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Call for Proposals EHRI Workshop at ITS: Person-Related Records beyond the Personal

10/04/2018

Documents as Primary Sources with Potential for Holocaust Research

November, 19-21 2018 (subject to reaction on CfP) Location: International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen, Germany

This workshop will focus on collections of person-related records such as registries, forms, applications documents from before and after the Holocaust. Those are seen as a specific type of primary source (similar to photos, videos, etc.), unique in their potential for Holocaust research and as an example for the challenges of improving archival access. The aim is to discuss best practises in dealing with such sources from the archival and scholarly perspective as well as the perspective of information sciences.

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Yad Vashem

Call for Applications for an EHRI Seminar at Yad Vashem: Holocaust Testimonies in the Digital Age

27/03/2018

From the Living Room to the World-Wide Web: Documenting, Uploading and Utilizing Holocaust Testimonies in the Digital Age

11-15 November 2018 I Location: Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel

We would like to invite those working in archives and those working with Holocaust Testimonies (survivor, rescuer, bystander as well as perpetrator testimonies) to submit their applications for the international EHRI seminar: From the Living Room to the World-Wide Web: Documenting, Uploading and Utilizing Holocaust Testimonies in the Digital Age to be held at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 11-15 November 2018.

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Holocaust Memorial Budapest

Call for Applications for an EHRI Seminar in Budapest: Researching and Remembering the Holocaust in Central Europe

22/03/2018

3-7 September 2018. Location: Central European University, Budapest

Deadline for Applications: 15 May 2018

We invite applications for the international EHRI-Seminar Researching and Remembering the Holocaust in Central Europe – New Sources, Methods and Approaches, held in Budapest, Hungary, from 3rd until 7th September 2018. The Seminar is organized by EHRI partners the Center for Holocaust-Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History (Munich) in cooperation with the Polish Center for Holocaust Research (Warsaw) and the Department of Gender Studies of Central European University (Budapest).

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EHRI Workshop Borderlands

EHRI Conference in Bucharest on Borderlands: "Borders Are Imaginary."

13/03/2018

The Elie Wiesel Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania (INSHR-EW) recently organized the "Borderlands: Archives, Research and Education" workshop (programme) in the framework of European Holocaust Research Infrastructure project.

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Letter by: Nyura (Anna) Rabinovich

Apply Now for the Interactive EHRI Online Course in Holocaust Studies

05/03/2018

Deadline for applications: 31 May 2018

The EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure) Project offers places in an interactive Online Course on “The Holocaust through the Perspective of Primary Sources” designed by EHRI-Partner Yad Vashem. Two rounds of the course are scheduled to take place in the coming months. With original documents and interviews with leading historians, it offers a comprehensive insight into various primary sources essential for Holocaust research.

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The Wiener Library

Job Opening at the Wiener Library: Reader Services Librarian

22/02/2018

EHRI partner The Wiener Library, based in London, is seeking a proactive Reader Services Librarian to join the Collections Team. For someone with an interest in User Experience (UX) this is an exciting opportunity to positively change the way the reading room operations support access to Britain’s foremost collection regarding the Holocaust, its causes and consequences.

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EHRI Job Opportunity for a Research Associate with EHRI Partner King's College London

06/02/2018

The Department of Digital Humanities of King's College London is seeking a Research Associate to contribute to the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI), a major EU-funded research infrastructure project. 

The successful candidate for this position will be a researcher with experience in digital approaches to historical research and/or archives. She/he will have excellent written and oral communication skills, and be able to write high quality project deliverables and reports.

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EHRI in Italy

2017: A Successful Year for EHRI in Italy

05/02/2018

In 2015, the Foundation Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center CDEC in Milan joined the EHRI project and became involved in no less than five key areas: Dissemination and Communication (Work Package 2), Expanding and Keeping (WP3), Coordination with other Research Infrastructures (WP6), Data Identification and Integration (WP9), and Users and Standards (WP11).

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Samual Bak Museum

New Branch for the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum: Samuel Bak Museum Opens in Vilnius

05/02/2018

In November 2017, the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum - EHRI’s partner in Lithuania - opened a new branch devoted to the internationally renowned painter Samuel Bak, born in Vilnius in 1933. It is the first museum in the world devoted solely to the art of this famous Litvak artist.

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Web survey

Your Opinion Matters: Please Fill Out Our Survey on the Impact of Digital Approaches on Research and Archiving

01/02/2018

The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure invites you to participate in a web survey aimed at institutions that hold Holocaust-related archival collections. The survey aims to investigate the impact that digital approaches have on research and archiving. In particular, we want to understand the effects that EHRI has on collection holding institutions and archival work practices.

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