The course, which takes place from July 30 to August 20 on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., was designated as being of “Ministerial Interest” by the National Directorate of Human Rights of the Ministry of Education and Culture. It also has the support of the Secondary Education Council, which approved file 6419/12, in which the Human Rights Inspectorate “considers it appropriate for new generations to learn about, remember, and analyze these events, given that the right to memory of peoples has been enshrined as part of Human Rights Education.”
Thematic Program
07/30/12
- Teaching the Shoah to New Generations. David Telias, Coordinator of the Department of Jewish Studies.
- From Prejudice to Genocide. Anti-Semitism Then and Now. Gustavo Perednik (Israel), Visiting Professor in the Department of Jewish Studies.
08/02/12
- The Matrix of a Genocide. Prof. Isabel Burstein, teacher at the EIHU - IAHU school. She was General Coordinator of the project "Shoah. Memory and Legacy of the Holocaust," which took place between April and June 2008 in Montevideo.
- The Shoah and Genocides. Particularities and Universals. Dr. Miguel Bresciano, former Director of Student Affairs at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
08/06/12
- The Legacy of Auschwitz and the Duty of Memory. Prof. Isabel Burstein.
- Educational proposals for teaching the Shoah. Prof. Isabel Burstein.
08/09/12
- Human Rights and the Shoah. Dr. Mariana Blengio Valdés, Adjunct Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Republic.
-Representations of the Shoah: The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Architect Gastón Boero, Dean of the School of Architecture at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
08/13/12
-Narrative Constructions in Holocaust Education. David Telias, BA.
- Testimony of a survivor. Coordinated by Prof. Rita Vinocur, Secretary of the Montevideo Holocaust Memorial Center.
08/16/12 and 08/20/12
- In-depth seminar: Janusz Korczak. The reformer of the world. Dr. Edyta Kwiatkowska Farys, Cultural Attaché at the Polish Embassy in Buenos Aires.
- Optional. Guided tour of the Montevideo Holocaust Memorial Center Museum. (Canelones 1084). Date and time to be confirmed.
The course is free of charge for participants, but prior registration is required, with a maximum capacity of 40 spots. The course is considered passed with attendance of more than 75% of the classes (10 out of 14 hours). Passing the course will result in the issuance of the corresponding certificate.
Registration must be completed in person at the Student Services offices at any of the Universidad ORT Uruguay campuses Universidad ORT Uruguay Cuareim 1451 – Bvar. España 2633), Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.