shoah to New Generations. What and Why? M.Ed. David Telias

2. 7:00 p.m.: From Prejudice to Genocide. Anti-Semitism Then and Now. Gustavo D. Perednik

July 6

3. 6:00 p.m.: The Different Stages of Genocide. Prof. Isabel Burstein.

4. 7:00 p.m.: Human Capabilities in Light of the Shoah. Choices, Dilemmas, Responsibilities, Actions, and Omissions. Prof. Isabel Burstein.

July 7

5. 6:00 p.m. An Educational Philosophy for Teaching the Shoah. Prof. Isabel Burstein.

6. 7:00 p.m. Teaching Strategies for the Shoah. Prof. Isabel Burstein.

July 8


7. 6:00 p.m. The Shoah and Genocides. Specificities and Universalities. Dr. Miguel Bresciano.

8. 7:00 p.m. The Legacy of Auschwitz and the Duty to Remember. Prof. Oscar Destouet

July 12


9. 6:00 p.m. Human Rights and the Shoah. Dr. Mariana Blengio Valdés

10. 7:00 p.m. A Survivor’s Testimony. Coordinated by: Prof. Rita Vinocur – Montevideo Holocaust Memorial Center.

July 13 and 14

11 through 14. 6:00 p.m. Seminar, in-depth topic: The Representation of the Shoah: Limits and Possibilities. Prof. Nora Gaón (Director of the Hispanic Division at the Museum of Jewish Resistance in the Ghettos and the Children’s Museum of Israel).

July 15 (optional)

6:00 p.m. Guided tour of the Montevideo Holocaust Remembrance Center Museum (Canelones 1084). Prof. Rita Vinocur.

The course was open to all teachers in the national secondary education system, regardless of their specific subject area. It is free and open to all attendees, though prior registration is required. There is a maximum capacity of 40 participants, and the course is considered passed upon attendance of more than 75% of the classes (10 out of 14 hours) plus a final assessment. Successful completion results in the award of the corresponding certificate.